Wine tasting dinner - HQ Bourg, Bord, Ribera del Duero

Bernstorrf slot - Tehuset (kg arr.)
Tasted Friday, April 17, 2015 by Kim Gerner with 76 views

Introduction

I can't find my specific tasting notes but remember how I rated the wines against each other

Flight 1 (5 Notes)

  • 2011 Domaine Leflaive Bâtard-Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

    My introduction to Domaine Leflaive. Just love it. Fortunately I am now on allocation because it is difficult to find much better wines - as long as premox is not ruining the picture...

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  • 1986 Château Mouton Rothschild

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Among others tasted against Mouton Rothschild 1986. Crazy idea but never the less what we did. Both wines have again and again scored 100 points at WA and other places. Very Different wines as expected:
    Mouton'86 is a lot more savoury and mature with more tertiary notes than Pingus, which is more fruity with even higher intensity and tannins off course (but not too much), Pingus is a much younger wine but also another grape and region. Both wines have many years ahead but can both definitely drink now.
    Subjectively I liked Pingus '04 better than Mouton '86. Around the table, opinions were fairly evenly distributed. Both wines were without doubt outstanding

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  • 2004 Dominio Pingus Ribera del Duero

    Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero

    Among others tasted against Mouton Rothschild 1986. Crazy idea but never the less what we did. Both wines have again and again scored 100 points at WA and other places. Very Different wines as expected:
    Mouton'86 is a lot more savoury and mature with more tertiary notes than Pingus, which is more fruity with even higher intensity and tannins off course (but not too much), Pingus is a much younger wine but also another grape and region. Both wines have many years ahead but can both definitely drink now.
    Subjectively I liked Pingus '04 better than Mouton '86. Around the table, opinions were fairly evenly distributed. Both wines were without doubt outstanding

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  • 2001 Château Rieussec

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    A little unscientific experiment: We tasted a top vintage 2001 from a good Chateau, Rieussec, against an average vintage 1998 from the top chateau Yquem. In the perfect world it would have been the same chateau, but that was what we were able to find in the cellar.
    And the winner is? Rieussec. Perfect balance between acidity and sugar and subjectively easier to drink at this point in time

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  • 1998 Château d'Yquem

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    A little unscientific experiment: We tasted a top vintage 2001 from a good Chateau, Rieussec, against an average vintage 1998 from the top chateau Yquem. In the perfect world it would have been the same chateau, but that was what we were able to find in he cellar.
    And the winner is? Rieussec. Perfect balance between acidity and sugar and subjectively easier to drink at this point in time

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Closing

All the mentioned wines were outstanding.
We tasted 4 other wines - they were not at the same level:
Ceritas Porter Bass Chardonnay '12. Philip Togni Cabernet Sauvignon Tanbark Hill '12 and Quinta sardonia '04

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