Robert's Holiday Dinner at Margaux's Table
Margaux's Table, White Bear Lake, MN
Tasted Friday, December 15, 2023 by rocknroller with 91 views
Introduction
Robert put together a really fun dinner at Margaux's Table for the hodliday. We had a group of 9 to enjoy Peggy's return to Margaux's Table after an unfortunate accident sidelined her for months (RF/CF, GA, JS, JG/KG, KB/VB, JP). The food was splendid as was the atmosphere for the season, and the wines most definitely did not suck. Geat night everyone! Cheers!
NV Bollinger Champagne Special Cuvée Brut 92 Points
France, Champagne
This was showing very nicely as our reception wine tonight. It was bursting with fresh green apple and had nice chalk notes, less oxidative and more fresh. Very good.
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2011 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 94 Points
France, Champagne
Light gold color. Drank a glass over 45 minutes. This has a beautiful toast, roasted hazelnuts, fresh air, freshly cut pear, crisp with vibarnt acidity, and that classic CdC elegance and crystalline minerality. Excellent, 94+(+)pts.
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2015 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay Art Series 93 Points
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
Very pale green color. Drank a glass over an hour plus. The nose has stone fruit, pear, tons of stony minerality. The palate also shows the stone mineral notes, stone fruits, lemon-lime, vanilla, creamy, oak witha long citrus-lime finish. This showed more than a bottle a year ago and it was more prominent over the hour.
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2018 Rivers-Marie Chardonnay B. Thieriot Vineyard 93 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
Pale gold color. Drank a glass over an hour. I like the profile here, showing tangerine and Meyer lemon across the nose and palate, vibrant, tangy, salte and citrus peel, actually a bit more trim than the '15 Leeuwin, though the oak seem similar to me but buoyed better by the youthful, more vivid fruit.
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2015 Staglin Family Chardonnay Estate 89 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford
Light gold plus color. Followed a glass over 45 minutes plus. I think we saw a wine that just feels like it has seen it's best days; not bad at all, just a bit tired. It feels lean, lacking some in fruit, mostly pear, with the oak still apparent.
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2020 Keplinger Eldorado 90 Points
USA, California, Sierra Foothills
Light gold color. Small glass. Viognier 57%/Roussanne 26%/Grenach Blanc 17%. Tropical, bright, peach, star fruit, lemon, pear, smoky slate.
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2001 Robert Ampeau & Fils Volnay 1er Cru Santenots 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
Medium dark red color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour plus. Lots of bottle stank to start, then it seems to work itself out; dark and deep, dark cherry, iron, funky earth and dried herbs, almost oily in texture and viscous, good, but not as good as a recent bottle that had more nuance.
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2011 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 93 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Light red color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour plus. I love the gorgeous red fruits here; more strawberry on the nose and raspberry on the palate, classic earth and dusty minerality, with amazing intensity from this pale charmer with exquisite purity on a light-medium frame. love it. 92+ to 93pts.
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1953 Marchesi di Barolo Barolo 97 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Medium brick red color. Uncorked and tasted about an hour before leaving, and it was singing, so I just put the cork back in and we drank it about 4 hours later. Flat out amazing....and at 70 years, wow. The nose is very complex, offering a melange of black cherry, dried strawberry, mulled spices, anise, red currants and blood orange notes. The palate is medium plus bodied, dark cherry, dried strawberries, crushed rock, blood orange and citrus peel, soft fine grained tannins, and very long and silky finish. Simply beautiful. This was a sheer delight to drink and just ponder. Pristine bottles like this can hang on for another decade at least. Guess we found that Barolo sweet spot afterall :).
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2007 Harlan Estate The Maiden 92 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Very dark red/purple color. PNP, drank a glass over about an hour. Ripe, Blackberry, plum, ripe cassis, spicy. The palte is sappy, ripe, blackberry, plum, huckleberry, dried wood. Very good. 92+pts.
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2010 Anderson's Conn Valley Vineyards Éloge 92 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Very dark red/purple color. Splash decanted. Drank a glass over about an hour. Well spiced, blackberry, cassis, slightly herbal, more wood and more structure and firmer tannins. Very good, but I think will be better in a couple of years.
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2005 Château Rieussec 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Deep golden color. Small glass. Love this vintage of Rieussec, beautiful fruit, perfect balance, orange, orange cream, very creamy, great acid, pineapple, floral, apricot, spice. Lovely.
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