WCC Grand Cru Red Burgundy
Fort Orange Club, Albany, NY
Tasted Thursday, December 1, 2011 by kenv with 762 views
Introduction
My Albany-area group met to taste Grand Cru Red Burgundy blind.
Flight 1 - Flight 1: Oldies (5 Notes)
With no food, which didn't help this flight.
Flight 2 - Flight 2: Corton (5 Notes)
With Pan Seared Diver Scallop [that's right, just one], baked brie, dressed arugula, lemon garlic butter mignonette, raspberry puree. [Tasty, but not very red-wine friendly (except the brie).]
Flight 3 - Flight 3: Chambertin (4 Notes)
With Roasted Baby Quail with duck confit, chestnut pancetta farci, pan roasted au jus. [Now we're talking! A great dish and a great match.]
Flight 4 - Flight 4: Echezeaux (3 Notes)
Sliced Veal Tenderloin with cabernet glace divande and rutabaga-red beet au gratin. [The veal was good and good with the wine.]
Closing
Some nice wines, but not a lot of value.
1969 Roland Thévenin Echezeaux
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
Nose of cherries and pine cones. Sour in the mouth with a dirty finish.
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1970 Hospices de Beaune Pommard Cuvée Billardet Maison Albert Bichot 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard
Sweet cherry nose. Sweet and complex in the mouth, but with a green bite on the finish that seems quite odd.
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1970 Louis Latour Chambertin Cuvée Héritiers Latour 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru
Earthy red fruit nose. Sour cherry finish. Pleasant.
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1976 Bernard Grivelet Corton Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Corked.
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1981 Mongeard-Mugneret Echezeaux 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
Appealing sour cherry nose with a nice earthy red fruit finish.
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