Impromptu dinner with ADT

Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
Tasted Friday, August 23, 2013 by Marc with 213 views

Introduction

NZ cheeses
Grilled beef fillet, sauteed fennel and leeks, baked potato

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

  • 2012 Alpha Box & Dice Golden Mullet Fury 91 Points

    Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills

    Delicious wine that would be basically impossible to pick blind - if pressed, I imagine I would pump for Italy. Heaps of interest and depth of flavor in this complicated, richly textured and opulent wine. Perfect clarity. A hint of funk in the nose combines with melon fruit and well judged acidity that keeps the wine from becoming flabby. A very groovy new wave Aussie white.

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  • 1990 Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva Il Poggio 93 Points

    Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG

    A very beautiful Chianti at full - late maturity - a true vino di meditazione. Extremely savory nose of tobacco ash, marmite, leather, black olive, caramel, game and dense boysenberry. In the mouth, extremely complex and the savory aspects are apparent but the overwhelming driving force of the structure is the beautiful sweet fruit. A gorgeous, fully resolved structure ends with the remnants of a very fine tannic background. This is complicated and completely mature wine with considerable apparent bottle age that is drinking beautifully tonight. Went up a notch with grilled beef, becoming more suave and showing more apparent sweetness. There is only a slight hint of tawny character to the wine. It should remain at this plateau for another few years in a cold cellar.

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