Krug and Dom Perignon Dinner, with Bonus Wines

Dinner hosted by a great LVMH friend to taste and discuss some new releases from their premier brands, as well as to revisit a few their best wines currently in the market. Some other friends were dining in the adjacent Private Dining space, so we got to partake of some of their fine beverages as well.

• 1998 Dom Pérignon Champagne P2 93 Points

  France, Champagne

  Ripe orchard fruit with some sweet spice and toasted baguette, then some faint lemon rind hints on the finish. Very good for the medium-term.

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• 1996 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 94 Points

  France, Champagne

  Served alongside the 1995 vintage, which oddly seemed to detract from how much I enjoyed BOTH wines. This was rich and very concentrated to start with so much orchard fruit, modestly maturing. Middle seemed so driven by structure with energy and slightly less fruit, then everything combined nicely on the finish.

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• 1995 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 92 Points

  France, Champagne

  From magnum. Served alongside the 1996 vintage, which oddly seemed to detract from how much I enjoyed BOTH wines. Very firmly structured and very long, with much less robust fruit vs 1996, but lots of great minerally textures.

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• 2005 Dom Pérignon Champagne Rosé 90 Points

  France, Champagne

  My first time trying this wine. Soft and very berry focused with elegant textures. Moderate weight and length. Very enjoyable and fun.

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• 1996 Dom Pérignon Champagne Rosé P2 95 Points

  France, Champagne

  Ripe red cherries and berries everywhere. This comes across as big and powerful, brawny and slightly backward, maybe even a bit awkward today. but there is so much great substance here. 94 points for tonight, 96 point potential.

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• 1995 Dom Pérignon Champagne Rosé P2 94 Points

  France, Champagne

  Leaner and more elegant vs 1996, also more accessible. Forward and beautifully balanced. Lots or red berries with floral hints and savory spice. Moderate power. Not a hair out of place.

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• 1988 Dom Pérignon Champagne P3 95 Points

  France, Champagne

  First time with this release. I had certainly enjoyed the DP 1988 "P1" release for many years, but more recent bottles seemed long-in-the-tooth, but were perhaps ill stored. This P3 gem is a masterpiece. Very densely concentrated with plenty of surprisingly fresh orchard fruit. Nuanced throughout with a long and powerful finish.

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• 2004 Louis Jadot Chevalier-Montrachet Les Demoiselles Domaine des Héritiers Louis Jadot Flawed

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru

  Another oxidized bottle. My 7th in a row over the past 7 years, from various different sources and cases.

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• 2014 Emmanuel Rouget Vosne-Romanée 90 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

  Ripe red and black cherry comes across as almost jammy right now, but there is just is much baby fat here that should quickly get resolved. Spice hints throughout with very good weight and concentration for its level. An expanding finish is particularly for Villages level. Better 2020-.

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• 2007 Domaine Dominique Mugneret Romanée St. Vivant 89 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

  Maturing red fruit with spice hints and fairly firm tannins on finish. Not quite as interesting or "Vosne" as another bottle from last year, but in both cases it is clear this is a wine best to consume over the next 3-5 years. I will have to open one of my bottles sometime later this year to see if equally firm.

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• 1989 Château Lynch-Bages 95 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Great aromatic start with black plum and currant, rich without seeming too ripe. Cigarbox and cassis notes as well. Great nose is followed by good flavors that are quite similar and enticingly complex, just perhaps not quite as long as a few great bottles from the past few years, since this wine has emerged from its long (15+ year?) post-release dormancy.

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• 1990 Château Lynch-Bages 91 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Ripe black fruit with some sweet spice and liqueur hints. Somewhat monolithic, so far less interesting vs the 1989.

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• 1995 Château Prieuré-Lichine Flawed

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

  Slightly corked.

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• 2005 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 95 Points

  France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

  Small glass, brief note. Black cherry, fresh black berries, macerated black berries and some liqueur hints with sweet spice. Big, ripe and powerful but just seamless towards long finish. So glad I have two 6-packs stashed away in the cellar. So good right now, but I think another five years in the cellar will be well rewarded.

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• 1990 Château d'Yquem 92 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

  Rich apricot, both dried and fresh. Very powerful and sweet, but less nuanced vs some great bottles from the past. This wine should last for decades.

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