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Dave's Dinner Hosting the DC Crü
Dave's Casa
Tasted September 24, 2005 by Pool Boy with 1,436 views
Introduction
Dave & Mrs. Dave and Dave-ettes hosted Corkage & Mrs. & baby, JohnnyB, AlexRed & Mrs., Jaimetown, PurpleHaze & PH-duaghter, Mrs. TJ and I. Here's the menu --
First Course
Fresh Tuna Tartare on Tuna Carpaccio with Wasabi Mayonnaise
Second Course
Garden Sorel Vichyssoise
Intermezzo
Lemon-Rosemary Sorbet with Campari
Third Course
Grilled Sirloin Steak with Blue Cheese Walnut Butter served with Wild Rice Pilaf and Parmesian Grilled Asparagus
Fourth Course
Rack of Lamb served with Green Beans and Potatoes Baked in Cream
Fifth Course
Homemade White Chocolate Ice Cream with Dark Chocolate Sauce
Flight 1 - Champagne to kick things off... (2 notes)
White - Sparkling
1996 Pol Roger Champagne Blanc de Chardonnay
91 points
Excellent, I think I gave the edge to this over the Brut, but just by a hair.
Flight 2 - Followed by that soup with these great whites.... (3 notes)
White
2003 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard
93 points
Cloudy and deeper gold, lemon vanilla sugar, tapioca pudding, orange essence & nice acidity keeping this nicely in balance. 93+
White
White
2003 Peter Michael Chardonnay La Carrière
93 points
Quite thick, pineapple, with floral elements and light toast; mineraly, sort of like a big rock with a waterfall hitting it but without any moss and maybe even a little hazelnusstorte. 93
Flight 3 - An intermezzo with some Pinot.... (2 notes)
Red
2003 Alcina Cellars Pinot Noir Sangiacomo Vineyard
91 points
Overripe strawberry & shallots, flinty, and a bit of foccacia 91
Red
2003 W.H. Smith Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast
90 points
Just ripe strawberry and light cherry, a bit of vanilla and then some charcoaled meat-fat 90
Flight 4 - Young Cabs with steak... (4 notes)
Red
2001 Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
92 points
Quite wild with black fruits, spicebox, cotton candy, powder puff, follwed by some cherry bomb 92
Red
2001 Bressler Cabernet Sauvignon
92 points
An outrageous nose of juniper berries and oxygen, with layers of red and black fruits and a bit of powdered dirt, this wine had excellent balance. Super. 92+
Red
2002 Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
91 points
Cigar, rich with orange zestiness, deep currant & a nice finish (one of Mrs. TJ's faves) 91+
Red
2002 Harris Estate Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon VSR Very Special Reserve Treva's Vineyard
A baby, very hard to evaluate. No rating at this time, this sucker needs time to think about what it wants to show IMO. N/R
Flight 5 - Old Cabs with lamb... (3 notes)
Red
1984 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Gravelly Meadow
89 points
Sour cream, Pine Sol, sage & tastes a bit like chalk -- these all sound 'bad', but these are all just things wrapped around the fruit core. It was good. 89
Red
1984 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon Backus Vineyard
92 points
Chocolate bittersweet good, charred log with hunk of hatchet out of it that is then somewhat moistened as if drenched by a rainfall 92
Red
1984 Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello
94 points
A nose of Sharpie and a bit of stinky cheese, this settled down to reveal some wonderful spice and woodsy flavors. It then emerged to show loads of tobacco notes, sort of like a pipe. All of this nicely packaged around a nice velvety core of fruit. Very, very nice. 94
Flight 6 - Even older stuff with more of the lamb... (2 notes)
Red
1983 Château Latour Grand Vin
94 points
Grilled Guinea fowl, rough-hewn leather, followed by rose hips. Extremely supple and elegant, the finish on this wine was sublime. 94+
Red
1982 Château Gruaud Larose
92 points
Plum, oxygen, Scharffen Berger chocolate & cherry cobbler. Nice. 92+
Flight 7 - Dessert with dessert....;-) (3 notes)
White - Off-dry
2003 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel
90 points
Appley good, Somewhat 'crisp' which I didn't expect. Very nice.90
White - Sweet/Dessert
1999 Sine Qua Non Sémillon Mr. K Vin De Paille
93 points
Honey love & Layer cake, I don't care what Pops says, it may be a sweet wine, but it is dessert in a bottle, at least in this case. Outstanding. 93
White - Sweet/Dessert
1997 Alois Kracher Chardonnay Beerenauslese #6 Nouvelle Vague
92 points
A thick and dark honey-bomb with some nice acidity to keep it all focused. Nice.92+
Closing
Such a wonderful evening!!