Dinner after HDH Tasting
The Duck Inn - Chicago IL
Tasted Thursday, December 3, 2015 by Burgundy Al with 598 views
Introduction
Dinner with a few other HDH tasting attendees.
The Duck Inn - Chicago IL
Tasted Thursday, December 3, 2015 by Burgundy Al with 598 views
Dinner with a few other HDH tasting attendees.
2007 Henri Boillot Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Floral start with lots of lush orchard fruit aromas with a toasty note. Similarly fat fruit flavors with big spice and good concentration. Good now, with the structure to hold and drink nicely for perhaps another decade.
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2004 Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos Clos des Hospices dans Les Clos 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Popped and poured. Lemon and apple aromas with subtle spice. Same flavor profile starts with forward fruit, but mineral and acid textures really emerge nicely from middle to finish. Very good now, and I expect this will continue to drink well for another 5 years.
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2002 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Côte Bouguerots Flawed
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Oxidized to start, then far more oxidized when re-tasted an hour later.
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2002 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos Flawed
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Oxidized to start, still oxidized when revisited an hour later.
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1990 Louis Jadot Ruchottes-Chambertin 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Very ripe black fruit with some summer flowers. Some thought this perhaps heat damaged, but I found it to be just very ripe and slightly short on acidity, so advanced more than the best of the 1990s.
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1983 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia 86 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Vino da Tavola
Mature black fruit with tobacco and lots of earth. Moderate intensity and length.
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2003 Château Lagrange (St. Julien) 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Ripe on nose and palate, but with enough structure that enables this to retain a nice balance, even if it will never be an elegant wine.
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1997 Araujo Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard 92 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Ripe black plum and berries, liqueur hints, espresso and dark chocolate. Good overall balance. Most likely no upside from here. Better than another bottle from a few months ago.
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1997 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
I don't know if this was a tired bottle of the wine itself, but very barnyardy (not abnormal for Jaboulet) and far simpler than I'd expect for the vintage at this age.
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2011 Mendoza Vineyards Malbec Gran Reserva
Argentina, Mendoza
Slightly more sweet than I'd prefer and certainly simpler. I'm not exactly sure I could think of this as anything that should be called "Gran Reserva."
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