Peta (plus others) big birthday celebration
Peta & Loic's place, Croydon(ish)
Tasted Monday, April 17, 2023 by chatters with 150 views
Introduction
Everyone got together with multiple bottles of various hues and ages to celebrate some significant birthdays...
Yuzushu cured monkfish
Tortilla de Bacalao Spanish omelette with salt cod
Japanese beef stew Croydon style
Asado a la Plancho
Various desserts
Flight 1 (20 Notes)
Closing
a lot of fun had by all with a fantastic spread...
2002 G. H. Mumm & Cie Champagne Cuvée R. Lalou Prestige
France, Champagne
Honey, cream, butter, muted apple and peach. Juicy, honeyed, buttery notes soften this considerably. Long. Quite lovely.
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2015 Famille Delouvin Champagne Semper Fidelis
France, Champagne
Biscuit, bread yeast, slight bitterness, chalky minerality, a little sour cherry. Juicy, fleshy, crisp mousse, a little sour cherry, slight hard/green notes, talc textured tannic grip, slightly bitter on the finish. Meh
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NV Bodegas Luis Pérez Caberrubia
Spain, Andalucía, Jerez-Xérès-Sherry
Honey, saline, cereal, lemon. Juicy, palate as per nose. Lovely. Great match with the fish.
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2011 Yeringberg Marsanne Roussanne
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Waxy, lemon, stone fruit - peach, slight honey, honeysuckle, aa little slightly herbaceous note. Juicy, fleshy, slightly waxy, fruit is slightly muted, textured burr. Okay.
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2020 Johann Michel St. Péray
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, St. Péray
Honeysuckle, honey, white peach, a little slightly herbaceous note. Juicy, fleshy, savoury, slightly bitter, smidge of alcohol warmth, the fruit is a little muted on the palate.
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2006 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne Domaine
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
A little bacon fat, butter, toasted nuts, a touch of sweet spice, stone fruit, smidge of citrus. Good quality oak. Juicy, fleshy, a little apple joins the stone fruit, those toasted nuts. Yum yum
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1983 Petaluma Chardonnay
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Piccadilly Valley
Honey, toast, butter, very tertiary, smidge of stone fruit. Juicy, textured burr, butter, honey, a little stone fruit, rather lovely.
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1976 Maison Jules Régnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Biscuit, tobacco, a little red hued fruit and a touch of cellar stink, sweet spice, red plum. Juicy, slightly sour, tangy, red berry and currant fruit a little textured burr, touches of earth, mushroom and Asian five spice in support. It's a bit tired.
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2006 Bass Phillip Pinot Noir Estate
Australia, Victoria, Gippsland
Wood glue, black and red berries, sweet spice, slight whole bunchy notes, jubey berries, a little almost orange peel. Medium plus intensity acidity, juicy, savoury dark fruit, talc textured burr, rather nice and has time ahead (as long as that wood glue note doesn't take over)
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1983 Château Chasse-Spleen
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
Fresh red berries, blackcurrant, a little bonfire, slight pyrazine, smoky notes, slightly jubey and a touch of damp cellar. Red and black fruit, talc textured drying tannins, fresh, a little leather, smoke. Lovely.
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1993 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Hermitage
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
Ripe, black fruits; plums; blackberry, vanilla, caramel, sweet spice, cream. Juicy, plush black fruit, vanilla, caramel, sweet spice, a little red currant underpin still quite fruit forward. Lovely
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1982 Château Léoville Las Cases
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Blackcurrant over blackberry, fruit tea, sweet and dusty spice, leather, earth, savoury notes, a little cedar and wet cellar. Juicy acidity, slightly tart, quite hard tight tannins prove a little chalky red over black fruits, tangy, good but slightly out of whack for me.
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2003 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
"Served blind.
Baked red fruits sweet spice, a little alcohol prickle, baked earth, garrigue. Juicy and slight sour, medium plus intensity acidity, alcohol warmth, red hued fruits, a little tannic burr, lacks a bit of 'stuffing'.
Chateauneuf du Pape Grenache dominant from a, ahem, 'challenging' vintage"
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1982 The Rothbury Estate Hermitage
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Fruit tea, red fruits, sweet spice, slight leather, earth, near fully tertiary but with a sense of freshness. Medium plus intensity acidity, red fruits, slightly sharp, fruit tea, nice but at the end of it's life.
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2013 Vinogradi Nuic Cabernet Franc
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hercegovina, Ljubuški
Earthy, black hued fruit, sweet spice, it's a little reductive and closed here. Medium plus intensity acidity, sourly red fruited, tight, tangy, drying tannins are a little chalky textured. Meh
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2015 The Islander Estate Vineyards The Investigator Kangaroo Island
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, Kangaroo Island
Black over red berry, vanilla, cream, a little alcohol prickle. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, red and black hued fruit, touch of alcohol prickle, talc textured persistent tannins, fruit travels long, oak more than present, it's a little over worked for me.
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1987 Seppelt Shiraz Show Sparkling Great Western
Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Great Western
A little cellar stink, muted black fruits, raspberry with a touch of sourness, leather, earth and mushrooms. Muted sour red and black fruit, a little crisp mousse, talc textured tannins are quite drying, aa little 'thick' on the palate.
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2013 Tempus Two Sémillon Botrytis
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
A little cellar stink, muted black fruits, raspberry with a touch of sourness, leather, earth and mushrooms. Muted sour red and black fruit, a little crisp mousse, talc textured tannins are quite drying, aa little 'thick' on the palate.
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1983 Gabel-Peth Herxheimer Honigsack Riesling Eiswein
Germany, Pfalz
A little truffle, toffee apple, caramel, a little sweet spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, caramel, ripe apple, toffee, balance of acid and sugar is slightly in favour of the acidity which lends a little sharpness, long, interesting, very good.
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1982 Hungerford Hill Tawny Port
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Clove, sweet spice, a little dusty cellar note, touches of brown sugar, raspberry complete and a quite menthol note. Juicy, slightly sour despite some residual sugar, a little medicinal on the palate, a smidge of bitterness, something not quite right.
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