Second Night in Mecca

Ken and Maureen joined us for night two...

• 1982 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc 94 Points

  France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

  Full golden color. Lovely rich round orange rind and spice on the nose. Huge rich fat honeyed spicy mineral palate with lanolin on the mid palate and hints of caramel on the finish. This wine was in fantastic shape and still had plenty of life and acidity remaining.

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• 1961 Pierre Ponnelle Corton-Clos du Roi 96 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

  From mag. Full deep red color with pink edges. Fabulous bright strawberry red cherry nose with rose petal notes and some spiciness. Mmmmn, nice big bold black cherry fruit with brown sugar and anise spice notes. Similar to the Ponnelles from the previous evening, this wine had surprisingly rich deep full bodied black from for its age.

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• 1926 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 90 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

  Medium red color with some fading at the edges. Interesting leather briar black friut nose. Big sour balck fruit on the palate, but began to decline pretty quickly in the glass. Perhaps a couple extra points from me for surviving 81 years with any fruit at all!

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• 1926 Château Beychevelle 80 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

  A controversial wine that some liked better than I did. full deep opaque purple/red with brown edges. VERY odd aroma of lanolin, tide detergent, dill, and a hint of brown sugar mollases. Big black stewed fruit but still odd with almost stinky cheese notes. Probably just not a great bottle, but then again who knows with a wine this old. Really the only disappointment over two evenings of great wine.

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• 1937 Bouchard Aîné & Fils Clos de Tart 93 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de Tart Grand Cru

  Full red pink color. Pale aroma of dusty red fruit. Nice pale dustry red fruit on the palate with strawberry notes. A very nice mature burgundy, even if a bit simple.

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• 1953 Château Cheval Blanc 95 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Full deep purple color with red/pink edges. Forward aroma of red fruit, cedar, and graphite with spicy licorice hints. Nice rich black friu on the palate with mineral, coffee, and briar notes. Very lithe and etheral next to the other 53s. Probably got an extra point or so from me for the label.

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• 1953 Château Mouton Rothschild 94 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Crimson red color. Killer red fruit spicey nose with hints of green bell pepper. Lovley black fruit with serious graphite notes and just a hint of mint. Very nice. 94+pts.

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• 1953 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 96 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

  Coffee black red color. Killer aroma screaming blood and iron with graphite notes. Mmmmn, great red cassis fruit with pencil lead on the finish. Really stellar - a few gave the Cheval the nod for it's sophistication, but this was easily my favorite of the three 53s.

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• 1964 Château Haut-Brion 94 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

  From mag. Full purple with some red at the edges. Medium/full nose of tobacco and clean black fruit. Wow, lovely round lithe red fruit with classic HB iron notes. Very nice.

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• 1964 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle 85 Points

  France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

  Full purple red color. Funky red fruit nose with some bitterness. Also some VA I think. Quite stewy on the palate and not showing much. I was really looking forward to this and quite disappointed.

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• 1947 Pierre Ponnelle Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts 94 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru

  Full red color with pink edges. Full nose of black fruit, spice, anise, and a hint of eucalyptus. Full black prune cherry fruit with nice earthy complexity through the finish.

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• 1976 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Musigny Cuvée Vieilles Vignes 93 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Musigny Grand Cru

  Full red color with pink edges. Medium nose of pale red cherry with violets. Lovely strawberry red cherry fruit on the palate. A lovely lithe mature older burg. 93-94 pts.

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• 1983 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses 96 Points

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

  Ruby red color. Incredible nose of violet black cherry with spice and anise notes. Great black cherry fruit with spicy complexity and a long coffee finish. Lovely and one of my favorite burgs of the night.

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