Dinner at HSA

Østerbro, Copenhagen
Tasted Friday, February 21, 2014 by beatles with 503 views

Flight 1 (3 Notes)

  • 2002 Salon Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 95 Points

    France, Champagne

    This absolutely cleared the table, all ready fully staffed with decent bobbles; a razorlike acidity, complete balance, notes of citrus, vanilla, butter and pear, a great blanc des blancs in the making - but it certainly was possible to drink also at this stage.

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  • 2006 R. & L. Legras Champagne Grand Cru Saint-Vincent 93 Points

    France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru

    A complete wine, and a good showing, all though I remember it more overwhelming; fully mature with some notes of coffee and rye-bread, full bodied, round, very smooth and showing great length. Lots of life and acidity still, a beautiful lady of middle age...

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  • 1999 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 94 Points

    France, Champagne

    IMHO this is one of the best champagnes made in 1999 - I have had it more than 10 times, and it never disappoints. Nor on this night, it is still clear cut, very blanc de blancs, rich, buttery and still young. It stands alone as pure enjoyment, no hard edges, no awkwardness, just elegance and subtle richesse. There is life ahead here, but there is no reason not to pour this one ... tonight or any other night.

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Flight 2 (2 Notes)

  • 2007 Coche-Dury Meursault 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault

    As so often with the 2007's, this is open, quite forward - and difficult to place, certainly a very good white burgundy, growing in the glass, complete with notes of citrus, vanilla, minerality. Coche is always intense, also here

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  • 2007 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault 1er Cru Gouttes d'Or 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

    To young, IMHO; some spicyness and loads of minerality adds to the butterscotch flavors, the fruitiness is up front, but there is something waiting to unleash underneath. It will be better, certainly.

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Flight 3 (2 Notes)

Flight 4 (2 Notes)

  • 2006 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 94 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

    Albeit very young, this was a good showing from this wine; firm and precise, certainly far from showing the full monty, but with enough revealed so you could what's coming. The masculine Hermitage-character dominates with tobacco, chocolate, lives and a stony backbone, you' gotta love it.

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  • 1999 Delas Frères Hermitage Les Bessards

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

    This seems to be taking forever to come around - will it ever. My latest bottles of this has been very closed, very hot with an almost oxidative character, and this (from a different cellar) was all over the place and hard to define - sort of a mess, really, and i shall have to check in on one of my own pretty quickly.

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Flight 5 (3 Notes)

  • 1995 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino 96 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    WOTN for me - an absolute showstopper, Still young, but majestic in it's youth with immense precision. Impeccable concentration, tel tale notes of tar and small red berries, more than hints of tannin - and it goes on forever. Will keep - if not forever, then at least 10 years. Bravo.

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  • 2010 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave St. Joseph 91 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, St. Joseph

    Just very, very young. Popped and poured (to shut me up, I think), and what you get now is just (!) very pure Syrah, concentrated and with length. If you want more, you must wait 5 years, aproxx.

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  • 1999 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili 89 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco

    Mature, balanced, quite light - and somewhat short, when you see the label; acidity is bright, there is tar, small red berries, txt book notes, but one is missing that little bit extra, that would put this in the exceptional bracket. had a really tough time next to the Monfortino.

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Flight 6 (2 Notes)

  • 2002 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Riesling Spätlese 93 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Excellent wine with the precision of a razor-blade and an impeccable balance, citrus, minerals, an almost flinty backbone to this with the residual sugar just beginning to be absorbed - it is very young, still, but a joy, nevertheless.

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  • 2001 Hugel Riesling Vendange Tardive 90 Points

    France, Alsace

    Seems mature and forward, not nearly as precise as the Müller wine, but a very good glass of Riesling anyway; this has all the tell-tale notes of petrol et al. and still appears quite rich and sweet with the acidity fading in to the background. Will keep, but not forever - and not much reason to wait IMHO.

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Flight 7 (1 Note)

  • 1997 Château Climens 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Barsac

    Drinking well at the moment; there is a lot going on here, tropical fruit, honey, quite intense style, but the acidity is still a live to keep everything in place. Not the majestic length, that you can find in really great Sauternes, but an excellent example of the genre, nevertheless.

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