Monday Night Dinner at Harry's/Vintry

A group of us decided to fill in our empty Monday night with some downtown NYC wine and steak action. My old friends at Harry's were able to accommodate us on short notice and let us bring a few bottles. Thankfully they have a great wine list so we were able to buy a few replacements for our off-bottles.

• 1995 Dom Pérignon Champagne Oenothèque 90 Points

  France, Champagne

  Not flawed, but not as good as normal. At 90 points, not worth the price.

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• 1995 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut Flawed

  France, Champagne

  Bad 6-pack

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• 1989 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Flawed

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

  Not corked or cooked, but just completely flat and lifeless, which was a shame as we were pairing it with the '90.

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• 1990 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape 96 Points

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

  Another great bottle from Keith's stash. This one also drank more bordeaux like, but that is fine with me.

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• 1982 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 88 Points

  France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

  This was probably the least favorite of the non-flawed bottles this night. Light, metallic, too acidic, low fruit. We still drank it, but only when everything else was gone.

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• 2005 Sine Qua Non Grenache Atlantis Fe2O3~2a, b & c 90 Points

  USA, California

  Big, big, big blueberry and blackberry fruit nose. Ironically the palate did not have the alcohol I was expecting, but it did have the sweet, concentrated dark fruits that were consistent with the nose. Tough to drink stand-alone and not my style, but it scored points with me because it did work well with the big, bad porterhouses we served with it. Frankly, I would pass on a glass of this unless it was with grilled streak.

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• 1989 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Pignan Reserve 93 Points

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

  This was little more body than fruit. Probably needed more decanting, great provenance, bought on release. Got beat by the '90 Beaucastel tonight.

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• 1990 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle 97 Points

  France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

  This bottle had great provenance and it showed compared to some other bottles of this that I have had. Standard blood, mud, iron and leather. But better tannins and more fruits that on other bottles. We drank this after the meal and it drank extremely well with some after-dinner cheeses and meats with just a short decant.

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• 1982 Château Talbot 95 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

  Drank next to the '90 Jaboulet and another great provenance bottle. Did not have the same level of funk as on the '82 Gruaud a couple of weeks ago, which was a good thing for me. Cedar, spice and cigar box on nose. Leather, black fruits, great acidity on palate. I think this bottle would have been even better with food.

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Another great night with great friends, food and wine.