Where friends meet for a great casual French meal
Tasted Saturday, January 12, 2019 by odds with 197 views
What do you for a late new year's dinner? never underestimate the power of a great french meal and the company of some friends, and old bubbles. It was time to open some aging bubbles to see how they are doing. Oldest circa '81. Four from the '80s. It was also nice to see how they 'kick' the youngesters.
While everyone was settling in, we served a '99 Deutz. A good way to start a meal. Following with an '82 Pierre Paillard? Well, that's even better
It takes at least eight people (plus two or three random restaurant guests) to determine which Comtes is the best in line. But someone needs to do it...
1999 Deutz Champagne Cuvée William Deutz 92 Points
France, Champagne
Well, you know you had a really good wine tasting when this one is not on the top three for the dinner. But-- it was still outstanding. I agree with BB review noting the peach (I was looking for that one), and the minerals. I think it took longer time for the grapefruit tasting to start showing up. IMHO, it still needs to age more. I had the '96 before and and the 2000 before, and surprisingly this one feels younger than either one (to an extent, even younger than the '06 I had before). Medium plus finish. Enjoyable, great color, long long long bubbles. But, in the line we had for the dinner it was a hard contest.
91-92
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1982 Pierre Paillard Champagne Grand Cru Brut Millésimé 96 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Wow, what a treat. We opened it for a tasting of some old champagnes mostly 80s and it was wonderful. Dark golden color (slightly closer to cognac), great nose from the bottle, noted very well by guests and by the waiter. On the palate, light caramel, biscuit, citrus - complex and evolved. It is in line with the classic pierre paillard wines, and certainly matured well. Think of the '02 pierre paillard but better. The citrus and peach are certainly in a very good harmony on this one. Good amount of fruit with little, well balance oak. Nice and long finish.
Too early to determine if that is a WOTY, but it got two or three (out of eight) votes as the WOTN, and was the first bottle to receive two rounds of refill requests by guests.
96 for me. I can drink more of that :-)
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