Blind OLD WORLD GRAB BAG - Dino Restaurant

A blind tasting of 13 great wines with 7 other DC winos. Great lineup and time had by all.

• 2005 Nicolas Joly Clos de la Coulée de Serrant 92 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Savennières-Coulée de Serrant

  Medium apple juice in color. Nose of diesel, oxidative, red apple, lacquer, smoke. Palate of older red apple, oxidative, honey, smoke, white pepper/minerality. Viscous and a nice mouth feel, was much better the first time around as when this warmed up to room temp the alcohol showed up. Loved the complexity.

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• 2002 Domaine Bernard Morey et Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot 88 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru

  Medium gold in color. Lemon, white flowers, and minerality on the nose. On the palate there was lemon with some minerality. My main complaint was that this was thin and had a decent finish at best. Bob mentioned Chablis and I concurred at the time was a little disappointed when found out this was a Montrachet.

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• 2006 Didier Dagueneau Pur Sang 93 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Pouilly-Fumé

  Nose of sea salt, jalapeño pepper, citrus, smoke, and a little oak. Palate of citrus, key lime, jalapeno pepper skin, sea shell. Nice mouthfeel, balance, and complexity. Guessed DD.

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• 2006 Richard Leroy Anjou Les Noëls de Montbenault 90 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Anjou

  Nose of diesel, lacquer, tart apple. Palate of unsweetened apple cider, smoke, minerality. Nice mouth feel, acidity, and really nice balance. Guessed younger Lorie.

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• 2004 Domaine Jo Pithon Savennières La Croix Picot 92 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Savennières

  Nose of citrus, honeysuckle, furry funk. On the palate there was citrus, honeysuckle, funky minerality and still good acidity.

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• 2007 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese 87 Points

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Funky floral, gasoline/petrol nose, with a little citrus. On the palate there was candied citrus and floral, but was really fat IMO. Alsace was my guess. Improved throughout the night, but that was after the notes were finished.

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• 2000 Domaine Laroche Chablis Grand Cru Les Blanchots Réserve de l'Obédience 91 Points

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

  Medium gold in color. Nose of honey, wax, chalk. On the palate there was more honey, white chocolate, and chalk. Not enough acid to make this great, but guessed it was an older burg.

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• 2006 Yannick Amirault Bourgueil Les Quartiers 92 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Bourgueil

  Nose of raspberry, leather, underbrush. On the palate there was raspberry, pepper, chocolate, underbrush. Good balance and finish. Thought this was forward and might be a ringer from S. Africa. Guessed right bank blend with some PV going on.

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• 1999 Domaine Tempier Bandol Cuvée Spéciale Cabassaou 93 Points

  France, Provence, Bandol

  Dark red in color with a little bricking. Nose of black cherry, violets, cedar. Palate of more ripe black cherry, tobacco, herb. The structure, balance, acidity, and tannin were still in check, this will still need 5 years to be in its prime drinking state IMO. Was totally shocked by this, guessed older left bank because of the tannin structure. Will be buying more from the source.

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• 1990 Château Clerc Milon 91 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Could tell from the color that this was an older wine guessed mid 90’s with noticeable CF. Nose of red cherry, wet animal fur, some gym shoe aspect that I noticed this morning, but overall I really liked the nose and found it the highlight of the wine. The palate on the other hand had cherry, leather, underbrush, greenish, with some tannin going on. Made the comment that I could smell this all night as long as I didn’t have to drink it.

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• 2000 Château Pontet-Canet 88 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Dark red to purple in color. Perfumed nose, cherry, baking spices. Palate of cherry, with simple palate that was too tight with acid and tannin noted. Was a shame because this didn’t show well at this age. Thought this was a really young 2005 because it was so tight. Would agree that this can only improve.

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• 2006 Di Lenardo Friuli Merlot Just Me 93 Points

  Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Friuli

  Dark red to black in color. Nose of blackberry, black plum, smoke, graphite. Palate of black fruits, graphite, and some decent complexity going on and there was noticeable tannins. Was a big wine, would have never guessed Merlot or Italy either.

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• 2007 Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape 88 Points

  France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

  Welch’s grape juice, smoke, and black pepper on the nose. Palate of more Welch’s grape juice, black pepper. Decent minerality, acidity, and tannin, but was kind of fat IMO. Guessed 07 Southern Rhone, but didn’t think Cdp at all.

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