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Uncorked DK BYO - 85 Cristal Rose, 90 DRC RSV, 90 La Landonne, 82 Mouton and more...
Søllerød Kro
Tasted November 7, 2008 by gorm with 1,420 views
Introduction
Last friday 4 members of Uncorked DK and a guest got together for a relaxed yet ambitious BYO tasting at Søllerød Kro. In my opinion Søllerød Kro is one of the very best places to eat in Denmark (better than famed NOMA) and it provided a good setting. Unfortunately the service was a bit arrogant, but it did not subtract from the overall experience of great food and extraordinary wines.
Flight 1 - Champagne (1 note)
Rosé - Sparkling
1985 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut Rosé
97 points
Light peach. Fine and persistent mousse. Delicious nose of raspberries, sour redcurrants, coconut soap and flowers. In the mouth there is more raspberries, bisquits, and with some air sherry and dried orange peel notes. Very intense and very well balanced. One of the top 3 champagnes that I've had.
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Flight 2 - Chablis (1 note)
White
1996 François Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos
92 points
Yellow. Intense nose with butter, petrol, licorice and gunpowder. Very buttery and fat with a relatively low acid. A bit short and with too little fruit. With air a classic 96 lemony acidity emerges and subtracts from the pleasure.
Flight 3 - Two very different chardonnays (2 notes)
White
2005 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Bourgogne Blanc
95 points
Light yellow. Extremely complex nose of black tea, dried red berries, dried rose leaves, coconut soap and more. Not like any other Chardonnay nose that I've ever had. At first a bit short and disappointing in mouth compared to the aromatics, but with a bit of time in the glass it fills out and has balance, poise and length. A great wine and great terroir.
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White
2003 Kistler Chardonnay Cuvée Cathleen
94 points
Light yellow. Delicious buttery nose, gunpowder and some minerals. Very spicy and intense in mouth showing a delicious licorice-infused minerality and plenty of toast. In spite of the fatness and spicyness there is good restraint. Works from A to Z, but does lack just a bit of complexity.
Flight 4 - DRCs (2 notes)
Red
1998 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche
93 points
Dark pinot color. Intense nose of red berries, chocolate, marzipane, herbs and licorice - spicy, but a bit hot. Lots of cherries in mouth, but not yet intergrated. Delicious and a powerful pinot, but not all together and not really showing the La Tache terroir. A bit disappointing compared to the other La Taches that I've had (96 and 01). Definitely needs more time.
Red
1990 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. Vivant
95 points
Dark pinot color, looks pretty young. Delicious and sexy nose of black spicy fruit and perfumed wild strawberries. In mouth it is really smooth and soft with satin-like tannins and some salty minerality lurking behind the sexy fruit. Incredibly sexy and well-aged. Did I mention sexy..?
Flight 5 - Musigny (1 note)
Red
2001 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Musigny
94 points
Medium clear red, delicious nose of creamy and perfumed red cherries - cherry essence and hints of licorice. Very round, yet very primary and essence like fruit. Good length, but definitely requires time to gain complexity.
Flight 6 - Syrah galore (3 notes)
Red
2002 Alban Vineyards Syrah Lorraine
94 points
Black as ink. Very intense nose of cherry essence and pine forrest - reminded us of Chave Hermitage 2003 (but not THAT intense...) Salty licorice, cherry licqeur and pine needles. A wine on steroids. Does maintain some cool and balance and is a pleasure to drink.
Red
1998 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Landonne
95 points
Dark red with light rim. Nice dark berries and milky chocolate on the nose. Well balanced with sweet fruit and intense spices. Shows a good deal of acid and was most likely somewhat closed. Gained in intensity and complexity with time in the glass.
Red
1990 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Landonne
97 points
Dark red, light rim. Dark spicy and sweet berries, coffee, loads of tobacco and some cedar tree. Very intense with a Bordeaux like structure and very long.
Flight 7 - Chateauneuf-du-Pape (2 notes)
Red
1995 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve
94 points
Nice darkish red. Coffee and sweet red berries on the nose. Some caramel. Pretty complex with notes of ocean and rose leaves. Is pretty acidic which adds freshness.
Flight 8 - Bordeaux First Growth (2 notes)
Red
2001 Château Latour Grand Vin
94 points
Dark red. Intriguing nose of tobacco, mint, caramel, sour milk and some saltiness from the wood. In the mouth there is lots of dark spicy fruit and great intensity. Give it time.
Red
1982 Château Mouton Rothschild
96 points
Dark red. Nose of dark berries, plenty of cedar and oak. In the mouth it is young and fresh with more dark fruit and a caramellike texture. Very delicious and frightingly young. Next to the 2001 Latur it was not possible to tell which were the oldest.
Flight 9 - Riesling magic (1 note)
White - Sweet/Dessert
2006 Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese
97 points
Light yellow. Coconut, green, white and yellow pear fruit and stony minerality. 4 times super - super sweet, super balanced, super light, super deep.
Closing
This is one of those nights where we tasted some legendary wines which we will remember always, but we did not give out the magic 100 points or come really close. In fact many of the wines seemed very young and tight and best performance were in general given by the oldest wines. Irrespective of points the wines that will stay in the back of my head for a long time to come is 85 Cristal Rose, 90 DRC RSV, 90 Landonne and 82 Mouton.