Richard Juhlin Top 100 Day 1 @ Gustav Zürich

Restaurant Gustav Zürich
Tasted Sunday, March 3, 2019 by aquacongas with 770 views

Introduction

First day of Richard Juhlin's Top 100 Tasting. 12 Champagnes in 4 flights. Not blind. Perfect matched food.

Flight 1 - Apero (1 Note)

Convincing

  • 2009 De Sousa et Fils Champagne Grand Cru Umami Extra Brut 92 Points

    France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru

    From Magnum, not blind
    It was the starting Champagne for the first day of Richard Juhlin's Top 100. I had the chance to drink it 2 years before at the winery from regular bottle. Today much more balanced and subtle than then. Grapefruit, flintstone, citrus, salty, fresh and well drinkable. 92

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Flight 2 (3 Notes)

Unbeliavable start. All wines with potential. CdM 1998 very strong, reaching his peak. The Krug 1996 even from colour a bit too ripe an amazing wine and The DP Oeno the youngest baby at this day

  • 1998 Krug Champagne Clos du Mesnil 97 Points

    France, Champagne

    not blind, first flight, first wine
    very krugish, but more CdM than Krug, the colour a bit too dark but very fresh and clean at the palate. In this flight the most precise and the densest but in the late palate. 98 is at Krug well drinkable at the moment. Today outscored the 96 CdM. 97(98)

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  • 1996 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 96 Points

    France, Champagne

    not blind, second wine first flight,
    the colour a little bit darker than expected but unbelievable fresh in the palate. Hioney, hazelnut, great concentration and typical 96 acidity but not reaching the CdM same vintage and in the late palate not the precision and finesse of CdM. A monster raisins, dates and orange peel in mid palate, bottle opened a day before for 10 min. 96(97)

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  • 1996 Dom Pérignon Champagne Oenothèque 97 Points

    France, Champagne

    not blind, 3rd wine 1st flight
    perfect bottle, such a baby, awesome fresh and reductive, oyster shell, toast, citrus, pink grapefruit, creamy in the finish, for the next 20 years, but not now. I prefer the regular degorgement. 96(98)

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Flight 3 (3 Notes)

The second best wine of the lunch, the "weakest" bottle and a sleeping giant

Flight 4 (3 Notes)

The 1976ers look like to decline, a very good Charlie

Flight 5 (3 Notes)

The best flight of the day. PH was singing very genius. A nice Bolli 1966 and the best comtes of the two days (76 and 79)

Flight 6 (3 Notes)

Flight 7 (3 Notes)

Afterwards the tasting

Flight 8 (5 Notes)

At Camino, 5 great memorable bottles. Especially the Collection 1981 from magnum. Thanks Ivan for this generous sharing.

Closing

My Top3 and very close to the overall opinion

Piper Heidsieck 1955
Cristal 1996 Vinotheque Magnum
Clos du Mesnil

CdM 1996 a bit closed today. A great Bolli 1966, DP Oeno 1996 brutally young.

After the tasting soem great wines as Krug Colection 1981 Magnum

Phantastic. Thanks Dominik for the organisation.

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