The 90 La Tache dinner also 05 Coche CC, 88 Krug and 01 Rousseau CSJ

Decanter restaurant, St. Regis
Tasted Thursday, February 4, 2016 by dcwino with 468 views

Introduction

We drank a perfect bottle of the 90 La Tache last year and since there were two more bottles from the same batch, we organized a small dinner for four to really savor this monumental wine. It was our first time holding a wine dinner at Decanter and they did a great job hosting us.

Flight 1 (4 Notes)

  • 1988 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 96 Points

    France, Champagne

    Very similar experience as the last bottle. Very oxidative nose but quite fresh overall expression, brioche, smoke, tart tatin, sweet spices and slightly oxidize granny smith. Excellent concentration, very ripe yellow fruit driven palate impression, abundant fine mousse, bright acidity and strong presence of mineral and very long sweet finish. It is a fully mature big scale vintage Krug with very ripe fruits, bright acidity and mineral. Still long life ahead but drinking beautifully.

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  • 2005 Coche-Dury Corton-Charlemagne 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

    I am so excited and expecting a 100 point experience. Pop and pour, the nose is unyielding, a bit of lemon curd, coconut as Paul aptly describes and lanoline. Incredible concentration yet very linear as the fruit is beautifully layered, reminds me the weightlessness of young D’Yquem, strong presence of mineral and acidity and seamless finish. We decant the wine and drank over four hours. The nose opens up a bit displaying some white fruits but it remains pretty coiled. Oh well, ces’t la vie! Fortunately the next wine more than compensates by providing one of the most emotional wine drinking experience of my life.

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  • 1990 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 100 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, La Tâche Grand Cru

    The 05 Coche Corton Charlemagne was a slight letdown and I am a bit nervous. Pop and pour, the cork is perfectly moist and elastic. Quick sniff at the bottle, the wine seems correct. A small pour to a Zalto burgundy, I am speechless and becoming very emotional. The nose is simply perfect, beguiling interplay of unbelievably complex tertiary notes and incredibly explosive perfectly ripe hedonistic pinot fruit. Everything that you look for in a perfect Burgundy is present in abundance, decadent black fruits, Vosne spices, sous bois, truffle, cornucopia of flowers, roasted coffee beans, licorice, liquid smoke, stem, perfume and incense to name a few. The palate is also perfect, intense, subtle, precise, fresh and energetic all at the same time. It is certainly ripe reflecting the 90 vintage but still remains perfectly fresh, precise and balanced. The finish is never ending. This is perfect now and will remain perfect at least for the rest of my life, transforming like the monumental 62. Truly an emotional and spiritually uplifting experience. From the same batch as the last bottle drank last year.

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  • 2001 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

    Very youthful slightly masculine expression which is quite different from the 01 Rousseau Chambertin which was mostly tertiary and subtle. Most black fruit driven, strong note of spearmint, damp forest floor, Asian medicine, mushroom and earth. Excellent concentration, earth black fruit driven palate impression, bright acidity, nicely integrated tannins and long finish. This particular bottle is very youthful and will require another five to ten years of cellaring to reach the peak which is quite surprisingly in lieu of how well the Chambertin was drinking recently. Nevertheless very enjoyable.

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Closing

It was a spiritually uplifting moment drinking an incredible wine with great friends.

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