IPNC Van Duzer Group Rapid Reunion

Chez Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN
Tasted Sunday, August 12, 2018 by rocknroller with 199 views

Introduction

A group of 8 of us went out to McMinnville for IPNC late this July. With Tracy and Jason back in our fair city from Seattle, Siggy generously offered to host a reunion of the our group. So it's only been a couple of weeks, big deal. When the Duzer blows, you head the call. Steve and Jenny generously provided apps, steaks, salads and some really fun old Bordeaux. The rest of us chipped in some whites and Champagne and a few other goodies. Just a super fun night. Thanks to Steve and Jenny for everything they did, and to everyone else for their contributions as well.

Flight 1 (4 Notes)

  • 1996 Bruno Paillard Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 94 Points

    France, Champagne

    Light medium gold color. Drank 1 glass over 30 minutes. I really enjoyed this, a classically mature Champagne that is still vibrant and offering notes of maturity, but most importantly, a balance and elegance that still resonates. Medium plus body, golden fruits, toasted meringue, marzipan, baked apple, star fruit, baking pastries, brioche, and ripened melon with complex spices. Much more exciting than a good bottle to years ago. 93+ to 94pts.

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  • 2005 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 94 Points

    France, Champagne

    So drinking Comte on back to back nights is certainly not a bad thing. Another not so revolutionary observation would be that Taittinger makes some awfully good stuff every single vintage they declare. I was thinking to myself the other day when an offer for '07 came through, that I could still pick up the '06 for even less money, but you know, I want to experience every vintage. The '05 was a carbon copy of the Tait framework that is so wonderful every vintage. Toasty, medium plus body, graceful and resonant. A worthy followup to the outstanding '99 from last night. Comte is THE best value in tete de cuvee Champagne.

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  • NV Moët & Chandon Champagne Brut Imperial Rosé 90 Points

    France, Champagne

    Light salmon color, perfect on a toasty warm night, even better than a bottle a several months ago. This was bright with red fruit, yeast and mineral, and a crisp dry finish.

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  • 2017 Bethel Heights Pinot Noir Rosé 91 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills

    Light salmon color. I was completely enamored with this rose from BH. Not since a bottle of Tempier a few months ago has a rose resonated with me this way. Totally poised and harmonious, this shines across the nose and palate with wispy sea spray minerality, strawberry, watermelon, and lovey stony minerals. Excellent acid, fresh and bright, yet this gives the impression it could age nicely for several years. Highly recommended. 91+pts.

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Flight 2 (2 Notes)

Flight 3 (2 Notes)

  • 1955 Château Prieuré-Lichine

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    Medium plus bricked color. Tired, maderization, fading dried red fruit, little tannin, but still holds some intrigue.

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  • 1955 Château Lascombes 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    Light medium bricked red color. Splash decanted and drank 1 glass over an hour. After a first bottle was completely gone, this bottle was in fine shape. A nice perfume of red berry nose, nice purity, dried flowers; tasty, soft red fruits, completely resolved tannins. A nice treat.

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Flight 4 (2 Notes)

  • 1982 Château Calon-Ségur 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

    Dark red color. Decanted for 1 hour; drank a glass over an hour. This was in great showing and showing well. A lovely mix of red cherry and cassis, dried wood, crushed pencil and cigar, very nice texturally, very plus tannins on a medium plus frame. Opened nicely over the hour in glass.

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  • 1985 Château Lynch-Bages

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Very dark red plus color. Splash decanted for about an hour. I'm not quite sure what to make of this bottle. It was rather unusual. My description was that it was like some crushed a box of pencil lead and placed it in a big smoking cedar camp fire. Big, pencil lea, cedar, smoke, a bit volatile, soil. This didn't change much at all over the hour. Score reserved.

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Flight 5 (1 Note)

  • 2012 Corliss Estates Red

    USA, Washington, Columbia Valley, Red Mountain

    Very dark purple/red color. Decanted for a couple hours. Drank a glass over 40 minutes. Dense, vanilla, full bodied, tart black cherry, red currants, tart plum, green streak, graphite, kirsch ripe and lush. This is big styled wine with nice fruits and texture, it ha s green streak right now and it needs a few years to resolve. 90-93pts.

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Flight 6 (2 Notes)

  • 1990 Château d'Yquem 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    Very dark gold color. A beautiful maturing bottle of Yquem. Fleshy peaches, orange chiffon, apple mousse, tangerine, honeysuckle, delicately spiced, perfectly balanced sweetness and acidity, the essence of elegance, this defies weight and pirouettes across the palate then lingers longingly.

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  • 2007 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 93 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Took a small pour of this, but no detailed notes. A bit of spritz, but typical of previous bottles, tropical, fusil, vibrant.

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