Rich & Dana's
Tasted Saturday, March 23, 2013 by AllRed with 695 views
There was a samller group than usual for the MArch tasting so Rich & Dana declared an uptowner. The wines were all tasted double blind, expect as noted. We two flights of six with the smaller group for the main tasting.
We began with the usual warm up whites and Rich pulled out a bonus red in a decanter. He indicated that this was a controversial wine and wanted to get the group's input. One publication had rated this rather low, the other major publication rather high, and Rich wanted to see which we leaned toward. How very disappointing for a first growth from a great vintage.
2007 Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Deep straw yellow color. Fantastic bouquet of lemon oil, toast, smoke, stone and minerals with a subtle wool-like, cottony undertone. Flavors of lemon, pear, stone and minerals. Good underlying acidity with a long, lingering finish with terrific minerality. Guessed young Corton Charlemagne. Drink now-2020+.
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2008 Peter Michael Chardonnay Ma Belle-Fille 91 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Knights Valley
Pale straw color. Aroma of yeast, and dried out Play-Doh, as well as an odd herbal note- like rosemary but not quite. The play-Doh note is dominant and I had trouble getting much beyond it. Full-bodied, with lovely pear, apple, toast and cocnut milk flavors. Has some oak, but it's nicely balanced by the fruit. Good structure; long finish. Terrific palate; not so good bouquet. This was definitely new world, and knowing the cellar it came from, I guessed 2008 Peter Michael Chard.
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1990 Château Mouton Rothschild 86 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Tasted double blind. Softened garnet color with a deeper core and clear meniscus. Aromas of red fruit, tobacco and roasted herbs, maybe a little vegetal/weedy too- it's there but faint. The nose screams Bordeaux. Loads of red fruit, tobacco and perhaps some iron on the attack, but disappears on the midpalate and never recovers. There's no midpalate and no finish to this wine- just very slight "impressions." 86 pts, which may be a point or two generous.
We were all in agreement about this wine- lovely bouquet, poor palate, at which point Rich brought out the bottle- 1990 Mouton Rothschild, and he then explained Parker's downgrading of this wine after the good barrel scores, noting the same flaws we found tonight. Rich has four left, which will be going off to auction- a prudent move.
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