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NadNash dinners
Tasted December 4, 2023 by Rupert with 80 views
Flight 1 - 26 July 2023 (5 notes)
Boursin and tomato salsa crackers
Charred grapes and mozzarella
Lamb loin with crushed potatoes, tapenade and peas
White - Sparkling
2006 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut
96 points
Wonderful! A blasting toasty bouquet, then so many layers with citrus, tropical fruits, minerals. This has always been fantastic, but it seems to be getting even better.
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White
2004 Boekenhoutskloof Sémillon
91 points
Full bodied, caresses the palate, wax, honey, butter
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Red
1982 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
95 points
This was just beautifully harmonious - a bit of dust and a twist of green, but then warm, blackcurrant classic mature pauillac.
Red
2017 Henri Jouan Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Echezeaux Vieilles Vignes
94 points
A real blast of raspberry pinot, but with loads of undertones of earth, undergrowth, iron etc. Brillliant.
White - Sweet/Dessert
2010 Château Suduiraut
This was from a half-finished bottle in the fridge which I think was opened last Christmas, i.e. seven months ago. Hardly any signs of deterioration - thick, coconutty and very sweet.
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Flight 2 - 3 May 2022 (3 notes)
At 67PM
White - Sparkling
1998 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon
Better than last time. Some depth. But not absolutely top drawer.
Red
White - Sweet/Dessert
2015 Changyu Vidal Golden Diamond Golden Icewine Valley
Off the list at 67PM: I'm not 100% sure if this is the wine we had - but it was a classic ice wine, riesling in style, even if the grape is something called vidal
Flight 3 - 27 January 2022 (5 notes)
Trout paté
Slow cooked shoulder of lamb with aromatic potato gratin
Cheese
Crème brûlée
White - Sparkling
N.V. Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée Edition 160eme
Attractive, quite vanillin, not much toast or oxidation
White
2017 Domaine Weinbach Gewurztraminer Cuvée Laurence
Somewhat sweet, but glorious over the top unctuousness and perfume.
Red
1985 Château Palmer
95 points
Sensational. A bit of everything - blackcurrant, herbs, a sweet middle, a twist of green. Nad thought at first it might be corked, just as I had with my first sniff a few years back at 67PM, but he soon came round to the fact that it was fine.
Red
2017 Henri Jouan Chambolle-Musigny Vieilles Vignes
As ever with these Jouans, explosive red fruits. super.
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Flight 4 - 13 October 2020 (5 notes)
Figs and parma ham
Harissa steak, tomato sauce, potato wedges
White - Sparkling
1998 Dom Pérignon Champagne P2
Advanced, not much fizz, and not much zing. It got much better in the glass. Very buttery. But not a patch on previous bottles. I've now had this wine five times. Three times it's been amazing and twice it's been just like this.
White
2017 E. Guigal Condrieu La Doriane
95 points
Heady, voluptuous, extravagantly perfumed - this was sensational.
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Red
2005 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Vieille Vigne
95 points
Pretty strawberry and cherry fragrance, but earth and iron too. It's not explosive like it was in its youth, but there's power behind that prettiness. Super, and entering its prime.
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Red
1978 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
Opened six or seven hours in advance, but not decanted. To start with it had a glorious smoky bacon aroma, but this receded. Powerful and savoury, but past bottles have had a piercing blackcurrant core which was missing here. An attractive mature hermitage, but not the superstar that it has been.
White - Fortified
1850 D'Oliveiras Madeira Verdelho
98 points
So fresh and vibrant you wonder if it's genuine. [This bottle had the black and gold paper label A faker would surely have used a stencilled bottle]. Brown sugar sweetness, but with twist upon twist of fruit and umpteen other flavours. Absolutely amazing.
Flight 5 - 30 January 2020 (5 notes)
Sardines paté
Boeuf bourgignon
Mont d'Or and Lancashire
White - Sparkling
1995 Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires
90 points
Old batch, old label. Nice, creamy, rich, very mature wine, but on the downslope and lacking the grip and energy that it used to have.
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Red
2005 Domaine Maume Mazis-Chambertin
91 points
Classy, balanced, chalk and red fruits, probably has more to give, quite without the wildness of past vintages, this was super refined.
