THANKSGIVING TASTING WITH THE WINE GROUP
Walnut Creek, Ca.
Tasted Saturday, November 14, 1992 by bestdamncab with 22 views
Introduction
Wine Group Theme of older bottles, each likes for their own reasons.
Flight 1 - Lovely Dinner Tasting (7 Notes)
Very different wines, different and unusual combinations with a terrific dinner.
Closing
The 1982 Laurent-Perrier, The 1985 Chapuis Corton Charlemagne, and the 1966 Chateau Latour were terrific tastes seldom seen by me but lucky to enjoy tonight!!!!!!
1982 Laurent-Perrier Champagne Grand Siècle 93 Points
France, Champagne
Nose of yeast and brioche, same on the palate, silky, tasty, lovely taste, almost elegant, medium/big body, very tasty, small bubbles slowly filled the glass with a mousse, past peak, better 3 years ago, pleasant fruit on finish and lovely aftertaste.
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1985 Domaine Maurice et Anne-Marie Chapuis Corton-Charlemagne 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Nose of steel, butter, and minerals, rich taste, steely but buttery on the palate, well balanced, gorgeous, medium/big body, long finish.
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1987 Kalin Cellars Chardonnay Cuvée BL 89 Points
USA, California, North Coast, Potter Valley
Opened to pineapple and butter, very rich but straight forward, great buttery finish, buttery over the evening, needs a year to peak.
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1966 Château Latour Grand Vin 96 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Rich, well balanced, beautiful, nice red, hint of hot purple color in the glass, no brown color at this age, rich, smooth, well balanced, typical Chateau Latour, nice, creamy finish.
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1985 Steltzner Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District 91 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
Rich cherry fruit on nose and palate, almost mature and reached peak but needs 5 years to peak, well balanced, shows 1985 Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage.
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1982 Château La Conseillante 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Reminded me of 1989 Chateau Ausone, lots of vanilla, sort of rich, exotic rich, elegant, beautiful, rich fruit, nice, long vanilla finish.
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1983 Château Lynch-Bages 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Strong, big rich fruit, exotic, buttery fruit, very creamy and smooth, atypical Cabernet fruit from Lynch-Bages, luscious but soft berry finish.
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