Impromptu Dinner at Sun Wah

Chicago, IL
Tasted Wednesday, July 30, 2014 by acyso with 365 views

Introduction

A few of my favorite people in Chicago and I were planning to go get some riesling and Thai food. Then plans changed and we went to Sun Wah instead.

Flight 1 (5 Notes)

  • 1995 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 95 Points

    France, Champagne

    When I first opened this, I thought it was flawed. There was absolutely nothing on the nose or palate. Then, with air and warming up, this became incredible. This was chock full of salinity and smoke and all things good about Krug, with a very strong vein of acidity to boot. The bubbles were a bit muted however.

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  • 2008 Domaine Fourrier Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Clos Sorbes Vieille Vigne 93 Points

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

    This is right up my wheelhouse. Stern and austere red Burgundy, with loads of stemmy character. There's a huge amount of crunchy red fruit, but somehow there's no real fruit character to the wine (or maybe it's just hidden behind the monumental structure). This is a very introverted bottle of wine right now, and it raises my fears again that 08 Burgundy will develop into very tough and hard-to-enjoy (but cerebral) wines a la '88. As it is now though, this doesn't really seem shutdown, despite only having a few hours to decant.

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  • 2002 Simon Bize Latricières-Chambertin 85 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Another unicorn hunted down and consumed. This wine had a very bizarre brownish colour that was very advanced for its age. On the other hand, there was nothing cooked or stewed about the bottle. The nose had a lot of meaty and herbal elements, which carried through onto the palate, which also showed a very herbal (one of us described it as Robitussin) character. This probably needed a full day of decanting (instead of the 2-3 hours it had). Fleshy but austere. A little hot on the back end.

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  • 1970 Château Coutet Barsac 93 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Barsac

    Having just tasted the '75 last week, having the '70 was a real treat. Coutet really demonstrates why Barsac is better than Sauternes. You get everything Sauternes has to offer, plus a fresher vein of acidity and a whole lot of mineral structure. This had that lovely bitter orange marmalade nose as well as some hints of stone fruit. The palate was moderately sweet, with the minerality, sugar, and acidity all playing very well together.

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  • 1995 Château d'Yquem 93 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    So when you smell Yquem, you can identify Yquem. There's a very sweet orange marmalade aroma that's paired with some coconut and exotic spices. However, the palate on this baby (well, I guess it's a teenager) was a little flabby and ripe, with not quite the same amount of acidity that I'd expect. In this case, the sugar is the dominant player here. Finishes very long (as you'd expect). I preferred the much more structured '70 Coutet I had alongside to this. Nonetheless, Yquem is Yquem and Yquem is delicious.

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