"Farewell" Party for Sasi

A prodigous afternoon of tasting in the making given it was Sasi's farewell party. This really turned out to be an excellent afternoon of mostly big name burgs as well as two interesting "tricky" wines and a top notch dessert tokaji.

• 2000 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Vieille Vigne 83 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  Very woody with earthy rootstock but does open up to reveal some nice oranges and cherries. Extracted cherry fruit and slightly sappy finishing with roots and lots of tree bark.

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• 1982 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Le Corton 93 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

  A hot day with wet mushrooms and some decaying leaf litter underneath a layer of sweet cherry compote. Lovely cherry, strawberries and petite flowers.Absolutely beautiful composure and finish. Amazingly, this evolved further on second tasting with soupyness and chinese dang gui stewed with red dates. This is one absolutely yummy wine with ethereal lasting mouthfeel and finish...I can still taste it even now... strawberry fields basked in autumn morning sunshine. This is a really beautiful wine.

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• 1999 Maison Leroy Beaune 1er Cru Marconnets 87 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru

  An extremely sharp punchy nose of a mix of melted pungent cheeses like gorgonzola, mature cheddar and blue dotted by red raspberries. There is also a simultaneous display of chickadees / chicken-flavoured twisties and hot tin roof. I would say it also reminds me of half dried sweat stained gym tops. However, the palate was contrastingly delicately cherry fruit-dominated. Good purity of fruit, delicious and sexy with great texture and nice mouthfeel backed by lifted blue flowers and nice acid backbone. A contradictory wine with a yin-yang contrast of nose and palate.To me, this is an interesting wine to have.

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• 1999 Nicolas Potel Grands-Echezeaux 86 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru

  Initially very closed up with singer oil and baygon but after about 20mins in the glass, more fruits came to the fore with dash of mushroom dust, beef blood and ginger skin. Good fruit of ripe cherries and orange peels with undercurrent of floral components as well. Velvety mouthfeel, goiod tannins and good fruit for longer aging.

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• 1996 Penfolds Shiraz Magill Estate 84 Points

  Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Plains

  Crushed beetles, a bit of crayon, a bit of cat's pee. On the palate, there is just one focused beam of orange peels and orange fruit with an undertone of cockroach! The weird aromas subsequently blow away to reveal more menthol and currants. Still fresh and lively. This is shockingly un-shiraz and feels more like a bordeaux blend.

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• 2001 Capannelle Chianti Classico Riserva 85 Points

  Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG

  This is huge on leather! Its like a sweat stained leather saddle. Sweaty and with some green capsicums too. This really shouts Pauillac but its not! Extremely forward and galloping in its approach with a tempo of flavours building up to a cloud of tobacco, smoke, tar and cherry-flavoured licourice.

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• 1995 Royal Tokaji Wine Co. Aszú Essencia 94 Points

  Hungary, Tokaji

  Nose is still tight and teases with dried raisins and some orange liquer. What is amazing is the extremely well put together palate. Superbly balanced! Dried and fresh apricots, squeezes of orange peel, figs, golden sultanas and glimpses of golden peaches basking in the sun. All these wonderful ripeness balanced off by refreshing zesty acidity that makes this such a quaffable dessert wine. I could drink this in the jugs without growing tired.It's like coke..there is something in it that makes you continue slurping without thinking. This is a wine that will seduce you senseless. I want more!

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What an afternoon! The best part was that even after drinking about a btl each per person , both Fiona and I were still alive and kicking. This is the difference between wines and a wine! No splitting headache and makes one raring to have more!