A private dinner
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Tasted Saturday, November 26, 2005 by Xavier Auerbach with 442 views
Introduction
A dinner for the Board of the Académie des Cinquante and the member who introduced me.
@ Home
Tasted Saturday, November 26, 2005 by Xavier Auerbach with 442 views
A dinner for the Board of the Académie des Cinquante and the member who introduced me.
1996 Laurent-Perrier Champagne Brut Millésimé 92 Points
France, Champagne
Very pure, clean, light , fresh and stylish, fresh as a mountain stream, silky mousse, a perfect aperitif.
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1985 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Riesling Spätlese 90 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Light colour; stylish and harmonious, flowers, wax and slate, lovely, long-lived. Now - 2010.
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1962 Murfatlar Pinot Grigio Late Harvest Private Reserve 90 Points
Romania, Murfatlar
Golden colour; lovely botrytis, honey, ambrosial fruit; nice sweetness on the palate, is it slightly tiring? A wonderful surprise.
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1945 Château Carbonnieux Blanc 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Base of neck. Full gold. Old but vinous and healthy, well-constructed but drier than expected.
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1945 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Château bottled. Dark colour and nose, spicy, dusty tannins, hints of coffee and cocoa; touch of VA but firm and vital, tannic even; relatively dry but good length.
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1945 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Dutch bottled by Walraven & Sax. Light colour than the MdC; soft and mature nose, warm oak, creamy, almost liquorous; balanced and juicy, good structure, perhaps healthier than the MdC but more rigid, shorter.
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1970 Clos de l'Oratoire 85 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Very tired.
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1970 Clos de l'Oratoire 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Mature, soft, creamy, very attractive.
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1970 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Classic, stylish, balanced Saint-Julien, mature but lively and with a lovely ripe sweetness to the fruit.
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1977 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Soft, warm, ripe, very lovely.
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1935 Graham Porto Vintage 97 Points
Portugal, Douro, Porto
Wonderful fruit, deep, spicy, caramel, hint of brandy, oak; smooth, fabulous structure, very lively; amazing length, raisins, oak, fruit, toffee. Phenomenal.
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1971 Deinhard Oestricher Lenchen Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese 98 Points
Germany, Rheingau
Very impressive, ambergold, a nectar, flowers, honey, sweet but not sticky owing to amazing acidity; very, very long.
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1976 Hugel Riesling Vendange Tardive SGN Sélectionneé par Jean Hugel 94 Points
France, Alsace
Fût 52. Waxy and honeyed, peaches, good intensity, medium-sweet (52 gr RS), stylish and restrained, good length. Now - 2016.
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1987 Casa Manoel Boullosa Carcavelos Quinta dos Pesos 93 Points
Portugal, Lisboa, Carcavelos
Like a Verdelho Madeira to which honey has been added. Amber; caramel, honey and flowers, candied fruit; light and juicy, nice hint of sweetness, rich and rounded with tangy acidity; good length. A wine of finesse and style.
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