DC/Silver Spring MD
Tasted Saturday, July 6, 2019 by ericindc with 150 views
A friend wanted to try one of his 1990 La Tache's and generously invited me. I grabbed a couple wines that we felt would go as well and the 5 of us (4 whom would drink) had a great night. Wines were fantastic and interesting with the great dishes they were paired with.
Starter was a nice bottle of Cristal and a selection of french cheeses, Epoisses, Brillat Saverin, Comte, Camembert. Perfect as I feel that champagne and sparklers in general are the best match for cheeses. As mentioned in my note, this showed a bit younger and fresher than the bottle I had about 6 months ago. As I prefer older, more mature champagne, I generally likes the one from January a bit better.
This was served at the tail end of the cheeses, as well as with a pasta with mushroom sauce, and grilled duck breast with salad. Simple and perfect;to let the wines be the star. As noted, this was my first and probably only La Tache I will have. I found it strangely atypical for burgundy (but maybe not for La Tache), but had one of the most complex and changing nose and palate on a wine I've had. The Musigny was quite fine, Not the best year, but a nice wine in the early stages of maturity. For both of these, I'd love to check them again in 10-15 years, but alas...
I made a Apple galette with some sweetened vanilla mascarpone under the apples as I figured it would go great with the half bottle of '88 d'Yquem. It did. The '88 was good, but still youngish. No idea if this will be like the '75 and never get tertiary flavors. Having said that, just a really nice bottle.
Again. Great wines. The La Tache was obviously the most memorable, albeit not what I expected. In order, my favs were the La Tache, Cristal, Musigny, d'Yquem. Very memorable night!
1995 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut
France, Champagne
Very similar to my January note. This bottle seemed younger and fresher than the previous bottle I tried. The provenance on this bottle was much better than the previous one, so it could be that or just normal bottle variation. More honeyed as it sat with less oxidative and mature notes. Still a great wine!
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