Olde Wine Dinner 1925-1966

A gathering of 10 of us to open olde wines and talk about history (lots of baseball trivia). Great food, great company and great wines.

• 1959 Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Piper Brut Extra

  France, Champagne

  Out of a half btl and several were opened but most were flat. This was very old, sweet taste was better than a bad nose.

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• 1974 Deutz Champagne Blanc de Blancs Vinotheque

  France, Champagne

  Good nose, good bubbles feel on the palate, orange peel, good color

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• 1975 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 94 Points

  France, Champagne

  Tasty, Amber color, old nose which was developed and integrated. Nice flavor on the palate and had some vigor.

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• 1947 Moulin Touchais Anjou Blanc 94 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Anjou

  Apricot almost syrupy color, high acid, green apple carmalization, delicious and God better in the glass and a fantastic compliment to the Potato Leek soup.

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• 1947 Colnot a Rochecorbon Vouvray 94 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

  Initially old sneaker smell right out of the btl. Very deep Apricot color, needed time to develop and open in the glass, which it did. Clean finish, almost dessert like.

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We also had a 1949 J Henri Remy Chambertin which had a wonderful color, great earthy smell and a great palate feel with a long finish.

• 1928 Chanson Père & Fils Romanée St. Vivant

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

  Initially right out of the btl I thought this was dead. Allowed to breath and develop in the glass allowed this wine to show its classic structure. Rusty color.

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• 1942 Thomas Bassot Ruchottes-Chambertin Clos des Ruchottes 90 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru

  Asian spice, light color and light on the palate as some if not all the fruit was stripped out. Still a great wine to have in the grouping.

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• 1942 Marqués de Riscal Rioja Reserva

  Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alavesa, Rioja

  Delightful, darker color, bricking. Half the group like the wine.

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• 1958 Palacio de Arganza Bierzo 95 Points

  Spain, Castilla y León, Bierzo

  Wow. Delicious, great color with a wonderful mouth feel and finish. Tasty as the other half of the group liked this (birth year wine of Kenny's) with the Scottish Salmon.

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• 1966 Berberana Rioja Carta de Oro Crianza

  Spain, La Rioja, Rioja

  Musty color and a bit corked.

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• 1909 Château Lafite Rothschild

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  While the btl was old, the fill was way to low and thus DOA. Smelled like an old musty basement. It was a negociant bottling.

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• 1925 Château Ausone

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Nice nose, lighter color, bacon, spice, sweet finish.

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• 1925 Château Cos d'Estournel

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

  Super color, deep coffee nose, good flavor with a really nice finish. Both glasses of '25 faded over time.

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I remember blue cheese.

• 1947 Château Montrose

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

  Lighter color, good flavor, hollow on the palate, so something was missing. Still great.

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• 1949 Château Montrose 92 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

  Darker more mature color and feel on the palate. With the cheese course, this was really a nice pairing.

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• 1969 Château Montrose

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

  It's getting late and no notes but still a good bottle.

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• 1967 Château Haut-Brion

  France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

  Great opportunity to have a very good btl from an off year.

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Some sort of milk dish that stood up to these great wines.

• 1827 Quinta do Serrado Madeira Bual

  Portugal, Madeira

  First real Maderia experience. Dark and clean color, needed time to develope biut I can see the potential. Very good.

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• 1929 Château d'Yquem 96 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

  OK, the fill on the btl was 4 inches below the cork which fell thru when I touched it. The wine was a treat, dark, molasses, very long finish, WOTN were some comments. I thought the evening was the best I have attended in a long time. Very happy and brought a taste home for Linda to taste.

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• 1845 Berry Bros. & Rudd Madeira "Old Bual" 95 Points

  Portugal, Madeira

  Now it's late.

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A great evening put together by our host Kenny. Warm weather outside (72) and now this morning as I write this its 35. I am still savoring the wines from the '75 Taittinger, '47 Colnot, '49 J Henri, '25 Cos, all the Montrose, really olde Maderia and of course the '29 d'Yquem. Thank you for an outstanding evening.