Community Tasting Note

gregg g wrote:

Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - TN: Dinner at Providence (LA, CA) with 90 Cristal, '97 O Leflaive Batard & '03 Latour Pommard: This was another great candy store find. This was my first experience with Olivier’s Batard. A previous bottle of ’96 Folatieres showed quite well. The Batard was opened and thankfully showed no signs of oxidation. Initially the wine was shy showing restrained noted of citrus requiring almost an hour to really hit its stride. Fortunately we opened this up along with the champagne, allowing it time to open and gain weight. After about an hour, it became much more exciting. There were wonderfully complex notes of crushed flowers, crème brulee and lemon. The nuttiness you get with older white Burgs was evident. There is a slight lanolin quality to the texture. The wine really became lush half way through with terrific length to the finish. I don’t often get to drink Grand Cru and this wine did not disappoint. It was also a pleasure to watch my father and brother drink this wine. Both are accustomed to California Chardonnay. I’m certain this was an eye opening experience for them.

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