A Fire, An Audible, and a Recovery: The Whites Prevail
McCormick & Schmick, Edina
Tasted Thursday, July 12, 2018 by rocknroller with 239 views
Introduction
Well, the long planned event for whites at Martina was disrupted by a kitchen fire that shut them down for the night. A quick audible was called in the middle of heavy storms rolling through the twin cities. The group picked up the rock, drove the field and reconvened a burb or two away at McCormick's for the planned white burg/chard theme. Turned out pretty good for a change up. Food worked with the theme and the wines provided all we'd hoped for. Nice night.
NV Caillez-Lemaire Champagne l'Eclats Brut Nature 88 Points
France, Champagne
Light gold color. Drank a glass over 30 minutes. Baked apple, oxidative, baked golden fruit, citrus pith, chalk, nervy and a bit sour on the finish.
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2006 Le Brun-Servenay Champagne Exhilarante Vieilles Vignes 92 Points
France, Champagne
Light-medium gold color. Drank a glass over 40 minutes. Almond nose with nice fruit, apple, ginger, bright, chalk. The palate carries some weight and depth, ginger, tart apple, apple skin, almond. Very good, still youthfully exhuberant and will likely benefit from a another year or two. 91+ to 92pts.
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2012 Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Light gold color. Drank 1 glass over 45 minutes. I favored this over the '14 Jacques Carillon P-M and that may well just be a matter of aging. But for now the Niellon had a more open feel to it, medium in body and nice lemon character, good lift and with some gun powder quality.
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2014 Domaine Jacques Carillon Puligny-Montrachet 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet
Slow progress from the last bottle. Same bottle as Chablis28. Still rather harsh and showing more youthful oak, matchstick, vary tart, bracing is the right word; tart Meyer lemon, tart citrus. Check back in in a couple years I suspect.
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2009 Etienne Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ-Canet 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
This was quite nice, rather understated with a healthy dose of briny minerality, apple and fine citrus notes, though a bit high toned on the finish.
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2014 Marc Colin et Fils Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru La Garenne 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Seriously good stuff and very consistent with my previous note.. Excellent earth laden seashore character, saline, power and depth, citrus, full bodied and quite impressive again. A beauty.
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2005 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne Domaine 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Light medium gold color. Drank a glass over an hour next to an '09 H Boilot C-C. This really was in fine shape, and I like the Chablis28's description. This is about focus and purity, great steely minerality, very refined; lemon tart pear, well integrated, full bodied, complex, almond cream, white peach and melon. Very pretty, 93+pts.
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2009 Henri Boillot Corton-Charlemagne 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Light gold color,; drank a glass next to an '05 Bouchard C-C fro an hour. My oh my; this is intense, very powerful, amazing earthy, mushroomy, and deeply seashore, oyster nose and palate; full bodied, lemon, lemon blossom, citrus zest, long and invigorating.
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2012 Mount Eden Vineyards Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains 92 Points
USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains
Very good, savory, mid weight, dried wood notes, classic white burg character with stony minerality and lean citrus. 92+pts.
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2014 Rivers-Marie Chardonnay Joy Road Vineyard 91 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
This has some richness and depth, but it is still pretty restrained, stony, pear and spices. Good stuff.
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2008 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Muncagota 91 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Carbon copy of the last bottle. Needs some air and some more time, but this has it all. 91(+)pts.
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2007 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
PNP, drank a glass over 40 minutes. Another bonus bottle from the Burgaresco flight at the end of the night. Very good, great acid, juicy, pretty, tart red cherry fruits, good spices, medium body and nice nuances. Love drinking these.
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