Primehouse
Tasted Friday, January 9, 2009 by winefool with 1,078 views
Our fourth annual white truffle extravaganza wasn't scheduled until January this year due to difficulties getting a date that worked in the fall. Alas, we basically missed the bulk of truffle season and so there was some last minute scrambling and drama on the truffle front. As it ended up we found some decent white truffle (not great) but about half the courses were black truffle instead.
As usual, it was a stunning lineup of wines, many of which showed very well. But to me, there was just something slightly 'off' for the evening (root day?) with an unusually high percentage of bad bottles and some that should have showed better than they did.
Still fun as always, just not quite to the same level of hedonism and excitement of the past.
We started with several high-end champagnes (Krug, etc) but I didn't grab notes on them.
Unfortunately the L'Oree wines were served first and were not quite chilled enough so an already 'warm' wine showed even warmer....
1994 M. Chapoutier Ermitage Blanc De L'Orée 91 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Full yellow color. Full nose of straw yellow fruit and mineral. Big yellow fruit with butterscotch and spice notes. Maybe a nut oil note? 91-2 pts.
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1995 M. Chapoutier Ermitage Blanc De L'Orée 90 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Full golden color. Big rich sweet perfume with an apple pie note. Full glycerin palate with a warm butterscotch note and a bitter finish. Odd that this showed so much worse than the more recent tasting from mag. These were also served a bit warm which probably didn't help.
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1999 M. Chapoutier Ermitage Blanc De L'Orée 93 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Full yellow color. Forward note of yellow fruit and lanolin iwth zingy tea-like notes. Lovely balanced sweet yellow fruit wtih a hint of anise. Nice complexity and balance. The best of this mini-vertical.
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2000 M. Chapoutier Ermitage Blanc De L'Orée 92 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Medium yellow color. Rich nose of floral perfume with a hint of sweet - great complexity. More restrained tight spicy yellow fruit with a prickly perfume note on the finish.
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