Black Salt
Tasted Saturday, December 23, 2017 by PanosKakaviatos with 437 views
I enjoyed myself too much, as I had left my written notes behind ... DCWine Mr. Kevin Shin took excellent notes himself for more assessments for you! This was a great lunch with true wine loving friends. We were nine very happy people, enjoying some magnums as well as regular format bottles over a 4+ hour lunch at a great seafood restaurant in Washington DC, Black Salt.
Krug 96 proved to be the wine of the lunch. But the Ledru was wonderful, too!
What a great lunch this was. As far as I am concerned, this was the official Christmas celebration in terms of great wines! Thanks to all who attended and brought such fine wines.
2003 Marie-Noëlle Ledru Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée du Goulté Blanc de Noirs Brut 93 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Perhaps unfairly compared to the Krug vintage 1996 magnum, served alongside, this wine was nonetheless delicious, made from hand picked grand cru grapes from Ambonnay and Bouzy. Pinot Noir did well in the heat of 2003, at least based on other bubblies I have tried from this vintage. Coming from magnum certainly lent more freshness to the wine. The overall impression was of a creamy texture with fine red berry fruit expressions. Notes from memory as I had left my written notes at the restaurant ...
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1996 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 100 Points
France, Champagne
Well, I suppose this is rather perfect. Alas I left my written notes at the restaurant so here from memory. Gorgeously precise fruit driven flavors at first then a burgeoning notion of white truffle that begs fine cuisine, which we got - in spades - at Black Salt. The texture was at once velvety smooth and vivacious, the energy of the 1996 vintage shining through and although the color and even the tertiary aspects suggest a quicker than expected evolution - this was a magnum bottle! - the wine was literally singing over lunch, and we kept going back to it. Thanks be to magnums and to Krug.
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