Wine Flock - Wines that Ken Loves Intro Retro

Highland Park
Tasted Tuesday, December 3, 2013 by Nanda with 441 views

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

  • 1996 Salon Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 95 Points

    France, Champagne

    Nose is fresh, lively and seemingly young with green apples and citrus. Palate is very young with loads of acid and crisp apple notes. Terrific stuffing and length. Seems this is still wound up and needs time to evolve. Excellent.

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  • 1996 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon 90 Points

    France, Champagne

    Nose has some tired, musty apple and smoke notes. Round in the mouth with matured fruit and earth notes. Bubbles are subdued. Good but seemed tired compared to a '96 Salon tasted side by side. Could be a bad bottle as some were debating corkiness.

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Flight 2 (3 Notes)

  • 2004 Henri Boillot Montrachet 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Wow nose of matchstick, meyer lemon, honied apple and flowers. Palate has medium-to-full body, terrific acidity and freshness. Elegant across the palate into a nice long finish.

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  • 2007 Marcassin Chardonnay Marcassin Vineyard 96 Points

    USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

    Outstanding layered nose with apple, pear, honey, smoke and citrus. Palate is rich and leesy. Echoes the nose with pears, apples and smoke notes. Delicious and rich, but with very good supporting structure.

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  • 2006 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

    In a very weird place. Nose is awkward with oxidized notes dominating white fruit. Palate has a waxy profile but seems tired. Likely shut down and not enjoyable tonight.

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Flight 3 (2 Notes)

  • 1976 Château Climens 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Barsac

    Golden color. Open and elegant nose. Sweet apricot and orange with botrytis and caramel. Palate is just wow. Complex flavors, sweet and yet very light on its feet. Long. Hard to believe this is pushing 40 years old. Much better than an d'Yquem tasted side by side.

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  • 1976 Château d'Yquem 89 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    Rose gold in color. Sweet blunt nose doesn't show much nuance or complexity. Palate has good richness and medium acidity, but echos the nose without nuance or complexity. Did not show well next to a '76 Clmens side by side.

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Flight 4 (3 Notes)

  • 1982 Château Cheval Blanc 97 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    Gorgeous full, layered nose has cedar, tobacco, aged red fruit, and herbs. Medium silky body with melted tannin. Long, lifted finish full of pencil shavings and herbs. Served blind - I was guessing at least 10 years younger. A real treat.

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  • 1983 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Landonne 94 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

    Gorgeous aromas with secondary notes at the forefront - mushroom, bacon, olive and red fruit. Palate is vibrant, well delineated with good length.

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  • 1983 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único

    Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero

    An odd bottle of Unico. Fresh nose of rich, sweet red fruit, dill and vanilla. Palate also rich and ripe. Served double blind - tasted much younger with most acknowledging it was an atypical showing.

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Flight 5 (3 Notes)

  • 2007 Screaming Eagle Second Flight 93 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    Rich, young and seductive nose of black and red fruit, sweet toasty oak and spice. Palate is also rich but with incredible poise and polish. Balanced with a ton of stuffing.

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  • 2005 Sine Qua Non Grenache The Naked Truth 96 Points

    USA, California

    Double blind but bottle shapes gives it away as SQN. Big, exotic and layered nose of red fruit and spice. Palate is chock full of red fruit and an array of spice and herb flavors. Good structure on the mid-palate provides freshness and length. Long spice-filled finish.

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  • 2005 Clos Saint Jean Châteauneuf-du-Pape Deus-Ex Machina 92 Points

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

    Big, powerful nose of raspberry and herbs. Palate has big, rich and extracted red fruit. Oozing with herbs and blackberry jam. For all the size and richness, it remains fresh with no trace of heat.

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