DC/Chicago Wine Dinner Extravaganza

Officina - Wasington, DC
Tasted Friday, October 18, 2019 by Burgundy Al with 190 views

Introduction

DC / Chicago semi-annual wine dinner with good food, better wine.

Flight 1 (3 Notes)

  • 1983 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut 91 Points

    France, Champagne

    From magnum. Dried apricot, caramel apple, honeycomb with very good richness and weight, just slightly lacking energy and effervescence. I liked this, others liked it more.

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  • 2008 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut 96 Points

    France, Champagne

    Bright lemon with yellow and green apple with so much power, yet so much finesse. Lean, precise and very long. Better now vs when last tasted a year ago, and this will certainly be even better five years from now. One of the guys at dinner owns 500 bottles of this wine. I can almost understand.

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  • 1996 Dom Pérignon Champagne Oenothèque 95 Points

    France, Champagne

    I've had a mixed bag of experiences with this wine, but tonight's was one of the best ever. Lots of orchard fruit throughout, somewhat bready, slightly leesy, but still so clean and bright. Rich, powerful and very dense, while also refined and elegant. So good now.

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Flight 2 (3 Notes)

Flight 3 (4 Notes)

Flight 4 - Intermezzo (1 Note)

  • 2016 Mongeard-Mugneret Richebourg 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru

    Lots of red fruit that comes across as nearly jammy right now, but that's just youthful exuberance. Lots of sweet and savory spice with good weight t start and finish, perhaps just slightly lacking in the middle, giving it below average depth for Grand Cru. But there is still so much here, and I fully expect this will harmonize better as it ages. So easy to enjoy now, but I wouldn't revisit for another decade, and think it will be even better 2035 or later.

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Flight 5 (3 Notes)

  • 2002 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg Flawed

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru

    Very disappointing, slightly stewed, seemingly heat damaged.

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  • 2006 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru

    From magnum. Almost all red fruit aromas, followed by both red and black berry flavors. Great fruit is the star here, but spice is just behind it, even if not as expressive as the greatest vintages of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg. Clearly ripe and fleshy, yet also balanced. Just a bit of earth is started to emerge, so while this is so charming and enjoyable, I am confident this has upside from here as more nuance emerges and unfolds.

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  • 2005 Bernard Dugat-Py Charmes-Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

    This is a tough wine to assess. So much here to enjoy, but if served blind, I do not think I would have thought it Burgundy. Black fruit, raw and roasted meat with ultra, extreme concentration. A wine that is more easy for me to admire and respect than to enjoy, at least right now. My first time having this wine from this vintage, and I will want to try this again some time between 2025 and 2030 because I think it has 93-94 point potential, but a lot has to happen to get there.

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Flight 6 - Guigal 1991 La La Horizontal, Single Blind (3 Notes)

  • 1991 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Turque 96 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

    In 1991 single blind La La horizontal...which I got 100% correct! Spicy and floral with both red and black fruit and very impressive concentration. Cherry, black pepper, anise, roasted game, and enough floral notes to indicate there was some Viognier here. Best I can ever recall for this wine.

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  • 1991 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Mouline 97 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

    In 1991 single blind La La horizontal...which I got 100% correct! Alluring aromas made me think there was the most Viognier influence here, which led me to think this La Mouline. Complex array of red black fruit with red cherry hints and even more complex spice. So much here with good+ power, very good length and exceptional finesse. My favorite of the horizontal. My wine of the night.

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  • 1991 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Landonne 95 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

    In 1991 single blind La La horizontal...which I got 100% correct! The easiest of three to identify since this seemed clearly 100% Syrah. Massive, all black fruit,this is so muscular and even still backward. Great concentration, just less finesse or nuance vs the other two in the flight.

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Closing

Next up...spring in Chicago. See you at Smyth and the Loyalist.

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