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Chicago Wine Flock...Gary Opens Cali Cab
Chez Weber - Chicago IL
Tasted Friday, June 10, 2016 by Burgundy Al with 640 views
Flight 1 - Something to Start (2 Notes)
Flight 2 - First Blind Flight (2 Notes)
1970 Mayacamas Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Mountain 92 Points
USA, California
Tasted double blind alongside the 1969, both from magnums. This came cross as very Left Bank Bordeaux-like to me, with tobacco, mature black plum and currant with some licorice. Very elegant. Turned out that this 1st wine was my favorite of all the 13 blind Cali cabs tasted tonight.
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1969 Mayacamas Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon California Mountain 86 Points
USA, California
Tasted double blind alongside the lovely 1970. Magnum. Very mature to start, this was then on a precipitous decline.
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Flight 3 - Second Blind Flight (4 Notes)
1973 Inglenook Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Cask A-5 86 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Tasted double blind in 1973 flight. Very mature, very tired with mushroom and hints of memories of fruit past.
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1973 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon 85 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Tasted double blind in what turned out to be 1973 flight. group liked this wine, but i found it less interesting, seeming slightly green, simple and bitter. I understand the other bottle at the dinner was much better.
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1973 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Martha's Vineyard Flawed
USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville
Served double blind in what turned out to be 1973 flight. I easily identified this as Heitz Martha from the eucalyptus dominating the nose. Others found cork notes on nose, which I was unable to identify, but found a bitter, musty edge on finish that made me agree this was slightly corked. But the fruit quality was still there, and this was still my 2nd favorite wine of the flight, at 89 points.
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1973 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Mature black fruit with cedar, mushroom and good concentration. Balance is the highlight here, this almost seemed like an elegant aged Bordeaux.
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Flight 4 - Third Blind Flight (3 Notes)
1975 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve 81 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Tasted double blind in what turned out to be 1975 flight. Past the point of being interesting, this seemed fairly oxidized.
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1975 Spring Mountain Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Tasted double blind in what turned out to be 1975 flight. Earth, leather and a trace mint hint I really enjoyed. Good density.
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1975 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Martha's Vineyard
USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville
Tasted double blind in what turned out to be 1975 flight. From magnum. Bright color for its age, intense fruit concentration. However, there was a mustiness some thought corky that detracted from the overall pleasure. Still very enjoyable, perhaps around 90 points tonight, but not a perfect magnum.
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Flight 5 - Fourth Blind Flight (4 Notes)
1961 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve 87 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Tasted double blind in what turned out to be an older Cali Cab flight. Plenty of earth and leather with some clear signs of life and power. Good overall.
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1935 Simi Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma 88 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley
Tasted double blind in what turned out to be an even older Cali cab flight. I like old wine, but I like it because age can make it taste better. Age has made this wine very interesting, but just moderately tasty to me. Others thought it WOTN.
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1970 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve 84 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Tasted double blind in what turned out to be older Cali Cab flight. Still enjoyable enough and interesting, but clearly over the hill.
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1970 Inglenook Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Cask F-31 86 Points
USA, California
Tasted double blind in what turned out to be older Cali Cab flight. Also very interesting, while just moderately flavorful. Fruit clearly still hanging in there, even if it's using cobwebs to hang in.
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Flight 6 - Miscellaneous Wines Après la Dégustation (17 Notes)
2001 Bouchard Père et Fils La Romanée
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, La Romanée Grand Cru
From magnum. This is a wine with great potential, even if it isn't quite ready yet. All red fruit with more baking spice than I recall from other times tried in the past few years. Lots of acid, this still has a few edges to soften. Patience will be rewarded here. My favorite wine tonight, with 94-95 point potential.
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1999 Maison Leroy Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Fontenys 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Tasted double blind. I immediately thought this from Gevrey with meaty black fruit and some roasted game notes. Moderate power and length. Slight barnyard hints add some character, but perhaps more than I'd prefer.
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2006 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Bourgogne Blanc Flawed
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc
Oxidized.
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2003 Bernard Dugat-Py Charmes-Chambertin 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Ripe black berries on nose and palate. Ripeness balanced with enough structure to maintain excellent balance, particularly for the vintage.
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1995 Château Haut-Brion 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Tasted double blind. Great aromatic start with spice, black currant and cassis. Similar flavors but less robust, and very firmly structured. I immediately thought this Bordeaux, and correctly identified this as Haut Brion when given a (First Growth) hint, but thought it slightly younger from another highly structured vintage.
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2008 Schrader Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon GIII Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard
USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford
Badly corked.
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1989 Château Cos d'Estournel 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Great aromas of black fruit, liqueur and dark chocolate. Similar flavors, just still slightly backward. This may still have upside, and will most likely drink well for decades if well stored. A type of Bordeaux i truly enjoy.
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1988 Château Lynch-Bages 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Cigar box and mature black fruit aromas. Similar palate, just slightly more rugged finish than I'd prefer, but still tasty for now.
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2001 Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
USA, California, Napa Valley
Massive and extremely ripe, showing plum, liqueur, espresso, dark chocolate and vanilla. Very fat, and not remotely my preferred style of wine, but certainly well done in its style.
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1985 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Flawed
USA, California, Napa Valley
Late night pop and pour. Some others didn't notice, but this too was corked.
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2000 Marcel Deiss Altenberg de Bergheim
France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru
No surprise that this came across as fairly sweet, but it came across as so dominated by Gewurztramier that I didn't fully enjoy its overall harmony compared to what I expect from this wine most of the time, particularly with cellar age.
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2009 Jean-François Ganevat Côtes du Jura Cuvée de Garde
France, Jura, Côtes du Jura
I think I almost understand why people enjoy these significantly oxidative wines, but I don't really understand.
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2007 Massimo Clerico Lessona
Italy, Piedmont, Northern Piedmont, Lessona
An interesting (mostly) Nebbiolo that cam across as slightly underripe, even with good red fruit and nice spice. slightly drying finish.
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1990 Beringer Vineyards Merlot Bancroft Ranch 88 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Howell Mountain
Tasted double blind. Still alive and kicking with mature black fruit, rounded textures and savory spice. I thought this was a 30+ year old Pomerol.
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1984 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon 89 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville
Great nose with mature black fruit, spice, mint and and leather. Flavors are similar, just lsightly less exciting, but this is a very charming wine still drinking well. I used to really enjoy Groth wines of this era in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but rarely taste them these days.
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1990 Dominus Estate
USA, California, Napa Valley
Slightly too warm by the time I tasted this wine, but this has a good concentration of black fruit with overall balance, with savory spice and plenty of softened structure supporting the fruit nicely on finish. Very good now.
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2002 Sine Qua Non Sémillon Mr. K The Straw Man 91 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Edna Valley
Tasted double blind. Dark color. Intense aromas and flavors, showing almond, candied orange peel and faint papaya hints. Almost syrup-like consistency. Very good.
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NV Bellavista Franciacorta Cuvée Brut 85 Points
Italy, Lombardia, Franciacorta DOCG
From very large (3L?) bottle, not sure when disgorged. Seemingly mature apple with much more earthy and bready elements.
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2009 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Magnum. Lemon peel on nose and palate with plenty of sweet spice. Good concentration but very advanced.
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