Wine-Septet meeting hosted by me

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Tasted Thursday, March 13, 2014 by Yagil with 320 views

Introduction

Only six showed: Arnoldo, Yoram, Mati, Hanan & Eli (& me); Yoav preferred the Maccabi vs Jalgiris basketball match...
This time I tried to find various wines from different regions, but with top scores

Flight 1 - 1998 Beaucastel (1 Note)

Nobody really identified this as CdP...
perhaps it was a bit below expectation..

Flight 2 - 2000 Ducru Beaucaillou (1 Note)

This was a great surprise and identified as good Bordeaux, but nobody appreciated this as such great as it was

  • 2000 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    dark red-black
    quality elegant intense left-bankaroma, with notes of blackberry, earth, spice, truffle, cassis, smoke, blueberry and tobacco
    full bodied, firm solid integrated tannins, excellent acidity level, wonderful harmony, great complexity, waves of pure, sweet, ripe, black cherry and spicy cassis with long, generous finish.
    this will continue improving for at least another 2-3 decades!

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Flight 3 - 2001 Barolo (1 Note)

Again, nobody identified this as Barolo, but all agreed it was a great one!

  • 2001 Conterno Fantino Barolo Sorì Ginestra 94 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    uncorked, double decanted 3 hours before the first sip
    dark red-black
    intense tertiary aromas with notes of liquorice, menthol, prunes, and a hint of roses
    full bodied, high acidity, firm tannins, powerful, lot of dark cherry and cola, complex, with very long finish.
    a huge, masculine Barolo, that can further age 10-15 years

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Flight 4 - 2004 Riesling (1 Note)

this was a real pleasure!

  • 2004 Dönnhoff Norheimer Dellchen Riesling Spätlese

    Germany, Nahe

    light yello-straw colour
    fresh tropical fruity aroma of apple, melon, peach & lime
    rich, dense, full body, high acidity, melon, peach, lichee, stone-fruit and light honey flavors, balanced, harmonious, pleasant minerality. long pure aftertaste. A great pleasure.
    will continue to age beautifully.

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Closing

It was a very enjoyable evening.
Starting with delicious peppered salami, Lomo, with various Ein-Camonim cheeses, followed by creme pea-soup with sliced cabanas, that everybody enjoyed so much that each refilled his bowl (!),
then baked mini-potatoes in salt & olive-oil, topped with Rosemarie, leek & cheddar pastry alongside of 2.5 kg roast beef Loin mustard-flavoured.
We ended with a brandied-chocolate pudding!

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