Dim Sum Club at Empress

Empress, Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore
Tasted Wednesday, February 3, 2016 by Paul S with 285 views

Introduction

First DSC lunch of the year, and we had lo hei too!

Flight 1 (4 Notes)

  • NV Gatinois Champagne Grand Cru Brut Rosé 92 Points

    France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru

    I liked this. Big, but dry and very food friendly, it was a Rose with a lot of character on it. On the nose, insistent wafts of strawberries and cherries were laced with nice notes of mineral and a little twist of herb. Nice. There was a good intensity and weight on the palate as well, with more of those petit fruits rouge picked up on the nose alongside muscular acidity and a nice creamy mousse. On the finish, little oxidative shades emerged amidst a lively dry minerality. Nice.

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  • 2000 Domaine Bruno Clavelier Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru La Combe d'Orveau Vieilles Vignes 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

    Enjoyable. This had a lovely nose redolent with dried flowers and sweet, slightly dried cherries and berries, all underpinned by a gentle funky earthiness. Attractive, even if it smelt a bit older than it actually was. Same thing on the palate. The fruit had started to mellow into a dried red fruit tones, with secondary flavours of bramble, herb and earth coming up alongside. There was just enough floral character on it to suggest Chambolle, just before the wine slid into a surprising firm finish for a 2000, with a slight chew of powdery tannins and woody bramble at the end. All in all, pretty good without being special.

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  • 2002 Château Branaire-Ducru 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    Not quite as impressive as the last time I had it blind, although this was still not half bad. The nose was interesting, with deep whiffs of dark cherries and cassis along with a lite drift of funk and earth. The palate was quite solid still, rather belying the vintage, with powdery tannins and fine acidity framing juicy flavours of cassis and black cherries. Still primary, with a lot of way to go, but there was a nice clarity to this that bodes well for the future. This would be nice to try again in 5 years time.

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  • 1995 Château Calon-Ségur 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

    Pretty good. The nose had a good layer of horsey funkiness to it, which was a bit distracting, but there were more pleasant aromas of ripe cassis, dried earth and light drifts of tobacco and tea leaves. The palate was quite strong, with a nice sinewy depth underlying clear flavours of cassis and dark cherries, and then a gentle infusion of spice and earth, black tea and bramble, all framed by fresh acidity and fine boned tannins that still lent the wine a little chew. Amazingly, this tastes a good 10 years too young, but even then, it was probably the best wine of the day. Altogether, pretty impressive.

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