Birthday Dinner with Gourmet Mexican

Tasted Saturday, September 15, 2012 by rdsboca with 384 views

Introduction

Fabulous night with friends, great food and memorable wines. We nailed the food/wine pairings

Flight 1 (6 Notes)

  • 1996 Henriot Champagne Cuvée des Enchanteleurs Brut 94 Points

    France, Champagne

    Great balance, crisp lemon fruit, well integrated acidity. Great showing.

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  • 2004 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Cuvée Roussanne Vieilles Vignes 87 Points

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    There was bottle variation between the two bottles opened. Notes are from the second as the first was more advanced maybe from oxidation. Wine had nice fruit, I picked up apricot and mellow yellow fruit/ citrus. Somewhat one dimensional and flabby in the mid palate. others preferred this more than me.

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  • 1970 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 97 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, La Tâche Grand Cru

    Two bottles that showed differently but both great in their own way. First was more advanced into an earthy, mushroom profile with aged raspberry fruit, nice mouthfeel and well balanced. I preferred the second wine slightly as the wine had more red fruit of raspberry and strawberry. Still had early stage mushroom component but was amazing,y youthful in the fruit profile. Silky tannins and so well balanced. Both memorable in their own way. Interesting,y, both from same case and stored same way. Yes,wine is a living organism!

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  • 2005 Alban Vineyards Syrah Lorraine 95 Points

    USA, California, Central Coast, Edna Valley

    Both bottles consistent and decanted for 8 hours. The long decanting time helped IMHO. The high alcohol risk was mitigated by the decant and the awesome black fruit shined. Blackberry, blueberry, black raspberry and black cherry all wound ogre ther in harmony with a thick teeth coating eight in the mouth. Awesome pairing with duck tacos and mole sauce. Memorable.

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  • 2007 Martinelli Zinfandel Lolita Ranch 91 Points

    USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley

    Fun to drink with an in your face blueberry and black cherry profile. Excellent way to end with dessert and some high octane. Martineli does zin right

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  • 2007 Kapcsándy Family Winery Vino Del Sol State Lane Vineyard 85 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley, Yountville

    Just not my style. Nice underlying fruit but flabby, lacked structure and extremely cloying.

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