BWE Pessac-Leognan tasting

Afghan Kebab House in NYC
Tasted Tuesday, January 9, 2007 by MRichman with 795 views

Introduction

A few board members got together last night at the Afghan Kebab House in NYC for a tasting of Pessac-Leognan, organized by Arv. It was a very fun evening, and attendants not only got to hang out with Arv's fiancee Jennifer, but we got to meet his sister too!

It was a smaller group than I'm used to, so I was pleasantly surprised when bottles still had wine left in them for re-tasting later in the evening. I had a wonderful time talking to everyone and the food was very good. Cheap too! Plus, I finally realized that Jacques probably never saw any grade lower than an A+ when he was in school, thus his confusion over my grading system.

As for the wines, I wasn't in love with anything we had but there were some interesting bottles nonetheless.

Flight 1 - Pre Dinner Whites (2 Notes)

  • 1996 Château Pape Clément Blanc

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Sharp acidity, some beautiful light sweet cream butter under. Bright but not light (weight). Added weight and depth (and a higher score) as the evening went on. I'm not usually a fan of dry white Bordeaux, but I liked this wine.
    B/B+

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  • 2001 Karthäuserhof Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg Riesling Kabinett

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Bright with high toned acidity. Very long finish. Some spritz, some honeysuckle and green apple to round it out. Clean & razor sharp. Acid dominates the fruit, throwing the wine a little out of balance for my palate and there is a slight empty hole in the middle, but I liked this wine anyway.
    B

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Flight 2 - Flight 1 (3 Notes)

Flight 3 - Flight 2 (3 Notes)

  • 1986 Château La Mission Haut-Brion

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Sweet, round, full fruit. Good complexity with tobacco, menthol. Fine tannins. Dark note. This wine showed a fullness and polish that I felt the previous flight lacked.
    B+

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  • 1988 Château Pape Clément

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Dark, full, solid. Lots of tar & tobacco. Some menthol & mint. Again, this wine had the fullness and polish missing in the first flight. I like this one. Just short of outstanding.
    B++

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  • 1990 Château La Louvière

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Nice big fruit with high tones and low notes as well. A little light in core. I would not have guessed this was a 1990.
    B

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Flight 4 - Flight 3 (3 Notes)

Flight 5 - Stickies (2 Notes)

Closing

Wine Of The Night votes:
LMHB 1986 (22)
Pape Clement 1998 (16)
LMHB 1999 (9)
LTHB 1983 (3)
La Louviere 1990 (2)

Thanks to everyone for coming and to Arv for organizing!

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