Heritage 2016 Blind Wine Tasting Challenge - BYO Dinner
Jean Georges Steakhouse - ARIA - Las Vegas NV
Tasted Saturday, November 12, 2016 by Burgundy Al with 509 views
Introduction
Very grateful to Frank, Amanda and the Heritage team for this wonderful dinner and event. It was a great opportunity to meet others who enjoy spending their time with great wine as much as I do.
1982 Gaja Barbaresco 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Small glass, brief note. Fantastic aromas, mature red berry and cherry with sweet and savory spice with earth. Similar flavors, slightly less complex. slightly drying finish. Best now.
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1966 Pétrus
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Small glass, brief note. What a treat. While this started seeming aromatically slightly tired, it certainly freshened up with 30-45 minutes in glass. Mushroom, black teas, fully mature black berries. Great nose, good flavors.
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1990 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut 93 Points
France, Champagne
From magnum. Ripe fruit showing baked apple and some peach hints, along with candied ginger. Enough energy for freshness and better textures. Very long.
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1998 Louis Jadot Bonnes Mares 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. One of my contributions tonight, this needed lots more air. Extremely firm with little pleasure this evening. Very good concentration bodes well for another bottle at another time.
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2009 Weingut Knoll Grüner Veltliner Smaragd Loibenberg
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
Small glass, brief note. Pear and apple with some toasted nuts, white pepper. Good energy, good length. Needs time to soften.
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1990 Domaine Michel Niellon Bâtard-Montrachet 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Very ripe and lush, still nicely fresh. Certainly enough structure, with acidity and minerality providing textural support. Very long with a good burst of energy on finish.
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1996 Domaine Ponsot Chapelle-Chambertin 83 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Light styled wine, very un-1996-like with little of interest, even if nothing "wrong."
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1997 Domaine Dujac Clos de la Roche Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
Corked.
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2007 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
My 2nd bottle for tonight. Plenty of ripe with some lemon hints. Fruit expanded with more time. very long with elegant mineral streaks. Good now, certainly still with future upside.
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1977 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 89 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Small glass, brief note. Fully mature black fruit, lots of earth. Good spice on palate. slightly dirty finish to me. I liked this wine tonight, while some others liked it a lot more.
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2005 Sine Qua Non Grenache Atlantis Fe2O3~2a, b & c
USA, California
Small glass, brief note. Much like the bottle from last night, but somewhat more challenging in tonight's context where fleshier wines come across as less balanced. But still very concentrated and fun.
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2007 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Masseto Toscana IGT
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Small glass, brief note. Dark and very concentrated with black fruit, slightly sweet spice and espresso and dark chocolate hints. Very good balance, very good length and finessed textures. I'm not usually a big Masseto fan, but I have liked this 2007 every time tasted.
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1989 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron Flawed
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Corked.
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1989 Château Lynch-Bages
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Small glass, brief note. An odd wine tonight. Decanted before serving, but still shut down when first poured. Open and expressive 30 minutes later with slowly maturing black fruit, liqueur hints and great spice. Then it seemed to shut down when re-tasted an hour later. That point in the middle was consistent with other recent bottles (all showing great), but the later pour was not.
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2006 Rhys Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard 88 Points
USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains
Small glass, brief note. From magnum. Ripe and rich fruit that I enjoyed, but extremely dominated by a spice note that would seem to be very whole cluster driven, giving it an off-center character.
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2002 Domaine Huet Vouvray Cuvée Constance 94 Points
France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray
Small glass, brief note. Fresh and dried apricot with candied ginger. Some vintages are hedonistic and ultra concentrated, but this 2002 is amazingly elegant and a textural beauty.
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2001 Dominus Estate 92 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Small glass, brief note. Maturing black fruit aromas with tobacco, licorice, and good intensity. Rich start on the palate, but just moderate length.
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1999 Bouchard Père et Fils Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Spice driven start with black and red fruit. Very good aromatic start, but more restrained flavors, seemingly somewhat shut down right now. would have benefited from more air. 92 point potential, but not at that pleasure level tonight.
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2006 Turley Petite Syrah Hayne Vineyard
USA, California, Napa Valley, St. Helena
Small glass, brief note. Very concentrated, ripe and dense, beyond what I'd normally consider enjoyable. But it went well with chocolate dessert, so that's a bonus.
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