Milton, GA
Tasted Tuesday, January 1, 2019 by Rezy13 with 445 views
People obviously came to play today. Some serious wines getting pulled.
Served non-blind
$150+ suggested. All wines poured in uniform decanters and served double blind.
Garnet maroon color, fairly youthful; ash, cedar, green pepper, clearly Left Bank Bordeaux, some compost, currants, spice, fruitcake, strong cigar box, tobacco, loamy earth with gravel; still so mouth filling and intense, liqueured cherry, some development but still young and showing potential for growth, sheer class, a touch of cedary tannin, awesome nobility; good but not great year- called '01 Lafite...wow; 96+.
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Softer color, more clarity with almost brick rim; porcini bomb on the nose, leather, a touch of horse, olive, incense, complex Bordeaux quite different from the last wine- seemed older than the '89 Dominus; sexy palate, great mid with lovely earth and mineral, late delicious fruit, no green, lithe and elegant still exhibiting a youthfulness; liked the '89 LMHB call but due to elegance called '89 Palmer; WOTN.
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Darker garnet, cloudy with maroon rim; musk, blackcurrant, deeper than previous 2 wines, beefy, a bit more angular, iron shavings, dense loamy earth, more green and seems quite young, compact, dense, great balance for what I assumed was a riper '03 vintage, muscular yet polished, currants, good drive, long lingering finish; delicious but give this 10 more years; called '03 Montrose; 95+.
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Holy crap we are off to an amazing start!; deep crimson with little color change, very youthful in appearance, clarity; plush, sweet not dried roses, cherry and strawberry liqueur, great polish, sandalwood, young, medicinal, well measured oak, celery seed, powerful yet lithe on the palate, exotic, beautiful, good balance and polished tannin, holly, kirsch, sweet cherry, super long, sexy and noble; serious producer was keying on what I felt was an oak signature- called '11 Scavino Novantesimo; still room for growth 95+.
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Mine; opened and poured a small taste out and slow-oxed for 3+ hours; brighter amber color; nutty nose, slight Sherry quality, apricot, peach, somewhat preserved, honeyed, mineral, waxy, broad and rich with good penetration, candied orange, powerful, some bitter mineral or some phenolics, honeysuckle, honey, peaches, white flowers, apricot, lanolin, nutty, complex, tart Sherry note on finish, very full bodied; tasting blind only Hermitage Blanc (someone like Chave) would make sense to me but would have guessed possibly '05-'07; honestly this was a great wine but if 100 point Chave is the zenith I have to say N Rhone whites may not fit my taste preference.
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Very cloudy core with brighter purple rim; youthful-ish, smoke, seemingly bacon fat, violets, smoky mineral, green notes with strong purple fruit, black currants, blackberry and plum; extracted and dense palate, plummy, firm tannin yet there is a rounded fleshiness; a bit bizarre with nose suggesting N Rhone yet the palate was Bordeaux- has to be a large dose of Merlot- I called '01 Pavie.
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Super dark core with cloudy reddish violet rim; powerful nose, dusty, liqueur, peppery, blueberry, menthol, glycerin, hot, jammy, violets, animal, leather, wild, sauvage, tobacco, heady and a bit alcoholic, creamy, herbs, complex but seems overblown right now, is there hope for development for the better in the future, seems like a really hot year.
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Very dark core, cloudy with garnet rim; musk, deep nose, cigar, green edge, wet earth, almost Mexican chocolate, slight jam, deep, serious, tannic, a bit cooked in its fruit profile, holly, black and red currant, dense mid and 1st growth richness; called '99 Mouton.
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Brighter banana yellow in color; butter, dense, poached pear, lemon, bananas foster, vanilla, lots of extraction and richness, subtle green herbs, yogurt; vanilla cream, a bit soft in acid given the huge scale of this; given those qualities this has to be domestic, I liked this more than others.
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Reddish violet core with lighter rim; a bit cooked on the nose, stewy blueberry, menthol, jammy cassis, good plumpness, green pepper, grainy tannin, dark earth, leather, cherry liqueur, sandalwood, seemed like a warmer Italian- called '01 Brunello; still impressive but nobody in Burg-possibly saw some heat?
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People opened their 2nd and/or 3rd wines and the host's cellar was thoroughly raided which we were all very thankful for.
Dark opaque core; big rich nose, purple fruit, sweet plummy, dark berry, concrete dust, tar, sweet fruit, glycerin, lingering sweetness, still seems quite primary; not a bad wine just sticks out a bit given the lineup.
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Bright maroon color; high toned floral, sweet raspberry Cabernet fruit, glycerin; structured yet soft fruit and more delicate profile to the tannin, volcanic, fresh, liqueured, nice mineral, Howell Mtn- called '08 Forman; delicious, really starting to like this producer.
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Dark core with garnet rim; chocolate, cassis, cherry liqueur, charred, musk, very Cali in style; ok, not great.
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Dark garnet, semi-translucent; red currant, earth, leather, slight bretty gravel note; still quite young and sweet fruit, decent depth, loamy earth, really solid for age.
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Cloudy maroon; high toned, apassimento like, nutty, tanned leather, raspberrey, liqueured cherry, clean and fresh, others on CdP, but confident in Amarone called- called '06 Masi Aligheri, obviously a very well stored bottle.
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Brighter reddish violet, semi-translucent; sweet herbs and cassis, blueberry, oak still fairly strong, tart berry, ripe and concentrated without being overly extracted; very good with long life ahead.
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Crimson maroon core with orange in rim; soy, charcoal, roses, cherries, aged, sandalwood, a bit closed on the palate; a bit premature.
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Crimson core, clarity; sweet cherry, vanilla, custard on the nose, roses, earth, fresh palate is a touch strict even though this bottle saw 7 hours of air, still quite structured, powerful with great fruit and stuffing to go for quite a while; tasty.
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Pretty pale crimson color; strawberry and cherry, smoky, subtle herbs, mineral dust, denser and richer palate, late dusty mineral, grand cru quality yet not- that's Drouhin's CdM.
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Cloudy paler maroon core with orange rim; slight modern styling, cherry, sweet roses, soft leather, aged, sexy and Burgundian Nebbiolo- called '01 Giacosa Barbaresco Santo Stefano; really well preserved for '97.
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Deep orange, spicy botrytis, orange marmalade, apricot, sweet custardy texture, a bit of aldehyde that is slightly off-putting.
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Still quite young with lots of plush dark blue and black fruit, silkier tannin, still a sweetness that I would like to resolve but how long will it take?, good.
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Some fantastic wines. My top 3 were the same as the group's:
1- '90 LMHB
2- '89 Dominus
3- '05 B. Mascarello
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2002 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année
France, Champagne
Red apple, lots of autolysis, rich and luxurious styling, seems to be entering a secondary phase, good drive but a little less oomph than a great year; very nice.
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2009 Remy Massin & Fils Champagne "Special Club" Brut Millésime
France, Champagne
A nice contrast to the Bollinger Grande Anee this showed a bit more character without the power and balance, grain, less yeast, red apple, almond, nice pop of acid.
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