Red
2006 Domaine Denis Mortet Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes
90 points
The plushest red fruit style burgundy you'll ever need, quite full, not deep, but very attractive
White - Sweet/Dessert
2001 Château Rieussec
Much better than the last showing. There was a touch of the acrid, but it was just a note and the palate showed all the rich apricottiness you'd expect.
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Flight 6 - 13 November 2018 (4 notes)
Crispy sole with shrimps
Roast beef
Mont d'Or
White - Sparkling
1998 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut
90 points
Excellent toastiness, dry, not much fizz
White
2014 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly Blanc
92 points
Attractive acrid edge, focused, citrus - super delineation
Red
2015 Henri Jouan Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Echezeaux Vieilles Vignes
94 points
The most raspberryish burgundy ever, the fruit quite extraordinarily vivid, but plenty of layers too.
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Flight 7 - 7 July 2017 (4 notes)
Crab and grapefruit salad
Lamb steaks and crushed potatoes
White - Sparkling
2002 Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Cuvée Rare
Served a bit too cold, it got lost in the riesling glasses. We switched to flutes and it showed much better, but by then I was too busy cooking to give it the attention it deserved.
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White - Off-dry
1988 Von Schubert Maximin Grünhäuser Herrenberg Riesling Auslese
94 points
Wow! It's so sharp, so piercing, the flavour all lime wrapped in coconut - a hint of earth - thrilling stuff
Red
1985 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Just perfect. The best bottle yet. All the cedar and cab you could want, tangy, vibrant. Utterly wonderful.
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White - Sweet/Dessert
1990 Domaine des Aubuisières Vouvray Sélection de Grains Nobles Le Marigny
93 points
Deep pink gold, still a decent amount of sweetness, though it's lost its lushness, and it lingers on beautifully.
Flight 8 - 4 December 2015 (5 notes)
Sardine paté
Braised chicken with sherry and cream
White - Sparkling
2002 Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Cuvée Rare
Huge expectations after the previous bottle in the summer, and this wasn't quite as good, though obviously a fine rich grand bottle.
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Red
2002 Henri Jouan Clos St. Denis
93 points
A hint of funk, sappy, autumnal, good depth - not showy, but brilliant
Red
1983 Domaine Jean Grivot Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes
90 points
Hanging on, has the stillness of old wine, but with brown sugar sweetness - faded but attractive.
Red
2012 Henri Jouan Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Echezeaux Vieilles Vignes
As is often the case, a youngster served after old wines can taste a bit confected. I'm sure it was as good as all the previous bottles.
Flight 9 - 23 July 2015 (4 notes)
At The Square
White - Sparkling
2006 Marguet Sapience
90 points
Tight, sheer, powerful, not expressive today, but hinting at more to come
White
2001 Kumeu River Chardonnay Maté's Vineyard
94 points
Sensational again. Vibrant, spicy, and for all its richness, not at all fat.
Red
1995 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques
92 points
Smoky, some funk and earth, fully resolved, a lovely old Gevrey really, but it lacks some of that Rousseau luminosity that I'd hoped for
White - Sweet/Dessert
Flight 10 - 31 July 2014 (3 notes)
At Chez Bruce
White - Sparkling
2000 Charles Heidsieck Champagne Brut Millésimé
92 points
For all its ripeness, this still has a bracing edge, and the toastiness is divine.
Red
2005 Clos Rougeard (Foucault) Saumur-Champigny Les Poyeux
93 points
Minty, cedary, fne grained and showing amazing lightness despite its substance. Much more like a top claret than last night's Clos 07.
Red
2006 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Vieille Vigne
94 points
Bright, vivacious, red fruited. The flavour profile is essentially the same as the villages, but it just has that extra bit of authority.
Flight 11 - 30 August 2013 (4 notes)
At The Square
White - Sparkling
1998 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut
94 points
An acrid edge, which here I loved, and then a fantastic deep toastiness. Thrilling.
