'Dragon's vintage dinner

Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck @ Paragon
Tasted Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Sleepy Dave with 907 views

Introduction

P invited me to join for his 1st wine dinner in 2012 with the theme of Dragon's vintage (1964,1976,1988, 2000). I was surprised about the liveliness of both 1964 Cos'd and 1976 Mouton, while not spectacular, both were still drinking beautifully. My WOTN was clearly the 88 Delagrange Batard as it combined both power and finesse. Thanks P, keep it up!

Flight 1 - Flight 1 (2 Notes)

- Deep fried Alaskan crab legs and Alaskan crab meat steamed egg white with truffle oil
- Grilled and braised perch

  • 1988 Delagrange-Bachelet Bâtard-Montrachet 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

    Alcohol : 13%
    Deep golden but vibrant. Highly express with chrysanthemum, roasted almond, hazelnut complexity. With time, sweet lemon, melon, coffee and creamy butter as well as touch of honey and smoke accompany by mineral at the background that formed the very deep complex aromas. The entry was bright and delicate with incredible freshness. Gained more weight and become very powerful on the mid palate but remained refine and focus. Energetic and persistence, deep layer. Showing full force on the long lasting spicy infused finish with lots of toasted nut, butter as well as mineral aftertaste, lasted for a min. Amazing.

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  • 1990 Pol Roger Champagne Vintage Brut 92 Points

    France, Champagne

    Alcohol : 12%
    Dark golden. Quite a heavy oxidative nose with iron, brown sugar and toasted nuttiness. Some honey note appeared after some air along with yellow flower, lemony fruits and malt. Entry is rich and continue to flow on the palate with well delineated complex flavor of lemon lime, plum, beer-ish and yeastiness. Still fresh, with firm acidic backbone, wonderful balance and harmony though smaller in scale. This is drinking beautifully now and the drive, persistent on the finish is enticing.

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Flight 2 - Flight 2 - Roasted Peking duck (2 Notes)

  • 1988 Domaine Bruno Clair Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru La Dominode 88 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru

    Alcohol :: 13%
    From 80+yrs old vines. Medium brick red with light hue. Perfume with wildness, burn caramel, red cherry, earl grey tea and touch of spices. Pretty light on the entry with delicate mouth feel. Still possess good level of sweet fruits at the core with resolved, well integrated tannin that end with good intensity and slightly rustic, spicy infused finish with dried tea leaves aftertaste. This does offered intensity of old vines and the should still be drinking well for the next 5yrs.

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  • 1988 Georges Lignier et Fils Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Clos des Ormes 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru

    Alcohol :: 13%
    Dark red with brick hue. Wow, this is 88? No way, the color is deep and the nose is very fresh. Perfect condition. I really like the high tone aromas that is filled with perfume floral scents, red and dark cherry with complex meatiness, earth, brown sugar and wildness. Still very bright with good acid core of freshness and sweet fruits, great balance. This medium scale, complex, well made MSD 1er is drinking really well now. Good depth and medium level of complexity that leads to the intense long finish with excellent grip. Delicious.

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Flight 3 - Flight 3 - Roasted Lamb Shoulder (2 Notes)

  • 2000 Famille Gonnet Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Etienne Gonnet 88 Points

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

    Alcohol :: 14%
    Dark ruby with brown hue. Sweet cherry liquor, smoke meat, American bubble gum, roasted herbs, sweet licorice, and perfume spring flower. Concentrated and rich, with red raspberry, savory plum and blackcurrant that form the good mid palate depth and richness, though not really complex. Still a bit of tannin present after the intense mid palate with good grip on the long, dense finish with soft sweetness. This is a pretty feminine and soft CDP that is drinking well now and no problem to keep for another 5yrs at least.

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  • 2000 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de mon Aïeul 92 Points

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

    Alcohol :: 14.5%
    Opened for 4.5hrs. Dark ruby with light hue. The nose is complex and broad, with intense aromas of sweet raspberry and red cherry, kirsch liquor, sweet licorice, clove and cinnamon stick, violet, spices, beautifully layer and focus. Very fresh and lots of flesh but with excellent depth and structured for the balance and lift. Fantastic grip with highly concentrated sweet dark fruits and firm tannin. The finish just goes on and on, with spicy and roasted herbs aftertaste. This actually drinking quite well when first opened but with air it firmed up and gaining in power in the glass. As such, I believe this wine will continue to evolve in the bottle and will probably hit the peak in another 5yrs time. 92-94

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Flight 4 - Flight 4 - Mee Pok with roasted duck meat and truffle oil (3 Notes)

  • 1964 Château Cos d'Estournel 87 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe

    Popped and poured. Sweet cigar box, soil, creme de cassis, savory plum, mineral and earthiness. Full of secondary nuances, subtle and gentle yet with good liveliness and finesse. Though a bit lack of intensity but lovely drinking pleasure. Long finish with spices and tobacco aftertaste.

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  • 1975 Château Langoa Barton 85 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien

    Opened for 2hrs. Lively and quite a lots of sweet fruits in the core with coffee, toasted bread, tobacco and herbs. Again, this is drinking very nicely now but obviously lack of the depth and complexity, still pretty fresh though. The touch of spicy and coffee flavors at the medium length finished added a little bit more of dimension to it.

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  • 1976 Château Mouton Rothschild 87 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Popped and poured. Dark core with brown rim. Not a good year, but the aromas does possess good intensity and power, as well as roundness: sweet plum, dried fig, mushroom, tobacco and spices. Easy on the palate with richness but also quite acidic, fruits was barely enough to counterbalance with the acid. Not exactly good depth but the grip is there with good complexity and secondary nuances. The finish is delicious, with autumn leaves and dried tea leaves aftertaste.

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