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Tasted Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - Sunday, December 1, 2019 by StefanAkiko with 321 views
When you're on a tight travelling-and-meetings schedule, it's nice to relax for a bit and enjoy a tasting or three :-)
All wines tasted blind.
Spent the day in Paris trying to find a mature Muscadet de S&M and this was the closest I got that wasn't bottled in a magnum.
A selection of fine cheeses, cold cuts and bread. *yumm*
Champagne really isn't my cup of tea. However, the Vilmart was enjoyable.
The Puligny-Montrachet rocked!
My wine (the Chablis PC - fresh from Charles de Gaulle Airport Tax-Free) sucked.
Three amazing wines + my CdP that was like a fruitf**ker bomb. Quality like a bag-in-box. My mega-sucking wine in this flight also fresh from Charles de Gaulle Airport Tax-Free.
My personal favourite was the Barolo with some mature notes.
Best wine was voted: La Tour Haut-Brion (my vote as well).
What a wonderful flight! Utter, utter pleasures!
The Opus One was a clear favourite and winner.
The Climens was a rather welcome guest.
The Rioja nailed it. Clos des Papes is over-hyped. 1982 Château Suduiraut Cuvée Madame was awesome! We've kept 1/3 of the btl in order to return to it in ~February.
Valdespino ruled, Tio Diego is not worth drinking.
Two very interesting sakés to round things off.
(Pizza and cheese plate)
The Brunello rocked my ship and the Clerc Milon took a while to get out and show its face. Rioja = *mjuff* :-)
...rounded off with four different Sakés.
Those were the days.
Back to the dull life of sobriety.
...albeit extremely productive, workwise.
2013 Domaine de Belle Vue Muscadet Gaia 90 Points
France, Loire Valley, Pays Nantais, Muscadet
(11/27/2019)
A maturing Muscadet, still not quite there.
On the richer and less acidic side for the genre.
But a very delicious and supple drink with selected cheese and bread.
Lovely!
In Paris.
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2012 Domaine Gauby Côtes du Roussillon Villages Vieilles Vignes 93 Points
France, Languedoc Roussillon, Roussillon, Côtes du Roussillon Villages
(11/26/2019)
Deep aromas of dark berries, a whiff of garrigue some peppery notes and very young.
A dark juice that stained my teeth. Concentrated and ultra-delicious. Balance is slightly off and length will hopefully increase with age. Should be kept for at least 10 more years.
In Paris.
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