Rich & Dana's
Tasted Sunday, March 10, 2013 by AllRed with 790 views
The host provides a couple of warm up wines, and selects a theme of 8 wines, served double blind to the group. The warm ups are tasted and evaluated as members arrive, then unveiled prior to the main tasting. The main tasting is done in one flight- all 8 wines are poured and evaluated, all the while being discussed. Everyone settles on their guess as to the theme, and if possible, specific wines. Each taster ranks the wines from 1 to 8, with 1 point awarded for their favorite. The scores are tallied and unveiled from last place (most points) to first place (least points). After the main tasting we enjoy dinner and a few nonblind reds and dessert wines.
The Brocard, opened the night before, was tasted nonblind. Rich knew we had some and wanted to make sure we received a taste.
As the tasting was winding down and only a few of us were left, I mentioned to Rich how some of the wines tonight reminded me of the 1999 Jadot Corton-Pougets he had opened for us some years earlier, and what a treat that wine was. He excused himself for a moment, and out came a bottle of the 1999 Jadot C-P whihc he had opened the night before. He and Dana hosted their good friend Eugenia and David Adelsheim the night before and opened some terrific bottles with them. One by one, we ended up tasting through their leftovers.
Thanks to Rich & Dana for another wonderful tasting and some great wines!
2011 Serge Dagueneau Pouilly-Fumé Les Pentes 88 Points
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Pouilly-Fumé
Light straw color. Banana, tropical fruit and apple aromas. Steely, with lemon and white fruit flavors and an astringency on the finish. Guessed Chardonnay.
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2011 Pascal & Nicolas Reverdy Sancerre Cuvée Les Coûtes 90 Points
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre
Pale color with aromas of wood, apple and white fruit. Has a wooly quality, along with citrus, steel and pear tones and bright acidity.
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2008 Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Nonblind from a bottle Rich & Dana had leftover from the prior evening. Notes of green apple, oyster shell and minerals. Precise and focused, with laser-like acidity and flavors of apple and minerals. Very young, but already impressive. Drink from 2015+.
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