Birthday Celebration

Del Frisco - Chicago IL
Tasted Monday, August 26, 2013 by Burgundy Al with 681 views

Flight 1 - White Burgundy to Start (5 Notes)

Flight 2 - Bonus Bottles (2 Notes)

  • 2006 Claude Dugat Griotte-Chambertin 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Mostly lush black fruit aromas and flavors, with subtle spice. Everything is balanced and harmonious, but this comes across as slightly ripe and with just moderate weight and length. Perhaps this just needs more time to pick up more nuance. Ripeness is very 2006 in character.

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  • 1986 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain 90 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley, Howell Mountain

    From magnum. Very good black fruit with hints of emerging cooked mushroom and some tobacco notes. Very firm, borderline backward. Certainly needs more time, at least in this format. Many of tonight's group agreed with me, but others enjoyed this wine far more.

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Flight 3 - Shafer Hillside Select (12 Notes)

Flight 4 - Then a few bottles at Rob's house (3 Notes)

  • 1992 Domaine Jacques Prieur Montrachet 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Popped and poured. Very enticing, lush stone fruit aromatic start with plenty of spice. Similar flavors to start, with good acidity and minerality, but this started losing energy fairly quickly and was far less interesting after 30-45 minutes vs when first opened.

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  • 1997 Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier Bonnes Mares 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru

    First time I can recall trying this wine, overall very impressive at every level. I never would have thought this from 97 if tasted blind...probably 2000? Lots of ripe red cherry and strawberry aromas with charming baking spice support and very good minerality. Similar flavor profiles, all very balanced and well textured. Very good now, but this is a rare 1997 that I think has upside from here.

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  • 1999 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Vosne-Romanée 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

    Popped and poured, this wine kept changing over the course of two hours open. At first rather musty and stuffy, then 15-20 minutes of good aeration brought out bright red cherry and savory Asian five spice. After an hour this shut down and only showed lean fruit and firm structure. But then afrer another 30 minutes, red fruit (slightly more mature) re-emerged with robust Vosne spice. Tough to say exactly what to expect from this wine going forward, but if near-term...I'd give it more advance air time.

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