BYOB dinner and then some

Avalon, Amsterdam
Tasted Thursday, February 1, 2024 - Friday, February 2, 2024 by ThijsV with 53 views

Introduction

Dinner with twelve, where everybody brought a serious bottle and some bottles of the amazing Avalon wine list. Martine prepared the great food to accompany the wines

Flight 1 - Champagne (2 Notes)

  • NV Jacques Selosse Initial 94 Points

    France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru

    (2/1/2024)

    [Tasted blind] Just as great as my previous experience with this cuvee. Deep golden in color, with medium+ intensity with honey, nutty, brioche, dried yellow apple, oxidative, flint, fire stone. Medium+ acidity, long finish. 94-95+

    Degorgement: 16/3/‘22. Dosage 2,5 g/l

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  • 2018 Adrien Dhondt Champagne Grand Cru Les Coullemets Le Mesnil-sur-Oger 93 Points

    France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru

    (2/1/2024)

    [Tasted blind] Tasted alongside with the Initial from Selosse. Not as broad and rich (and oxidative) as the Selosse, much leaner and elegant, very good in its own way. Yeasty, brioche, citrus, nutty. Medium+ acidity, long finish 92-94

    2655 bottles produced (BdB), dosage 1,5 g/l, degorgement 2/‘23

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Flight 2 - High acidity (2 Notes)

  • 2012 Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune 91 Points

    France, Alsace

    (2/1/2024)

    [Tasted blind] The petrol took me to riesling, but the acidity made me doubt it. This wine was on my bucket list, but the showing of tonight did not justify that spot. It felt too advanced for its age, a bit tired. Missing some tension, especially for riesling (and for a wine of this status). Medium intensity with petrol, lemon, lime, honey, linoleum. Ripe. Medium+ acidity, medium+ finish

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  • 2021 Les Horées Bourgogne-Aligoté En Coulezain 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Bourgogne-Aligoté

    (2/1/2024)

    [Tasted blind] Couldn’t pinpoint this. Kept developing in the glass, very interesting. Did not disappoint, given the cult status this has (and secondary market prices). Medium+ acidity with maggi, lemon, quite oily. Medium+ acidity, long finish

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Flight 3 - Rose intermezzo (2 Notes)

Flight 4 - Bourgogne vs. South Africa (2 Notes)

  • 2018 Sadie Family Palladius 93 Points

    South Africa, Coastal Region, Swartland, Malmesbury

    (2/1/2024)

    [Tasted blind] Tasted next to Comte Lafon Meursault Charmes from the same vintage. This felt older, but not less. It stood up very well. Quite advanced in color, ripe fruit, tropical fruit, caramel, both reductive and oxidative. Medium+ acidity, long finish. 92-93

    Loved it, great wine

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  • 2018 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault 1er Cru Charmes 93 Points

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

    (2/1/2024)

    [Tasted blind] Tasted alongside with the Palladius 2018. This was lean and elegant, definitely not the old style thick and buttery Meursault. Flint, firework, herbs, almond, white flowers, lemon, apples. Medium+ acidity, long finish. 93+

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Flight 5 - Fruit vs. non-fruit (2 Notes)

  • 2013 Azienda Agricola Valentini Trebbiano d'Abruzzo 93 Points

    Italy, Abruzzi, Trebbiano d'Abruzzo

    (2/1/2024)

    [Tasted blind] Great to taste this with some age, great wine. Medium intensity with piccalilli (not my aroma call, but a great descriptor), savoury, herbs, lemon, apple. Medium+ acidity, long finish. 92-93

    In great balance and I always like it when a wine is not fruit driven

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  • 2018 Dominio del Aguila Albillo Viñas Viejas 94 Points

    Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero

    (2/1/2024)

    [Tasted blind] I called this cuvee, as I had the ‘16, ‘18 and ‘19 over the last year and this wine is so singular that it was immediately clear. Medium+ intensity with a fair amount of reduction, nutty, ripe exotic fruit. Medium+ acidity with a very long finish. This is powerful, some at the table found it too much

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Flight 6 - Pinot Noir & Spatburgunder (3 Notes)

  • 2017 Friedrich Becker Heydenreich Pinot Noir 92 Points

    Germany, Pfalz

    (2/1/2024)

    [Tasted blind] Very interesting and seductive on the nose (with black cherry, blue berry, oak spices, sous bois), but still a bit tight on the palate. Medium+ acidity, medium+ tannins, long finish. 91-92+

    Too young at the moment? 18 months in French and German oak

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  • 2019 Domaine Chanterêves Pommard 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard

    (2/2/2024)

    [Tasted blind] My immediate association was strawberry ‘roosvicee’ (a typical Dutch squash made with a fair amount of rose pettals), a bitter note, laurel, black currant, cinnamon, lactic note. Medium+ acidity, medium tannins, medium+ finish

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  • 2016 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin Vieille Vigne 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

    (2/2/2024)

    [Tasted blind] This Fourrier did not disappoint; black fruit, cola, spice, sous bois. Very juicy. Medium+ acidity, medium tannins, medium+ finish

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Flight 7 - Top pinot (2 Notes)

  • 2017 Cecile Tremblay Chambolle-Musigny Les Cabottes 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny

    (2/2/2024)

    [Tasted blind] Tasted next to Grivot’s Clos Vougeot from the same vintage. This was very, very good, although not the ethereal experience I had hoped for (maybe a another cuvee some time). Medium+ intensity on the nose with initially some broth notes which blew off quickly, great red fruit and cherries, elegant oak, light touch of black current, roses, floral. It is the palate that made this wine, not by the flavors, but the weightless, velvety, elegant feeling. So elegant and seductive. 93-94

    Bottle 0584

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  • 2017 Domaine Jean Grivot Clos Vougeot 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    (2/2/2024)

    [Tasted blind] Tasted next to Cecile Tremblay and, as Peter in the previous note said, this was the more restrained of the two, albeit the more complex one. Already very beautiful and enjoyable today (with medium intensity; red fruit, cherry, warm spices) it will has much more to give in the future. Medium+ acidity, medium- tannins, long finish. 93+

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Flight 8 - Lost in time (1 Note)

Flight 9 - Heavy red (3 Notes)

Flight 10 - Desert (1 Note)

Flight 11 - Bonus (1 Note)

  • 2015 Weingut Keller Westhofener Morstein Riesling Auslese 95 Points

    Germany, Rheinhessen

    (2/2/2024)

    Although this was a bonus bottle in the line up, it was the WOTN for me. The gorgeously balanced sweetness (100 g/l RS) with the bracingly high (almost H+) acidity, complemented by the great aroma’s and flavors (lime, peach, kardemom) and the never-ending finish, just made it marvelous. No real signs of development yet, this has many decades to go. Happy to have 5 more in the cellar!

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