Burgundy Dinner with Friends (Tasting Blind)
Officine Brera - Los Angeles CA
Tasted Thursday, August 16, 2018 by Burgundy Al with 205 views
Introduction
Everything tasted blind, with only the person bringing each wine knowing it identity. Very humbling.
1996 Salon Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne
Still so amazingly fresh and vibrant, with so much green and yellow apple along with lemon. A real powerhouse and beauty, still just hinting at how great it will be.
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2004 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
Tasted double blind. Several people immediately identified this as Leflaive, which seemed likely to be correct based on its richness and ripe style. It didn't quite seem like Bâtard-Montrachet or Chevalier-Montrachet to me, so I thought it possibly a great Pucelles.
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1996 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Tasted double blind. Very earthy and funky to start, this took 10-15 minutes to clean up, but finally it cleaned up nicely indeed. Nobody initially thought Chablis, given its overall richness. Broad array of orchard fruit, riper than typical for Chablis, clearly long and powerful with Grand Cru density.
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1971 Bouchard Père et Fils Chevalier-Montrachet 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
Tasted double blind. I thought this 1979 Grand Cru given its ripeness and weight. Clearly showing some sherry notes and fully mature orchard fruit, both fresh and dried apricot and forest floor. I liked this a lot, but half the group was less thrilled. I kept some in glass for several hours to enjoy with cheese, at which point it was completely unchanged and still wonderful.
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2002 Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier Bonnes Mares 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Tasted double blind. Enormous amount of big red fruit with some black cherry hints and savory spice. Both powerful and simultaneously weightless, I thought it slightly older (1999) and Amoureuses. Very long finish while slightly backward or brooding in the middle for now. Very exciting potential, but still not quite at its peak.
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1996 Domaine Denis Bachelet Charmes-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Tasted double blind. Seemed slightly stewed to me right away, which became very apparent when I later served a 2nd bottle of this same wine from my cellar.
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2000 Domaine Joseph Roty Charmes-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Tasted double blind. Very rich black and red cherry aromas and flavors with a broad array of sweet and savory spice. Ok there is still a bit of protruding new oak, but not offensive at all. Spice profile, ripeness and accessibility made me think this was Vosne Grand Cru from 2002. Certainly the best I can ever recall for this wine.
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1993 Domaine Denis Bachelet Charmes-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Tasted double blind. I thought it ever-so-slightly corked, others disagreed, but it clearly was not correct.
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2001 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Musigny 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Musigny Grand Cru
Tasted double blind. All red fruit with good ripeness, but great balance and textural genius. Starts off charming and pretty, then expands into a nearly weightless and long finish. I correctly identified this as Musigny, thinking it either 1998 or 2001, but did not correctly identify the producer.
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1996 Domaine Denis Bachelet Charmes-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Served double blind to the tasting group, alongside the 1995. Wonderfully elegant black fruit in absolutely perfect harmony. Good weight and length. So enjoyable now, this will continue to evolve in interesting ways for most likely another two decades.
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1995 Domaine Denis Bachelet Charmes-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Served double blind to the dinner group, alongside the 1996. Such a similar profile, most tasters correctly identified these as from the same producer. Plenty of black fruit with red and blue berry hints and firm, but fine tannins. Good power and depth. Slightly less elegant vs the 1996, which helped me identify which was which.
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1978 Joseph Drouhin Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru
Tasted double blind in what turned out to be a 1978 flight. Incredibly alluring red fruit with enough freshness to balance the tertiary notes of slowly cooked mushrooms. More elegant vs powerful, but so charming and nuanced.
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1978 Gros Frère et Sœur Grands-Echezeaux 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru
Tasted double blind in what turned out to be a 1978 flight. Awkward and light but still enjoyable. I thought this younger and the firmness made me think perhaps the flight was from 1988, so I was only one full decade off. More interesting than tasty, but others enjoyed this more than I did tonight.
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2002 Domaine Dujac Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Gruenchers 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru
Tasted double blind. Sweet spice with ripe red and black cherry. Still very fresh with bright structure in the near background. Long finish. Great now, with a long life ahead.
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