Some weekend wines at the end of April

The leafy West London suburbs
Tasted Saturday, April 30, 2022 - Sunday, May 1, 2022 by lozatron with 125 views

Flight 1 - Friday Evening - with roast duck and rice (2 Notes)

  • 2001 Chateau Musar Blanc

    Lebanon, Bekaa Valley

    (4/30/2022)

    The most orange coloured bottle of this I’ve had. Popped and poured. Ready to go from the offset, after 20 minutes or so started to show its oxidative sherry character, but so well balanced. Old church on the nose - stone and a hint of insence. In depth and elegance up there with the now unaffordable / unobtainable Tondonia Blanco GRs. Shared a glass with my sister, who is not a wine nerd. She absolutely loved it - which at first surprised me and then I suppose didn’t.

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  • 2009 Mark Haisma Gevrey-Chambertin La Croix des Champs

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

    (4/30/2022)

    Definite bricking - much lighter than the 10 or the 08 I drank recently. Nose is not so advanced - a bit of forest floor perhaps. On the palate - the sourness is receded, it’s a nice well put together villages burg. One for drinking now though.

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Flight 2 - Saturday Evening - with some burgers that had been at the bottom of the freezer for ages (3 Notes)

  • 2001 Chateau Musar Blanc

    Lebanon, Bekaa Valley

    (5/1/2022)

    Night 2. Pleasurable but less vitality than yesterday evening. Usually Musar peaks on day 2 or 3 so I wonder if this was a particularly advanced bottle. Nonetheless - very good wine, and felt somewhat indulgent to be drinking it on my own (or at least - with children who are NOT drinking alcohol).

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  • 2009 Mark Haisma Gevrey-Chambertin La Croix des Champs

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

    (5/1/2022)

    Second night, kept in the fridge. Oddly - unlike the musar, this actually seemed to come together more. A little more bite, even a little more sour cherry - I still stand by my "drink them up" advice but this was a little more refined than yesterday.

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  • 2017 Domaine Gachot-Monot Côte de Nuits Villages Les Chaillots

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Côte de Nuits Villages

    (5/1/2022)

    Yum. Colour - crimson / purple. On the nose, not super aromatic, some earthiness and a hint of red fruits. On the palate, super savoury - a bit of cherry stone, again some red fruits. Not plush but certainly not mean either - really good. A huge contrast from the 14.5% 2019 of this which I picked up, which is delicious in a different way, and gives you a headache from just looking at the bottle.

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