Seattle, WA, USA
Tasted Saturday, January 22, 2005 by Eric with 1,352 views
This evening Jason Domanico hosted the Seattle Tasting Group for a blind tasting focused on Burgundy. As can be expected from these sometimes fickle wines, the highs were very high and the lows were dismal. Still, it was an exceptionally enjoyable tasting. Jason also regaled us with a delicious Boeuf Bourginone. In addition, we also enjoyed the presence of Deanna van Gestel of London offline fame and one of the earlier CellarTracker users. She happened to be in town, so we invited her to fill a spare seat at the tasting.
We started with a pair of white wines.
The first flight of reds was clearly very young and very tight but still quite promising.
Alas, we came crashing back to reality with a simply hideous flight of wines that should have showed far, FAR better?!?
This next flight seemed to be very exciting, but alas one of the wines was corked. Augh!
Thanks goodness for this stunning pair of Grands-Echezeaux from JasonD's cellar which helped us to finish off the reds in Grand style.
Finally we finished with some sticky wines. For some reason (part of it familiarity with bottle shapes) I was able to make very good guesses on two of the wines. (Rare is the day when I can guess a wine double-blind based on one prior taste of another vintage.)
Thanks again Jason for a wonderful tasting!
2000 Domaine d'Auvenay (Lalou Bize-Leroy) Auxey-Duresses Les Boutonniers Blanc 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Auxey-Duresses
I rated this wine lower than any other taster (average score of 91 among the other folks). This shows heavy notes of butter-brickle and toasted marshmallow. The mouthfeel is nice and lush, oily, yet with more oak than I would prefer. The finish is ripe, especially with air and as it warmed, showing notes of banana.
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1987 Lupé-Cholet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Vigne Blanche Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Deep, golden color. From the moment this was poured it showed oxidized notes on the nose along with ripe brie, matchstick and loads of mushroom. The palate was even more mushroom-laden. On the finish this was spicy with nice minerality, but alas with more air this clearly became more oxidized. DOA.
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