Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant, The Forum Shopping Mall, Orchard Road
Tasted Friday, December 9, 2011 by Sleepy Dave with 902 views
Theme : Special Cuvee CDPs.
After our Rhone dinner early this year, we continue with a CDP dinner which the line up is even more superior. 2000 Secret de Sabon was the WOTN for almost everyone, with 2000 Capo and 2000 Rayas followed closely. But hey, I'm splitting hair here as almost every single wine expressed well with top notch quality (after some really long preparation). This is one of the most memorable dinner for sure.
I was surprised that the Pegau blanc was still so fresh and lively! However, the Beauscastel Roussanne VV was the real star of the night!
The 2000 is relatively more friendly compared to the rest hence the top-3 WOTN all from this flight.
Secret des Sabon was the most approachable wine as well as offer most finesse.
Rayas was delicious but not as good as the previous bottle.
Capo was... amazing but not drinking at its peak yet, hence rank 2.
Hommage.... sigh....
2006 is definitely a very good vintage in CDP, that's all I can say:
Bonneau - Purity, stylish
Reine des Bois - Power, balance
Clos des Papes - Lush and more forward
2007 is no a doubt a great vintage in CDP, but also some hit and miss here.....
Janasse VV - One of my all time favorite!
Hippolyte - Consistently disappointing...
Some wines did extremely well in 2003 but some suffer from the heat. Sadly, the Machina is belong to the latter.
2005, backward, structured and power that need decades to come around. Both Hommage and Deux Freres proved that....
A Royal Tokaji Aszu Essencia to end... lovely.
2001 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Cuvée Réservée 89 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Alcohol :: 13.5%
Light golden that display refreshing aromas of honey, sea breeze, almond, pear and melon. A little bit oily at entry but quickly covered by the crisp acidity and elegant white and yellow fruits with lots of mineral at the background. Though small scale, but this has really good focus, freshness and transparency to it with gentle grip and energy. Long, detail finish with almond, mineral aftertaste.
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2001 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Cuvée Roussanne Vieilles Vignes 93 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Alcohol :: 13.5%
Dark golden. WOW, this is powerful! Compared to the more restraint Pegau Blanc, this is definitely a more sexy, open knit juice. So much depth and complexity on both nose and palate. Marmalade, honeycomb, honeysuckle, caramelize apple intermixed with perfume chrysanthemum, mineral and tons of yellow fruits that formed the superb complex, intense aromas that is almost impenetrable. Opulent and succulent on the palate that loaded with ripe yellow fruits, almond, dried herbs and mineral with excellent depth, power and lushness. Quite oily on the mid palate but this remain highly focus and delineated. I really like the purity and energy here, it coated the tongue gently and refuse to let go and move on to the incredibly long finish that is surprisingly clean with stunning persistent. This is no doubt the Montrachet of Southern France. Not at its peak yet, another 3-5yrs perhaps? 93-94+
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