Fifteenth Annual White Truffle Dinner

Lake Bluff, IL
Tasted Saturday, December 7, 2019 by Burgundy Al with 489 views

Introduction

15th year, 5th venue. It was a good year for truffles, Chef John did a fantastic job, and some good wine helped a little.

Flight 1 - Champagne to Start (3 Notes)

I was late and missed Salon 1997.

  • 2002 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 93 Points

    France, Champagne

    In Great 2002 Flight. Both Chardonnay and Pinot Noir coming through clearly with very good weight, starting to age around the edges. I liked this slightly more a few years back.

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  • 2002 Dom Pérignon Champagne 93 Points

    France, Champagne

    In great 2002 flight. Comes across as mostly Chardonnay driven tonight, but maybe that is partly driven with the contrast to the Winston Churchill just tasted. So much apple and pear with floral and spice hints. So much power and a fresh, almost backward finish with great length. Upside from here.

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  • 2002 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 96 Points

    France, Champagne

    In great 2002 flight. Easily my favorite of this great flight. Both the most complex and most balanced for enjoyment today. So much orchard fruit with toasted brioche and exciting concentration and textures.

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Flight 2 - Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune Vertical (4 Notes)

Flight 3 - The Best 2007 Meursault Perrières (4 Notes)

  • 2007 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières 97 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

    In 2007 Coche-Dury, Colin-Morey, Lafon, Roulot horizontal. So much sweet and tart apple with fresh and candied lemon peel. Complex support from floral, spice, almond butter and earth hints throughout. I've had this wines many times in the past, but it has never been as great as tonight's exceptional bottle.

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  • 2007 Coche-Dury Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières 96 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

    In 2007 Coche-Dury, Colin-Morey, Lafon, Roulot horizontal. Slightly reduced to start. There is so much orchard and citrus fruit here is a backward package that is powerful, but still slightly austere and backward. Lafon was the best of the flight tonight, but this has the best potential, given its clear upside from here.

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  • 2007 Domaine Roulot Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

    In 2007 Coche-Dury, Colin-Morey, Lafon, Roulot horizontal. So much stone fruit with candied lemon peel, toasted hazelnut and a faint hint of butterscotch. Very dense and long. Great wine, but this bottle would probably have been even better a year or two ago.

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  • 2007 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

    In 2007 Coche-Dury, Colin-Morey, Lafon, Roulot horizontal. Lush orchard fruit with impressive weight and length. Very enjoyable and powerful, just the least complex or nuanced of this completely brilliant flight.

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Flight 4 - Dauvissat les Clos Vertical (4 Notes)

Flight 5 - Ramonet Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet (4 Notes)

Flight 6 - Some Older Vosne-Romanée Grand Cru (3 Notes)

  • 1959 Georges Noellat Grands-Echezeaux Flawed

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru

    TWO corked bottles tonight. I have now had this wine five times - twice great, thrice corked.

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  • 1976 Maison Leroy Romanée St. Vivant 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

    Mature ripe red and black cherry with sweet spice. Showing the vintage - very ripe, slightly lacking dimensional complexity, yet also charmingly Vosne.

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  • 1978 Maison Leroy Grands-Echezeaux 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Fresh, mature and dried red cherry throughout, still nicely perfumed with so much complexity and both Asian five spice and baking spice. So much ere with good weight and length, but sensational balance and persistence for its age.

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Flight 7 - Musigny 2002 (3 Notes)

  • 2002 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Musigny 96 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Musigny Grand Cru

    In Musigny 2002 flight. Clearly ripe, yet perfectly balanced and elegant with complexity unfolding from start-to-finish. This wine just keeps getting better and better. These were served single blind, and fairly easy to identify.

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  • 2002 Domaine Jacques Prieur Musigny

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Musigny Grand Cru

    In Musigny 2002 flight. Dense fruit throughout with faint earth and mushroom hints. Lots of power on finish, still good complexity. These were served single blind, and fairly easy to identify. It's a rare flight where this is the laggard!

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  • 2002 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Musigny Cuvée Vieilles Vignes 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Musigny Grand Cru

    In Musigny 2002 flight. Such dense blackberry, boysenberry, black cherry with plenty of richness to start. Then power emerges in the middle, followed by brightness and energy with a nearly massive finish where complexity is starting to come through. The wine in the flight that has the most upside. These were served single blind, and fairly easy to identify.

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Flight 8 - Comte Georges de Vogüé Musigny Vertical (3 Notes)

Flight 9 - Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba (3 Notes)

Flight 10 - But Wait...There's More (4 Notes)

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