Maro Grill, Laguna Beach
Tasted Wednesday, April 12, 2017 by brigcampbell with 368 views
Mr Kutch sent this box of toys for the boys gratis (just the 2015 Pinot Noir) with the regular Falltacular shipment and said "have at them". He also sent along write ups and his perspective on the wines which Frank read to the group. Nice touch and interesting.
My overall thoughts in no specific order.
1) The 2015 chardonnay is amazing, it showed well in a Pinot tasting. LOL
2) The line up is solid across the flight
3) I like tasting all the wines at the same time versus serially.
4) Nordhoff has a good palate, when I got stumped he'd blurt out the descriptor
5) Good people make for good times
6) Falstaff, best vineyard in California...
Glasses - All 5 wines poured together. It's crowded but the best way to do it. I brought 5 different stems for 5 different wines.
The Crew - Me, Andrew, Steve, Richard, Frank, and Sean
NV Camille Savès Champagne Grand Cru Brut Rosé
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Light pink color, as usual. Lots of green apple aromas. Really showing more of the chardonnay component of the wine this time. Plenty of sour dough/ toasted french bread flavor. Very good but interesting that over the years the bottles have varied yet all solid.
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2015 Kutch Chardonnay Sonoma Coast
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
Weighing in at 12.72% ABV Light yellow color. Nose is initially burnt popcorn but later warmed up to beautiful floral bouquet. Attack starts with vanilla nd then a big heaping spoonful of acid that makes the mouth immediately water. Very sharp edges. Strong lemon component and texture, very bright. As this warmed up it really took off. FMIII asked me what was my wine of the night for the pinot noirs and I said jokingly the chardonnay. It was that good.
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