IWS reprise
My place, Kent Street
Tasted Tuesday, October 20, 2020 by chatters with 76 views
Introduction
Frank missed the big Piedmont tasting on Saturday so we had a look at a subset of the wines (and book ended with some cheeky CndP's and a bottle of Lambrusco)
It was also a good opportunity for me to have a go at calibrating my palate a bit.
Flight 1 - Cheeky CndP (5 Notes)
Franks a big CndP fan so it seemed a shame not to have a little snort
Flight 2 - Langhe (2 Notes)
Just the two in this bracket as I had "accidentally" drunk a few of the others...
Flight 3 - Barbaresco (4 Notes)
Hmm...
Flight 4 - Barolo (4 Notes)
I still love that Podere Ruggeri...
Flight 5 - Lambrusco (1 Note)
Well, this was a foaming bundle of joy
Closing
yet again when we set off on our tasting journey we said we'd be behaved and finish up early and yet again after we polished off the Lambrusco we had a couple of nips of whisky before I poured Frank out of the door...still, all very good fun.
1981 Château Mont-Redon Châteauneuf-du-Pape
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
From Coravin. Positively burgundian nose as they say; earth, mushroom, slight leather, warm slightly baked cherry fruit, slight black tea and herbaceous notes. touches of wet stone. Sourly juicy, alcohol warmth, fruit tea, earth, leather, tannins are still present and show as grainy textured. Begs rotisserie chicken and a little chilling. Yum.
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2005 Château Mont-Redon Châteauneuf-du-Pape
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
From Coravin. Bright red berry fruit, plenty of sweet spice, cream, a little sour cherry underpin with orange peel, alcohol prickle, touches of garrigue and, with time, the fruit ripens and thickens. Juicy acidity, alcohol warmth helps to make the mouth water, red berry fruit, a little muted, tannins are medium minus intensity but silky and persist long. On the finish leather and that orange peel note though not bitter or astringent. Nice.
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2005 Les Cailloux (Lucien et André Brunel) Châteauneuf-du-Pape
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
From Coravin. Pretty, perfumed raspberry and strawberry with a dusty underpin and some peppery spice, with time a little charcuterie, baked herbs and a little touch of bitters. Juicy, that bitters note joins the red fruits backed by alcohol warmth, peppery spice, quite fresh, tannins are a little grainy. Long, nice, slightly rustic in this line up and starts to fall apart and get more volatile with time in the glass. Hmm.
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2005 Domaine de Beaurenard (Paul Coulon et Fils) Châteauneuf-du-Pape Boisrenard
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Woof. Here we go. Ripe and dense smelling, dark baked fruits, an almost menthol underpin, cherry, blackberry, red berry a little like cola concentrate backed with new oak (caramel, slight vanilla). in the mouth it's very much a reflection of the nos...alcohol is intrusive and creates a chilli spice note, extracted fruit, grainy tannins. A bit overdone for me. Lacks generosity.
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2007 Domaine Raymond Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
From Coravin. Initially gamey and meaty, there is ethanol here as well as roasted red and black fruits. A little cream, caramel and vanilla beneath this as well as baked earth and garrigue on the nose. Juicy, savoury, meaty, earthy, dark hued fruits tends to plums, alcohol warmth is present but not intrusive, tannins are drying but silky, rosemary and a little lavender on the finish. Good.
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