New Yorkers welcome West Coast visitors to Peking Duck House, but the wine Gods were angry. (Peking Duck House- Midtown): I was really looking forward to trying this as I had tried an '89 a few years ago in San Francisco and it showed fairly well and I recall Dressner frequently waxing poetic about '91 Beaujolais. There was a good deal of promise at first as it showed wonderful, complex aromatics of spice, cherry fruit and earth, but melded and softened in a way that only time can do. Alas, on the palate there really wasn't any life left. Just a faded wine. C-/D+
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In a brilliant state, so earthy and complex. Wowza, and this was a slight leaker...I have high hopes for the others. Good structure and a reasonable amount of fruit suggests this will age for several more years...well defined backbone, long. One of my favorite wines of late.
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3/6/2013 - BradKNYC wrote:
New Yorkers welcome West Coast visitors to Peking Duck House, but the wine Gods were angry. (Peking Duck House- Midtown): I was really looking forward to trying this as I had tried an '89 a few years ago in San Francisco and it showed fairly well and I recall Dressner frequently waxing poetic about '91 Beaujolais. There was a good deal of promise at first as it showed wonderful, complex aromatics of spice, cherry fruit and earth, but melded and softened in a way that only time can do. Alas, on the palate there really wasn't any life left. Just a faded wine. C-/D+
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4/8/2012 - mdavis wrote:
In a brilliant state, so earthy and complex. Wowza, and this was a slight leaker...I have high hopes for the others. Good structure and a reasonable amount of fruit suggests this will age for several more years...well defined backbone, long. One of my favorite wines of late.
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