Rhone / Barossa Comparisons

Thought it would be interesting to compare a Châteauneuf with a GSM Barossa wine from a similar vintage, and a Hermitage with a 100% Barossa shiraz. All wines were excellently different.

• NV Eric Rodez Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Brut 92 Points

  France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru

  Fizzy red currants and some funky rancid orange fruit. Superb.

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• NV Gosset Champagne Brut Grande Réserve 92 Points

  France, Champagne

  Really good. Like flowery lemon sherbets. But bone dry. Fine bubbles.

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• 2002 Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Flawed

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

  Golden-yellow, aroma of straw and lemon. Lovely butter and lemon flavour, but nuttiness now becoming rancid and oxidised after a few minutes. Might be an off bottle.

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• 2017 Domaine Jean Goulley Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume 92 Points

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  Golden, apples aroma. Rich, flinty, mature, but refreshing. Spicy hint of ginger.

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• 1999 Les Cailloux (Lucien et André Brunel) Châteauneuf-du-Pape 94 Points

  France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

  Red brown. Complex aroma of earth, pine, violets. Then warm spicy berry flavour. Rich fruitcake aftertaste. Really delicious. Drinking well now.

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• 2002 Charles Melton Nine Popes 94 Points

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Black red. Much thicker texture than the preceding Chateauneuf. Woody aroma, hint of roses and tar. Huge rich fruit flavour, treacle, raspberry, blackberry. Powerful stuff.

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• 1994 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle 95 Points

  France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

  Black red colour, aroma of blackberry jam. Initially austere, but opens in the glass with glorious blackberry fruit, spicy and rich with complex layers of oak and cherry liqueur. Not decanted, but bottle opened for two hours in advance. Delicious.

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• 1994 Peter Lehmann Shiraz Stonewell 97 Points

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Dark red. Spicy aroma. Really bright cherry fruit, luscious texture, but with a lightness and delicate touch of acidity. Mellow, earthy, spicy aftertastes. Exquisitely balanced. Interesting to taste after a 94 Hermitage. This was the lighter wine. Not decanted, but bottle opened for two hours in advance.

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• 1990 Château Broustet 90 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Barsac

  Bright yellow-gold. Aroma of peaches and pineapple. Some medicinal notes. Lovely fruit compote flavours of orange, peach and pineapple. Tang of balancing bitterness in the background. Drank well over a week without losing anything. Really good.

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