Blinds at Jason Mark III(?)

Tasted Saturday, July 11, 2020 by Nicephoras with 118 views

Flight 1 (4 Notes)

  • NV Ulysse Collin Champagne Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Les Maillons

    France, Champagne

    Not served blind. I love Collin, though I still prefer the BdB by a considerable margin. The wood treatment really helps here and gives a nice texture to the wine, though it's still a bit too round for my preferences. A very good champagne.

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  • NV Ruppert-Leroy Pinot Noir Champagne Brut Nature Les Cognaux

    France, Champagne

    Served double blind. Clearly pinot based with the round pear and apple flavors, heavily oxidative. It's also very round with limited precision and cut. A champagne almost perfectly designed not to appeal to me. I guessed Bereche.

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  • 2006 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

    Served double blind. A brute of a wine - this has real heft. On the nose, quite a bit of oak and very tropical notes - guava, tropical flavors. No reduction. The palate is heavy, but not in a California way - more of a "grand cru" sort of way, this had depth and a long slightly tropical finish (the oak tells). The depth made me call this a "grand cru" Meursault (i.e. from a top 1er site), though I thought it was considerably younger. Really defies the vintage, as the acidity and structure belies a 2006 white Burgundy. That said, the oak is still intrusive and the tropical flavors just aren't my thing in white Burgundy. Also the reason why I don't give wine points - this is a very well made wine, just not my style - a bit too much oak and tropical notes. What Konsgaard aspires to be on its Plato's ideal day, really.
    I preferred the Carillon Referts (unsurprisingly).

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  • 2013 Domaine Jacques Carillon Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru

    My bottle, so not blind. This is in the zone - notes of aloe, with clean acidity and a precise finish. This has sufficient body and roundness to make most guess Meursault, though just shows that Carillon did really well in 2013. Doesn't quite have the depth to be a grand cru, which its not. Not at risk of a downturn, but these are great now.

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Flight 2 (6 Notes)

  • 2010 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Goulots Vieille Vigne

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

    Red blind 1/7. This was a quasi-blind, as we could see the red wax at the top of the bottle. Not that it really mattered - it was clear on the nose this was Fourrier. The palate had a lot more dark fruit, which made me think of Combe au Moine (I didn't think this as Morey at all - the structure was wrong), which leans darker. The depth on this was great, and it had quite a bit of structure but was open. I thought it was 2009, but then again, Fourrier killed it in 2010, so not that surprising. The finish LASTS, and while this started to shut down toward the end of the night, this was my favorite wine of the evening by a considerable distance. A nice preview to my own bottles.

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  • 1990 Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas

    Red blind 2/7. What was that? Super green on the nose, but not olive green. What was clear is that it wasn't Burgundy, but what was it? The massive green notes without the depth made me think Loire, but it didn't necessary have the right pepper for it either. I couldn't ultimately make a call (vacillated in so many ways). The reveal was a real surprise, as I've had a fair amount of old Clape. Clape has a ton of variability, and I'm used to it being feral and or bretty, but never this green. I think the bottle was slightly off, but who knows. At least I didn't call it Burgundy. The green notes dominated so much I'm not sure what else to say about it.

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  • 2014 Bruno Desaunay-Bissey Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts Vieilles Vignes

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru

    Blind 4 of 7. Well, this is a pinot. Somewhat extracted, definitely a bit of oak, a bit of heat on the finish, but beyond that, absolutely no defining features. I thought this was a reasonable example of Sonoma pinot, and was surprised to see a Beaux Monts. This wine reminded me a lot of drinking very modernist Barolo - it's not that it's a bad wine, it's that it can be almost anything, which in an odd way makes it very boring.

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  • 1993 Gérard Raphet Clos Vougeot

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Blind 5 of 7. Clearly an older Burgundy, some lovely sweet fruit on the front palate, but also a bit of iron. There's a hint of sweetness/heat that I sometimes get from older Burgundy on the finish that distracted from the overall quality of the wine, but this is otherwise in a great place. My clear #2 of the night, a very good wine. I thought it was an older Gevrey.

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  • 2016 Philippe Pacalet Cornas

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas

    Blind 6 of 7. The nose immediately makes me think of Allemand and takes me to Cornas. It has the savory notes with the almost strawberry notes you get from Reynard (and sometimes Chaillot). Absolutely lovely. The palate however is very ripe and very fruit forward. Whereas Allemand is seductive and complex, this is slutty and kinda basic. It was so ripe I thought there was grenache in it and called it a CdP (whoops). Very drinkable, but it makes me think more of something like Balthazar's Casimir than a truly serious Cornas.

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  • 2012 Domaine Joseph Roty Gevrey-Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

    Blind 7 of 7. Not really served blind, but it was to me as I didn't see what was poured in my glass. I thought this was over the hill, but it had been open for a while. Tough to judge.

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Flight 3 (1 Note)

  • 2012 Cecile Tremblay Vosne-Romanée Vieilles Vignes

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

    My first Tremblay. This is dense and very dark fruited. A touch of oak, though not obtrusive. I didn't get any Vosne signature on it - this felt very Morey to me, which I suppose makes sense. A nice wine and drinking well, with very good heft for a village. I'm not going to look for it at current pricing, but that's not the wine's fault. Reminded me of Hubert Lignier quite a bit.

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