Summer Mondo Event $200+

Roswell, GA
Tasted Sunday, June 26, 2022 by Rezy13 with 181 views

Flight 1 - Starters- Non Blind (4 Notes)

Flight 2 - Main Event Served Double Blind (9 Notes)

$200+ wines for entry served double blind, so we didn't know which one was ours. Only stipulation for this event was that you couldn't bring Bordeaux. Host's choice which I really loved.

  • 2001 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Mouline 97 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

    Cloudy core with large reddish maroon rim; meat, cedar, woodsy, light pine, smoked meat, perfumed, Indian spices, black pepper, granite, dark berry, slightly wild but a refinement that's apparent; good weight on the palate, leather, meat, fruit, pure cherry, nice freshness, regal and still nicely structured; delicious, have a sneaking suspicion that this is mine.

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  • 2004 Antinori Solaia 93 Points

    Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT

    Deep dark color, extracted, garnet rim; cocoa powder, wet earth, black currant, Cuban cigar, holly, red currant, exuberant ripeness, lots of fruit, green herbal edge is nice counterbalance, good grip to the tannin, black tea, leather, pencil shavings, a touch of black truffle and balsamic notes; in a good spot; '04 Messorio?

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  • 2002 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único 92 Points

    Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero

    Dark core with maroon rim; herbal nose, sweet and liqueured, crushed roses, ripe, sour cherry, orange zest, medicinal, good weight and thickness to nose, kirsch, brown sugar, almost Amarone-esque, sandalwood, shorter finish, where does all of the rich fruit and texture go?; was thinking Grenache on the nose but what is this? so confusing; settled on '09 G Rinaldi C SL... still have yet to wrap my head around Unico blind- especially at these events where there's such stiff competition. Still waiting to be blown away by one too.

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  • 1995 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 96 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

    Cloudy, aged, reddish maroon; gun metal, dove shit, smoke, bright cherry and plum, edgy, more gun metal, leaner with this age, tons of mineral but fruit is pristine, mushroom, root vegetables, fungal fruit, leather; really good, bet this is younger than it seems; called '04 Fonsalette Cuvee Syrah; been liking this JL Chave cat of late.

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  • 2001 Henri Bonneau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réserve des Célestins 95 Points

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

    See through crimson with orange rim; celery seed, incense, sour cherry, balsamic, not tannic, botrytis?, dried roses, sweet liqueured fruit yet somewhat demure, root vegetables, mushroom, tart lifted finish; '01 Fonsalette CdP?; after reveal this is so traditional yet elegant Grenache in the Rayas style, Celestins can start out so beefy and its transformation into something like this is pretty profound when it's at its fighting weight; in a great spot.

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  • 2013 Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Brunate 95 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    See through crimson, pretty with onion skin rim; sweet cherries and strawberries, cooling menthol, elegant and delicious just young, orange oil, weight in the mid-palate, dry extract, understated power; called '11 Giacosa Red Label.

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  • 2010 Marqués de Murrieta Rioja Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial 94 Points

    Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

    Pretty garnet to rim; appealing nose, sweet ripe fruit, sweet oak, touch of volatility, prominent legs though extraction is in check for something almost Amarone-like, plums, cherries and cream, young and interesting with a slight green edge, good balance to age well; young Bonneau?- gonna settle on Quintarelli; should know better...

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  • 2009 Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste 95 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Pretty crimson, tons of sediment, orange rim; cellar stink, roses, sexy nose, balsamic, leather, liqueured fruit, great fruit, mouth filling, noble wood, mahogany, spicy; delicious just not very attractive looking; '11 Pie Franco?

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  • 2001 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin 95 Points

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

    Cloudy, darker core with maroon rim; meaty, funky, iron, garrigue, herbal, mineral, plum, pepper, olives and iron, Clape?, rusty nail, slight stewed fruit, CdP considered but this says N Rhone to me, mesquite; delicious and in a sweet spot but this should improve if it softens a little; called '05 Clape; my note looks eerily similar to my note in 2016...this also won WOTN; found out later that this was out of RP's cellar- wow!

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Flight 3 - Extras and Dessert Wines (5 Notes)

The dessert wines were done non-blind.

Closing

My top 3: 1- mine '01 La Mouline, 2- '95 Chave, 3- '09 Rinaldi

Actual: 1st- '01 Hommage, 2nd- '01 La Mouline, 3rd- Tie '02 Unico & '13 Rinaldi

I was Robbed!

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