Southern Nights #1
@ PVa
Tasted Saturday, July 1, 2006 by Zweder with 227 views
Introduction
A wonderful evening/night with good (wine)friends.
All wines were tasted blind and revealed after a short while.
@ PVa
Tasted Saturday, July 1, 2006 by Zweder with 227 views
A wonderful evening/night with good (wine)friends.
All wines were tasted blind and revealed after a short while.
2001 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc 93 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Beautiful, concentrated and yet elegant bouquet with a firm dose of good oak which is well integrated already, limestone minerals and an enormous length. Beautiful and exclusive wine.
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2000 Arnaldo-Caprai Montefalco Sagrantino 25 Anni 92 Points
Italy, Umbria, Montefalco, Montefalco Sagrantino
Deep dark purple. The bouquet is a bit locked and shows bell pepper and leather. On the palate enormously concentrated, primary berry fruits, firm acidity and youthful tannin with a firm bite.
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1998 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia 93 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri, Bolgheri Sassicaia
Beautiful and complex bouquet with luxurious oak, good and juicy fruits, beautiful acidity and powerful tannin. Still very youthful but already a treat! 93+
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1996 Gaja Langhe Nebbiolo Conteisa 95 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC
Not so many notes… Enormously concentrated and complex with beautiful juicy fruits, herbs like thyme, good acidity and firm tannin. This wine needs another decade.
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1988 Château Léoville Las Cases 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Classical and complex bouquet with cassis, vanilla, licorice and laurel. Same on the palate, firm acidity, tannin and bitterness. The wine will improve with more ageing.
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1985 Château Cos d'Estournel 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Beautiful wine with creamy cassis, beautiful acidity and round tannin. Ready now and still a good future.
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1985 Château Cheval Blanc 96 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Beautiful and complex wine with licorice, lead pencil, good fruits, acidity and tannin. A great and complex wine with still a good future.
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1995 Château Mouton Rothschild 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Full bodied, loaded with cassis, lead pencil, luxurious and well dosed oak, good acidity and powerful tannin and bitterness. Still too young. Wait another decade. 95+
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1988 Château Lafite Rothschild 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
The bouquet is still a bit locked but there is good dark fruit and vanilla. Overall a complex wine which needs more time to show all of its finesse.
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1993 Château Margaux 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
The darkest of the three first growths we had. And, in this stage, also the most elegant with soft and round dark berries and vanilla. Can easily last another 5+ years.
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1993 Château d'Yquem 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
A lot of apricots, orange peel and honey. Enormous concentration: one drop fills the whole mouth. A lot of sweetness and also good acidity to back it up.
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1989 Oremus Tokaji Aszú 6 Puttonyos 93 Points
Hungary, Tokaji
Both an enormous amount of sweetness and acidity. Concentrated/caramelized apricots. Very complex as well, but d'Yquem 1993 we had before this, is more refined.
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2000 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée da Capo 96 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
A lot of everything in this wine: Loads of youthful dark and red berries, cherries, vanilla, bitterness. Good acidity and tannin. A firm amount of alcohol as well. This wine can probably last a few decades, but for this moment in 2006 the wine can use some more cellar time so everything can integrate a bit more. 96++
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1989 Mas de Daumas Gassac 91 Points
France, Languedoc Roussillon, Languedoc, Vin de Pays de l'Hérault
Dark berries, laurel, anise, soft acidity, tannin and bitterness. Pleasant sweetness as well. The wine presents itself still very youthful.
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1995 Château Haut-Brion 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Not many notes; enjoying the wine too much. Full bodied and powerful. Dark fruits, vanilla and graphite. Refinement. Delicious and still very youthful.
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1994 Château Angélus 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
This is in fact a concentrated beauty in this off vintage. Juicy fruits, good acidity, some pleasant sweetness and soft, still sticky, powerful tannin. Good bitterness in the long finish.
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1994 Pétrus 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Garnet red. Compact wine, multi layered, full bodied, red and black berries, beautifully dosed oak, beautiful balance between acidity and sweetness. Still a firm amount of powerful tannin. This wine combines finesse, complexity and power in a beautiful way. 95+
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1983 Château Palmer 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Impressive; hardly any ageing in the color and the bouquet. Beautiful and feminine wine with good juice, sweet spices, good acidity, tannin and bitterness. Great length, Beautiful wine with still a great future.
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1996 Dominus Estate Napanook Vineyard 92 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Ripe dark and some red berries, a lot of sweetness, good acidity, sweet spices, soft and friendly and also good complexity.
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1995 Artadi Rioja Pagos Viejos 92 Points
Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alavesa, Rioja
Dark ruby red. A lot of good and ripe red and dark fruit juice. Beautiful oak. Good balance between acidity, sweetness and tannin.
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2001 Alain Michaud Brouilly Prestige de Vieilles Vignes
France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Brouilly
A-typical in this line-up. Cherry fruits and yoghurt. No score and no more notes.
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1996 Alvaro Palacios Priorat L'Ermita 92 Points
Spain, Catalunya, Priorat
Not many notes. Concentrated and complex wine. Really beautiful. Soft and powerful. Still a good future.
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1995 Château Tirecul La Gravière Monbazillac Cuvée Madame 94 Points
France, Southwest France, Dordogne, Monbazillac
Apricots, orange peel, caramel, a lot of sweetness and good acidity. Impressive wine.
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1989 Domaine Gross Tokay Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives
France, Alsace
Still a lovely wine, but not the complexity and concentration as the other wines in this tasting.
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1989 Domaine Gross Gewurztraminer Goldert Sélection de Grains Nobles
France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru
Beautiful yellow fruits. Good balance between sweetness and acidity. No more notes and no score.
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1977 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage 94 Points
Portugal, Douro, Porto
Beautiful wine with ripe blackberries and blueberries, raisins and sweet licorice. Beautiful and complex wine.
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NV Trevor Jones Shiraz Liqueur Shiraz 1982 Hogshead
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Port style wine. Not as refined and complex as Vintage Port from Portugal. No score.
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