Custom House - Chicago IL
Tasted Monday, May 4, 2009 by Burgundy Al with 792 views
My Chicago Burgundy tasting group, the Lieu-dit Cru, had one of our regular Burgundy dinners at Custom House, with the onerous task of having to taste 14 bottles of Clos de la Roche from top producers. As always, Custom House did an amazing job preparing a menu that truly matched with the wine, complementing each flight. Each flight was served “single blind” so that we know the wines in the flight but not which glass had which wine. This worked well helping us avoid vintage bias. Each flight focused on a single producer, other than the 2nd flight, which just paired the Lignier 1993s (Hubert vs. Georges) against each other.
One person brings two bottles of white Burgundy with a relationship between the two (producer and/or vineyard and/or vintage) and we try to identify what we can based on what we taste and smell. Actually, we mostly just embarrass ourselves, but have fun trying.
So what did we learn as we tried to ascertain the character of Clos de la Roche based on what we tasted that night? First lesson, that Coates’ description from his book seems about right – Clos de la Roche is lush, ample, classy and a bit exotic. You don’t see the austerity of Chambertin, or density of Bonnes-Mares. Second lesson…Dujac rocks.
1995 Salon Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 93 Points
France, Champagne
Rich fruit complemented by great citrus freshness. Not as powerful as the 1996 but probably better for right now.
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