G7

Dave
Tasted Monday, September 22, 2008 by kstoddard with 664 views

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

  • NV Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée 95 Points

    France, Champagne

    Golden yellow color. Tropical fruit aromatics. Apple, lemon, melon, caramel and walnuts on the palate. Intense effervescence and minerality. Incredibly well balanced. Beautiful richness with a very complex and elegant finish. This wine was on fire again tonight. Highly recommended. My personal WOTN. 12% alcohol.

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  • 1995 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 91 Points

    France, Champagne

    Golden color. Notes of apples on the nose. Tastes of pear, apple, wheat, bread and mocha. Nice balance and grace. Soft elegant finish. Not showing anywhere near as good as the NV Grand Cuvee Brut tonight but a very good wine nonetheless. 12% alcohol.

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Flight 2 (2 Notes)

  • 2004 Frédéric Magnien Montrachet 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Pale yellow in color. Oak dominates the nose. Tastes of pears, apple, pineapple and cinnamon. Full bodied. Excellent mouth feel and balance. The oak needs some more time to better integrate for my personal tastes. Very long, rich finish with exceptional elegance. Quite superior to the 2005 tasted along side. 13.5% alcohol.

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  • 2005 Frédéric Magnien Montrachet 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Pale yellow color. Smells of pears with a pretty floral character. Tasting of melon, pear, grass and spices. Amazing balance and beautiful acidity. Excellent purity of fruit. Very young. Restrained on the finish at this point in time. Should open up nicely with some bottle age and merit a higher score. 13.5% alcohol.

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Flight 3 (6 Notes)

  • 2001 Henri Jayer Echezeaux 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Light ruby in color. Aromas of cherries and rose petals. Tasting of blackberry, strawberry and earth with a nice black pepper component that I normally don't find with these wines but like very much. Medium bodied. Excellent balance and bright acidity. An intensely layered and complex finish. My personal favorite of the Echezeaux's tasted tonight. 13% alcohol.

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  • 2003 Emmanuel Rouget Echezeaux 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Dark ruby color. Carmel, blueberry nose. Tastes of black cherry, blueberry, violet, anise and plumb. Intense mid palate spiciness. Soft finish. 14.5% alcohol.

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  • 2004 Emmanuel Rouget Echezeaux 87 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Color of deep rubies. Nose of bright red berry fruit. Tastes of blackberries, pepper and black cherries. A bit on the green stemy side. Medium bodied. Mushrooms and a sweet earthiness on the soft finish. Stylistically reminds me very much like a Rhone wine. 13.5% alcohol.

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  • 2003 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Echezeaux 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Very dark purple in color standing out from the others in the flight. Nose of black cherries. Tasting of cherry, cola, earth and blackberry. Green tannins. Good balance. Well integrated oak. Medium bodied. A bit restrained and closed. Not bad but not very exciting at the same time. 13% alcohol.

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  • 2004 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Echezeaux

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Light ruby coloring. Reductive nose. Cola dominates the palate. Lots of oak and spice. Flat, uninteresting finish. Reminds me of an Oregon Pinot Noir. Hopefully this wine was off. 13% alcohol.

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  • 2005 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Echezeaux 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Ruby colored. Blackberry and caramel nose. Tastes of blackberry, pencil lead, blueberry and earth. Medium bodied. Well balanced with nice acidity. Elegant finish. Quite approachable now surprisingly enough. My favorite of the 2003, 2004 and 2005 DRC Echezeaux vertical. 13% alcohol.

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