Wine Wednesday at Weygandt
Weygandt Wines - Washington, D.C.
Tasted Wednesday, July 30, 2014 by isaacjamesbaker with 306 views
Introduction
An impromptu tasting with a few friends.
Weygandt Wines - Washington, D.C.
Tasted Wednesday, July 30, 2014 by isaacjamesbaker with 306 views
An impromptu tasting with a few friends.
2013 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie Vieilles Vignes Clos des Briords 90 Points
France, Loire Valley, Pays Nantais, Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie
A young but beautiful Briords. Smells of clean laundry, sea spray, chalk and lemon peel. Mineral-driven and brisk on the palate, this is intensely young, but showing lots of flowers, chalk, lemon and lime peel, so much crushed rocks, salt and minerals. Cellar-worthy, I'd like to try this again in three-to-five.
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2013 Domaine Collotte Marsannay Rosé 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay Rosé
Similar notes to last time, but I was picking up all sorts of minerals from this wine as it opened up. Drank a bottle with some friends and it's a lot of fun to sip and let it evolve. Beautiful rose.
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1995 J.M. Boillot Volnay Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay
Opened a bottle to serve blind for some friends and it was badly corked. Damn.
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1999 Domaine Maurice et Anne-Marie Chapuis Corton-Languettes 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Nose of cherries, sweet cranberries, roses, red apple, some underlying bay leaf. Nice and tart on the palate but firm tannins, still very young. Red currant mixes with flowers, dust, earth and bay leaf. Subtle wood, notes of pepper and bay leaf, red flowers. Day 2 started to show more earth and mushroom notes. Overall, a very enjoyable wine, but I’d hold off for another five years at least, because this has so much more to show.
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2012 Domaine de Fondrèche Ventoux Cuvée Carles Nadal 88 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Ventoux
Explosive purple color. Smells of raspberries, red currants and blackberries, all thrown together into a mixed berry jam, also some dusty earth, pepper and baking spices. Solid tannic grip, medium- acid. The blackberries and red currants are bold and juicy, dusted with pepper, roasted herbs and campfire soot. A big boy at 14.5% alcohol, less acid than the previous two vintages, but still delicious and well made. 50% Grenache, 40% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre.
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2012 Domaine Sainte-Eugénie Corbières La Réserve 90 Points
France, Languedoc Roussillon, Languedoc, Corbières
Bright raspberries and red currants on the nose, some underlying smoke, anise and violet notes. Tangy and fresh on the palate, with crisp acid and dusty tannins. Bright raspberries, red currants, red apple peel mix with minerals, crushed rocks and pencil shavings, and there are some underlying herbal elements. So fresh and lively, quite complex with lots of mineral and rocky-granite elements. Finishes long and fresh. I’m really surprised by how pretty this wine is. Syrah, Carignan and Grenache.
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