Dîner After Talich Quartet Concert and Mugneret-Gibourg/ Montille Masterclass

Wonderful dinner and wines with an amazing and fun performance by the Talich Quartet from the Czech Republic.

• 2014 Château de Puligny-Montrachet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières 92 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru

  Rich fruit is well balanced with mineral and structured elegance. Very bright start-to-finish. Very good now with upside as the richness softens even further.

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• 2006 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots 92 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Black and red cherry with fully engaging Asian five spice, this seems so nicely "Vosne." Clearly ripe, but easily balanced. Wonderful right now.

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• 2011 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Echezeaux 92 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

  From 3L directly from the domaine. Red cherry throughout with some Indian spice hints. There is a faint underripe note in the middle, but this finishes with charming red cherry.

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• 2003 Domaine de Montille Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru

  Rich and very enjoyable, but there is a slightly hollow middle that follows the ripe black fruit start. Certainly easy to enjoy, but I don't see any upside from here.

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• 2006 Domaine de Montille Corton-Charlemagne 93 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

  Magnums directly from the domaine. Wonderfully combines rich opulence of peach and poached pear with steely minerality. If blind, I'd have thought this from a better, younger vintage.

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• 2006 Château Suduiraut 91 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

  Fresh and dried apricot with marzipan and candied orange rind. Very good flavors, but it didn't seem to have the energy on finish I tend to enjoy from great Sauternes.

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• 1949 Morin Pere et fils Musigny

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Musigny Grand Cru

  Small glass, brief note. Great depth and concentration, clearly Grand Cru. Fully evolved into a charming wine perhaps slightly past its peak, showing bittersweet mint chocolate notes. Very enjoyable.

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• 1979 Bouchard Aîné & Fils Musigny

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Musigny Grand Cru

  Small glass, brief note. All mushroom and earth.

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• 1995 Domaine Leroy Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Aux Combottes 93 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  Small glass, brief note. Black fruits with meaty character and lots of power. Slightly flashy aromas, then less flash and lots of substance and concentration on the palate. Very good length. Gevrey comes through very nicely here, with the Leroy style playing a perfect supporting role.

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• 1999 Bernard Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St. Jacques 92 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  Small glass, brief note. Very dense, meaty and powerful black cherry and plum. Long and still slightly brooding. Very good now. Upside from here.

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• 1976 Domaine Henri Lamarche Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru La Grande Rue Flawed

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

  Oxidized.

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• 1970 Charles Vienot Richebourg

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru

  Initially this was thought to be dead, but I tasted it several hours after being opened and found it classically Vosne with blacker fruit and spice hints, albeit certainly very mature and advanced.

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