Ben and Estella's place, Parramatta
Tasted Sunday, July 19, 2020 by chatters with 108 views
Classic Christmas in July, this time at Ben and Estellas place with oysters and gravalax and crab cauliflower soup and goose and duck and croquembouche and christmas cake
my favourite wine was probably the chablis...it was just showing so well...but there was a lot of joy to be had here.
Notes were taken on the fly hence a little all over the place. A lovely time was had by all - well, me at least...
1997 Jacquesson & Fils Champagne Grand Cru Extra Brut Avize
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Crisp mousse, bread, honey, lemon, a little green apple. Bone dry with honey and muted lemon notes, texture on the mid palate. Nice
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2011 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Green apple, gooseberry, slightly herbaceous, green gages, fruit grows a little riper with time on the nose. Fleshy, again slightly unripe on the nose, a touch of bitterness and a touch of woody texture on the mid palate. with time the fruit ripens a little. Okay.
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2012 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
As per last note this feels like a slightly riper version of the 2011, a bit more creamy textured, the apple notes more ripe, similar bitter touches though. Perhaps they are both in a kind of dumb phase?
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2012 Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Rich, slightly buttery, citrus and peach, a little struck match and, with time, touches of apple on the nose. In the mouth it's more citric than on the nose, textured mid palate, again rich, long, balanced, harmonious, arguably still young but defo in its drinking window. Yum.
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2005 Peter Lehmann Sémillon Margaret
Australia, South Australia, Barossa
Honey, toast, butter, a hit of kerosene and apple. Quite rich smelling. Juicy, honeyed, textured, rich and creamy with glycerol thickness, less linear than the Hunter equivalents and probably slightly more forward. Nice.
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2015 Tyrrell's Chardonnay Vat 47
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Apple and peach, struck match, slight butter and oak. in the mouth mouth it's juicy with medium plus intensity acidity. Flavours are very much as the nose. Balanced. Yum.
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1998 Antonin Guyon Corton-Renardes
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Aromas of leather, earth, slight farmyard, soy, umami, wet blackberry tends to bramble, cedar, toast, slight coffee. Juicy, the tertiary notes are equally to the fore, the fruit very much playing second fiddle and there is plenty of texture to the mid palate helping this play with the protein.
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2009 Domaine Rossignol Trapet Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Etelois
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Cherry, savoury spice, and jubey red berries with a slightly sour note, earthy. the juicy acidity is a touch lifted, there are talc textured tannins and the fruit strays darker here. Hmm
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2012 By Farr Pinot Noir Tout Près
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Geelong
Pretty, slightly ashy earthy notes, jubey blackberry is very much to the fore compared to the Burgundies, tiny touch of stalks as well here on the nose. Ashy and stalky notes are a little too prevalent on the palate, fruit much of muchness but more hidden, talc textured tannins. A better one of these, for me, though.
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1985 Château Pavie Decesse
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Farmyard, blackberry, earth, wet stone, leather, slight cream and, with time, a little iron/blood on the nose. in the mouth it's juicy and savoury with plenty of black fruit, silky tannins and still breadth and leathery notes to the finish. nice.
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2010 Château Quinault L'Enclos
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Sweet spices cedar, plum, blackcurrant, chocolate and a slight herbaceous tobacco leaf note. In the mouth it has a cocoa powder dusting to the slightly chalky tannins, bone dry black fruits, young but shows potential.
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2013 Colombera & Garella Coste della Sesia Cascina Cottignano
Italy, Piedmont, Northern Piedmont, Coste della Sesia
Aromas of pot pourri and orange peel with spiced dried flowers honey, slightly toasted clove. in the mouth it has medium plus intensity acidity, chalky grippy tannins, that orange peel note, fresh. Lovely.
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2011 Matteo Correggia Roero La Val Dei Preti
Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Roero
Slightly volatile, a little dusty, sweet spice, a kind of lifted orange note, plums, slight alcohol warmth on the nose. And the latter of these attributes translates to the palate with chalky tannins that persist long. despite the alcohol the plummy fruit tends to the sour though not overtly so. Nice.
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2009 Château Sigalas Rabaud
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Medium plus intensity aromas of apricot, orange marmalade, cream, vanilla...In the mouth it's lusciously sweet though still juicy, rich, gylcerol, for me it's a little 'fatty' for the acidity and still showing young, slight wood glue underpin but not in a negative way. Pleasant.
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2007 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Herrenweg de Turckheim Vendange Tardive
France, Alsace
From half bottle. Toffee, apricot, pear, slightly savoury meaty notes that translate to the palate, a little glue, marginally caramelised lemon and lime, pear and pear skin with a meaty underpin. Balanced sugar and acid. Perhaps a little forward for its age. Okay
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2009 Schloss Vollrads Riesling Auslese
Germany, Rheingau
From half bottle. A little funky with cream, mango, vanilla, toffee, a bit of an odd nose. Juicy acidity on the palate, sweet, mango fruit, slight cinnamon with a touch of citrus sharpness on the finish. Hmm.
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1985 Gould Campbell Porto Vintage
Portugal, Douro, Porto
Very much as per my tasting in June from the Coravin. This was opened and allowed to air (rather than decanted) for about six hours before being consumed with Christmas cake.
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