Custom House
Tasted Thursday, November 20, 2008 by winefool with 597 views
This was a tasting and dinner put on by Hub International, my insurance broker. Sandy Leon organized it with Custom House and Hart Davis Hart and as these bus dev / customer appreciation things go, this one was absolutlely first rate! A shockingly nice lineup of wines for what was essentially a non wine-geek event. Took Janet and sat next to Jim C. and Chris K. Manlin was on the panel as an expert presenter on the wines and he pulled together the last flight, which was served blind for us to guess the theme. Though the Alban threw me, I was able to pick it out.
The idea here was to pair a new world and old world example of similar varietal compositions and age with each course of the meal. An interesting concept. We started with a nice champagne which now escapes me...
Overall a really fun evening.
1997 Kistler Chardonnay Hudson Vineyard 91 Points
USA, California, Napa / Sonoma, Carneros
Full golden color. Big forward oaky yellow fruit nose. Big oaky yellow smoky fruit on the palate. Holding up OK, but never going to absorb all this oak and balance out.
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1995 Albert Morey Bâtard-Montrachet 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Full golden color. Lovely mineral fruit nose - very dense. Mmmn, nice round rich honeyed white/yellow fruit with plenty of mineral and a long finish. Good balance and acidity - much better with the food than the Kistler.
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