An Unintended Birthday Dinner
Margaux's Table, White Bear Lake, MN
Tasted Saturday, August 12, 2017 by rocknroller with 334 views
Introduction
A group of us got together - since it had been a while - with the excuse of celebrating Vick's bday. Whatever works. We ended up having some real gems. as well. Gotta keep the wife happy :)
2009 Roederer Estate L'Ermitage Brut 91 Points
USA, California, North Coast, Anderson Valley
Light gold color. Drank 1 glass over 20 minutes. Rock solid vintage, this feels youthful and very tasty. Green apple, light and crisp, lighter chalk-like minerality, a touch of bread dough, very clean. 91+pts with room to improve a couple points.
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2012 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis 1er Cru Montmains 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Pale gold color. Drank 1 glass over 40 minutes. This was drinking very well - and a big step up from the '15 we had the other night. Very bright and focused, good acid, dank seashore nose with classic citrus and saline. 92+pts.
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2012 Loïc Mahé Val de Loire Savennieres Les Fougeraies 90 Points
France, Loire Valley, Val de Loire
Pale gold color. Drank 1 glass over 20 minutes. Green fruits with a hint of tropical fruit, wooly,some dried herbs, grass, apple, lime, slightly honeyed, medium full bodied, off dry. The comment made was, we need to drink more chenin - agreed. 90+pts.
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2014 Morgan Chardonnay Highland Santa Lucia Highlands 91 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Lucia Highlands
Drank 1 glass over 20 minutes as an intermezzo. Citrus, lemony, lightly toasted oak barrel, pear, medium full bodied, lively and with good depth. I found this quite tasty and a nice QPR.
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2011 Chateau Montelena 40th Chardonnay Vintage 92 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Light gold color. Drank 1 glass over 45 minutes. This, as always, shows restraint and beauty; lemon, white blossoms, white peach, pear, wet stones, crisp and precise, medium bodied and delicious. 92+pts.
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2012 Viña Cobos Malbec Bramare Valle de Uco 89 Points
Argentina, Mendoza, Valle de Uco
Dark, rich blackberry, black cherry, good acid, a green streak - though not real strong, enough to remind me where it's from, chewy.
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1983 Château Lascombes 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Dark red color, no bricking. PNP, drank 1+ glass over an hour. Wow, what an amazing bottle this was, far exceeding expectations. We were supposed to have a bottle of this a few weeks back that someone else was bringing, and it ended up being corked. I figured that odds were with us, but who knows. This is quintessential mature old school Bordeaux. A wine you can just sit and smell all night. Everything is wonderfully integrated, the nose is a beautiful perfume of leather, rose hips, roast beef, funk, pencil lead, fresh cedar box, with cassis, and boysenberry. The palate is also stellar, elegant, medium bodied, gorgeous tannins, integrated oak and tannins, and adding to cherry to everything present on the nose. Very long and balanced. While mature and completely ready to drink, I think this can easily go another 5 to 10 years. Might have been lightning in a bottle, but I'm likely underscoring this tonight at 95+pts.
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2009 Brewer-Clifton Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard 88 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Sta. Rita Hills
Dark red color. Others probably enjoyed this more than I did. I enjoy the B-C chards very much, but I'm not crazy about their pinot. It was ok, but not really my style. Clearly California and CC at that. It has a briary, sour black cherry, cherry cola, very spicy profile and has some angularity that just feels more clunky and not particularly refined like I prefer.
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2010 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Freedom Hill Vineyard 93 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Medium dark red color. PNP, drank 1 glass over 2 hours, and another small glass 2 nights later. A testament to this wine and it's aging curve, this was noticeably better 2 days later. I'm not sure you need to lay off them, but if you have a couple give one a chance to sit a bit. The purity of the 2010 vintage is on fine display, the pretty red fruits shine with strawberry and raspberry, layered and vibrant with good structure and fine spices. The earth is there and should evolve more over time. We drank this next to the '07 white Rose which is hard to stand up to, but the similarities can be seen. 92pts day one, 93pts day three.
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2007 St. Innocent Pinot Noir White Rose Vineyard 97 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Medium red color. PNP, drank 1+ glass over 2 hours plus. I try to only open one of these every 8 or 9 months. And every time I open one, I shiver a bit thinking it won't live up to my expectations. I might get past that someday. This would turn out to be the best of many incredible bottles. Clearly the evolution continues. This simply has a stunning nose, I can't recall anything that has the complicated, lifted spice tones that are here. It dances across the olfactory sense and plays games with your mind. I just get giddy even thinking about it now. The floral spice box mixed with such light and pure red berry and cherry notes on the nose and palate are divine. Featherweight and elegant, this has the forest floor, leather, and brightness on top of a silky texture and continual waves on the finish. Mesmerizingly ethereal for me. 96+ to 97pts.
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