Community Tasting Note

La Cave d'Argent wrote:

Sunday, July 22, 2007 - The French Laundry...21 Courses, 11 Wines, Infinite Memories; 7/21/2007-7/22/2007 (The French Laundry (Yountville, Napa Valley, California)): Remaining in Bordeaux-phase, our next wine (at the French Laundry, in celebration of Amy Emery's 40th birthday) was the fabled RMP 100-pointer, Chateau Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) 1990. Another gem provided by Ken Johnson, this wine was the accompaniment to Wagyu sirloin, Nameko mushrooms, short-grain rice in rendered foie gras fat and pea tendrel. Amazingly youthful in appearance (deep ruby with red rim) and youthful on the nose (black currants, plums, cocoa, minerals and roasted meats), this was a monster of a wine, not even remotely close to its peak. Taking the term "full-body" to a new definition, this low-acidity, hugely tannic beauty showed similar primary flavors, a full middle and a long finish. This is an absolute blockbuster but is infantile and needs and minimum of five more years before a re-visit. Thereafter, it should drink well into my personal geriatric period (2030+). My final score was a "tentative" 95+, almost assuredly to increase with time.

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