2009 Beaujolais Tasting (W/ Old Musar and more)

• 2005 Jean Bourdy Savagnin Côtes du Jura

  France, Jura, Côtes du Jura

  Tasted Blind:
  
  Color: Pale golden yellow
  Smell: Pear, baked yellow apple, faint oxidative
  Taste: Stone fruit, lemon
  Overall: Outstanding. Complex, brisk acidity, and light-medium bodied. Guessed an off the wall Chenin Blanc from Joly.

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• 1990 Elk Cove Vineyards Pinot Noir Reserve

  USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley

  Color: Brickish garnet
  
  Smell: Forest floor, earth, mushrooms, red fruits
  
  Taste: Red fruits, cherry, strawberry, cranberry.
  
  Overall: Outstanding!!! Elegant, light, and weightless on the palate. This is exactly what I look for in a wine and it was really exciting to see this doing so well. Consumed within 15 minutes of opening, decanted for sediment.

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All wines were served Single blind. The Lapierre was transfered to another bottle due to the wax and there is some question if this may have had an impact on the wine as it was tasted recently and did not present in such an unstable manner.

• 2009 Jean-Marc Burgaud Régnié Vallières

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Régnié

  Tasted Single Blind:
  
  Color: Violet/Garnet
  Smell: Earth, dark fruits, floral, faint sawdust
  Taste: dark fruits, blueberries, cacao, charcoal
  Overall: Tight with tannin+ and acid+ (84-86) room to improve

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• 2009 Domaine du Pavillon de Chavannes Côte de Brouilly Cuvée des Ambassades

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Côte de Brouilly

  Tasted Single Blind:
  
  Color: Garnet
  Smell: Juicy Fruit, candied fruits,
  Taste: Blueberries, blackberries, hint of oak
  Overall: Very Good. Simple, easy drinking. Tannin +, acid, fruit (84-86)

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• 2009 Georges Dubœuf Moulin-à-Vent Domaine de la Tour du Bief

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Moulin-à-Vent

  Tasted Single Blind:
  
  Color: Violet/Garnet
  Smell: Dark Fruits, cacao, earth
  Taste: Dark fruits, blueberry, blackberry, charred meats, charcoal.
  Overall: Very Good - Outstanding. Complex, dark, expansive on the palate and nose. (89-90)

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• 2009 Louis Jadot Moulin-à-Vent Château des Jacques

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Moulin-à-Vent

  Tasted Single Blind:
  
  Color: Violet/Garnet
  Smell: Dark fruits, earth, hint of tobacco
  Taste: dark fruits, cedar, coca,
  Overall: Very good, slight hint of alcohol on the palate at the tail end of the finish. (88-89)

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• 2009 Georges Dubœuf Juliénas La Trinquée

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Juliénas

  Tasted Single Blind:
  
  Color: Ruby
  Smell: Floral, red fruits,
  Taste: Cranberries, raspberries, strawberries,
  Overall: Outstanding. (91-92) fine tannins+, acid+, vibrant fruit, complex and long finish.

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• 2009 Georges Dubœuf Fleurie Clos des Quatre Vents

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Fleurie

  Tasted Single Blind:
  
  Color: Garnet/Violet
  Smell: “old baking flour”, floral, granite, ETOH,
  Taste: dark fruits, volatile acidity,
  Overall: VA leaves a sharp impression on the front sides and tip of my tongue that I just don’t like. (70)

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• 2009 Marcel Lapierre Morgon

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

  Tasted Single Blind:
  Color: light violet
  Smell: Geuze beer, dried herbs, cherry, Really just reminds me of a beer on the nose.
  Taste: tart cherry juice, dutchess de borgogne, wild strawberries
  Overall: Unique and more like a wild fermented beer than a wine should I have been served this blind I could easily have been confused. (85-88-interesting…but not typical of the region)
  Bottle Code: M09TR S 09/09/10

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• NV Egly-Ouriet Champagne Premier Cru Les Vignes de Vrigny 91 Points

  France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru

  Another wonderful bottle....complex and offering red fruits on the palate and the nose...more to follow in time.

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• 1994 Chateau Musar

  Lebanon, Bekaa Valley

  Doing Quite well...this wine was fresh, offered vibrant red fruits and a melange of earth driven flavors ranging from mushrooms to granite and floral notes. Another Amazing bottle!

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• 2005 Scott Harvey Zinfandel Old Vine Reserve 88 Points

  USA, California, Sierra Foothills, Amador County

  Not as exciting as the last bottle...perhaps this is best in it's youth....still exciting, just not at the same level as it was a few years ago...

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• 2005 Bartlett Blueberry Winemaker's Reserve 93 Points

  USA, Maine

  Color: ruby
  Smell: Clove, spice, orange rind, blue & black fruit, flint, and lilac notes.
  Taste: A melange of bright red fruits, Kiwi, cinamon, minerals, and tangerine.
  Overall: At 11.5% it is food friendly, and easy to consume by myself...I should say that I am clearly biased with these wines as I'm friend's with the owner of the winery...but there are few wines that are as compelling to me as this or his Reserve Pear.

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• 1981 Chateau Musar 98 Points

  Lebanon, Bekaa Valley

  Color: Brick ruby/amber
  Smell: earth, cranberries, potpori, leather, cigar box, red fruits, and a seamless transition between each component that makes it difficult to pin down any one specific flavor for minutes.
  Taste: raspberries, cherries, tobacco, leather, struck match and hints of match stick, portabella mushrooms,
  Overall: Classic...and hard to put to words...it's something that has to be experienced to understand...words simply do not seem to do a wine like this justice. The scents and flavors in this wine seem to transition just before acknowledgment and it lingers on the palate effertlessly in an almost weightless presence.

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