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Gang of 4 Sweet Lake Farewell tasting
@ RW
Tasted October 20, 2023 by Zweder with 62 views
Introduction
Last evening with this gang in this location.
So each of us brought something verfy good and something exceptional.
We tasted the wines blind and had - as always - a great evening.
Flight 1 (11 notes)
Red
2018 Faiveley Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
95 points
Beautiful, luxurious and intense bouquet with strawberries, cherries and beautifully dosed oak. On the palate juicy berry fruits, beautiful and round acidity and tannin, round and friendly tannin. Elegant and lovely wine. Became better and more complex during the evening. Lovely!
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Red
2001 Closerie Des Alisiers Charmes-Chambertin
Tea, celery and chocolate in the bouquet as well as the taste. Autumn, mushrooms and forest floor. The wine is clearly past its prime. No score.
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2001 Vietti Barolo Riserva Villero
95 points
Beautiful and rustic bouquet with earthy flavors, autumn forest and minerals. On the palate the same impressions, good berries, full bodied, good, medium+ acidity and round still powerful tannin. Slightly mature, but still enough power for many more years. Beautiful, complex and harmonious wine.
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2010 Castello di Verduno Barbaresco Riserva Rabajà
93 points
Beautiful bouquet with earthy flavors and herbs and spices as well as impressions of blood. On the palate juicy and beautiful acidity, minerals, earth, cherries and slightly sticky tannin. A mouth full of delicious, not overly complex wine. A great pleasure.
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Red
2007 Domaine la Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape Signature
93 points
Beautiful and expressive bouquet with garrigue, red and dark berries, some sweet licorice root and sweet chocolate. Very tempting nose. Same on the palate, licorice, ripe tannin and good acidity, a bit meaty, cherry bonbon and cedar. Elegant wine with a good length.
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2007 Clos Saint Jean Châteauneuf-du-Pape Deus-Ex Machina
95 points
Luxurious bouquet with cigar, garrigue and dark berries. Same on the palate, sweet and salty licorice root, coffee, fresh acidity, round and soft tannin. Ready now, beautiful complexity and also enough power for another 3-5+ years.
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1998 Rudd Jericho Canyon
94 points
Beautiful bouquet with dark berries, autumn forest and herbs and spices. On the palate minerals, earth, some good rustic impressions, graphite, soft and round tannin with a lovely bite, some chocolate and juicy with a good length. Beautiful wine..
Red
2004 Les Forts de Latour
96 points
To start with the conclusion: This is truly great and in a great drinking moment now! Powerful dark berries, smoke, licorice, cedar, pencil shavings and spices in the bouquet. Same on the palate, beautiful and juicy acidity, minerals, some pleasant sweet licorice, good acidity and round tannin with still enough bite for some more years. But this wine is at its peak and in a perfect drinking stage.
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2016 Antinori Solaia
94 points
Truly beautiful wine, but honestly, after the other great wines we had this evening it disappoints a bit, probably because we had high expectations. In the bouquet dark and red berries, spices and black plums. On the palate dark and red berries as well, herbs and spices, juicy and round acidity, forest floor and slightly sticky tannin. Beautiful and still youthful wine. Might gain some points with more ageing. 93 – 94 for today.
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