White
2009 Ballot-Millot & Fils Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières
93 points
Sumptuous ripe meursault, lifted by subtle toasty oak. Bigger than the 08, equally lovely
Red
2001 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Vieille Vigne
94 points
Just a tiny hint of sweat on the nose at the start, but then it's just layer on layer of strawberry fruit, gentle, sweet, utterly gorgeous
White - Sweet/Dessert
2011 Clos Thou Jurançon Supreme de Thou
91 points
Unctuous, but fresh and sappy. Quite a beauty already
Flight 12 - 30/7/2011 (5 notes)
[There was also a dinner at mine on 6 July 2012, but for some reason notes from this period have gone missing.]
White - Sparkling
1985 Charles Heidsieck Champagne Oenotheque Champagne Charlie Brut
92 points
Ginger and dried fruits on the palate, soft and gently fizzy, clearly old, but not at all oxidative, just very stately
Red
1985 Château Cos d'Estournel
flawed
Hot, oxidised, just about drinkable, but why bother
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1997 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Ruchottes-Chambertin Clos des Ruchottes
96 points
Absolutely stunning yet again (our fourth bottle in as many months) - deep, mysterious, silky, fresh, this has it all seems way better than the CSJ and the Chambertin in this vintage.
White - Sweet/Dessert
1993 Château Pajzos Tokaji Esszencia
The intense raisin flavour is lovely, but it's too gloopy, an instance where the texture undermines the taste
White - Fortified
1937 D'Oliveiras Madeira Sercial Reserva
97 points
High acid and savoury, but with a sumptuous sweet sappy core to balance - dried fruits, lemon, marmite - but really there so much flavour here, it's beyond description. Thrilling
Flight 13 - 1 August 2010 (5 notes)
White - Sparkling
N.V. Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée
93 points
Lean and austere to start with, but after a while the toastiness came through - amazing depth and dimension
White
2004 Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard Bâtard-Montrachet
93 points
Mouthwatering chardonnay fruit, a citrus twist, some camphor, some bite, fantastic
Red
1990 Château Léoville Poyferré
93 points
Charcoal, game, cedar, pungent ripe and multi-layered, claret doesn't get much better than this. On a roll tonight, with the third spectacular bottle in a row,
White - Sweet/Dessert
2005 Château Pierre-Bise Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru
91 points
On a night when we'd already had three thrilling bottles, this was merely bloody good - lean appley chenin, a bit tight, but obviously powerful
White - Sweet/Dessert
2005 Fattoria di Magliano Maremma Toscana Sterpeti
Genuinely sweet, smooth, nutty, herbs, dried fruit, intriguing and delicious - a nice surprise
Flight 14 - 7 March 2009 (5 notes)
White - Sparkling
N.V. Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée
92 points
[Bought Autumn 1998]: very very mature, fruit cakey raisiny fruit, the fizz very gentle, but focused, long and fine
White
2005 Château-Grillet (Neyret-Gachet) Château-Grillet
93 points
Very refined, minerally viognier, precise, layered and with a discreet sense of power
Red
1982 Penfolds Grange
93 points
Still youthful and vigorous, sweet plummy fruit, still oaky, but altogether harmonious
Red
2005 François Lumpp Givry 1er Cru Clos Jus
92 points
I still find the gush of raspberry fruit on this quite exhilarating - and yet there's spice and nuance too - exciting
White - Sweet/Dessert
2005 Oremus Late Harvest Késöi Szüret Tokaji Cuvée
92 points
This has a gorgeous limey twist to lift the apricot fruit, mouthwateringly delicious
Flight 15 - 27 November 2007 (4 notes)
White - Sparkling
N.V. Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée
94 points
Bought five years ago. Deep, mineral, toasty, dry - very very fine and serious, perfect balance - spectacularly good
White
1989 Domaine Leflaive Bâtard-Montrachet
88 points
Attractive straw gold, full bodied, thick lanolin fruit, waxy,a hint of butterscotch, but low acid - ultimately rather dull and therefore for such a grand wine a big disappointment
Red
1982 Château Cheval Blanc
91 points
Dark red and youthful looking, very plush, deep ripe fruit, powerful, but a bit foursquare - a very nice classy claret, but of course, we were hoping for more than this
White - Sweet/Dessert
1986 Château Climens
94 points
Bright gold, but still bursting with life, fresh apricot fruit, long and powerful - superb