John G's
Tasted Thursday, July 27, 2006 by trankin with 1,441 views
A great experience for me - my first real chance to taste a variety of mature bordeaux from many of the great producers. A group of 12 people, with 17 clarets from the 1970 vintage, plus a couple of other treats thrown in.
A lovely aperitif to get the palates warmed up
These were an interesting start for me. The Brane-Cantenac didn't do it for me, but the Lascombes was quite nice.
Well - after having had the 83 & 81 at another tasting a few weeks ago - and LOVING the 83, I have to say I was very disappointed to find the 1970 to have been corked.
A couple nice wines
Well, well, well....these wines were a big step up from the rest of the wines so far tonight (except the Lascombes). Definitely moving into better territory.
The Palmer stuck with me for quite a while....until I got to the Petrus! If I had to only drink the Palmer, I'd be a very happy man.
It's possible that the Palmer clouded my judgement on the Mouton, although the Mouton just didn't quite do it for me.
These were very nice wines - the La Miss in particular. I can see why people like these so much.
Well - this was definitely a shock to the system, and a great break between flights of bordeaux. A very nice wine, but I didn't take proper notes. Not sure I could judge it properly at this point anyway.
All I can say is WOW! These 2 wines were just unreal! I don't think it gets much better than this. The Petrus was my wine of the night by a good margin.
Unfortunately, we had a second corked bottle - the Latour. The Montrose on the other hand was just beautiful.
Unreal nose, the wine let me down comparatively.
I found this to be a wonderfully educational and enjoyable evening. Really a great night.
My top wines were (in order):
Petrus
Latour a Pomerol
Palmer
Montrose
La Mission Haut Brion
Among the group (12 people total) there was a 3 way tie (3 votes a piece) between the Haut Brion, the La Mission, and the Petrus. Personally I'm a little surprised people liked the HB so much, but there were disagreements all night long on many of the wines.
Great night!
2001 Château de Fieuzal Blanc 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Floral, crisp and beautiful. Complex, with great acids, beautiful minerals, pear, and white flowers
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