GGs vs. 1er Cru Burgs

• 2020 Archery Summit Pinot Noir Dundee Hills

  USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills

  Pretty ruby maroon; rapberry, darker floral with a touch of musk and smoke; pretty and more elegant on the palate; well done for the vintage.

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• 2016 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Lot C-91

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  Blend of Martha’s and Trailside; good color; nice juicy fruit, deep Cab flavors, a little glycerin and some herbaceousness- eucalyptus, good weight but not overdone, really pretty and refined; delicious.

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• 2017 Mullan Road Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon

  USA, Washington, Columbia Valley

  (Cakebread in WA) high toned red fruit, tart almost jammy, kind of basil/herb note, some cedar, old school, would have trouble recognizing this as WA, solid and affordable, acids are a bit softer and oak is ever present but a style many will find pleasing.

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• 2019 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  Deep color; big wine, lots of oak spice, cooked fruit, black currant, cassis; solid Napa in a modern style.

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• 2018 Krupp Brothers Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Veraison Stagecoach Vineyard

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  (Next to Pritchard Hill) Black very inky in color; black fruit on the nose, almost cooked, very intense and imposing @ 15.8%, thankfully those fine tannins don’t leave too much grit on the palate to make this wildly out of balance.

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• 2017 Krupp Brothers Estates Syrah Black Bart Stagecoach Vineyard

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  So black it absorbs the light in the room; inky, black fruit, cooked fruit, blackberry, very viscous, could see this as Barossa or Shafer Relentless in style.

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• 2019 Tan Fruit Chardonnay Dux Vineyard

  USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills

  Dusty lemon, open for 2 days prior, great acids, fatter yellow fruit, really nice, not Burg, not California but in a style that is a style/category definer for the region.

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• 2012 Navarro Vineyards Pinot Noir "Méthode à l'Ancienne"

  USA, California, North Coast, Anderson Valley

  Opened last night; pale maroon; still pretty soft red fruit, delicate almost like Grivot, strawberry and cherry, still a sweetness to it, still youthful and very delicious.

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All served double blind.
Lump was non-blind served as an intermezzo. Incredible quality here that performs well beyong price.

• 2010 Dönnhoff Hermannshöhle Riesling Großes Gewächs

  Germany, Nahe

  Yellow gold with green hues; deep, limey with golden fruit, lychee, not super slatey, almost banana, deep honeyed and rich, viscous; very tasty; called not Mosel GG.

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• 2017 von Winning Deidesheimer Grainhübel Riesling Großes Gewächs Flawed

  Germany, Pfalz

  Corked

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• 2016 Wittmann Westhofener Aulerde Riesling Großes Gewächs

  Germany, Rheinhessen

  Pale steely yellow green; fairly subdued nose, floral, mineral but a melon and more generous edge to it, a spicy ginger back end with volcanic notes(limestone), lemon, honeysuckle, cooling quality, plainer white fruit with a long driving finish; still young but in a good spot though not very developed yet.

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• 2013 Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru

  Steely deeper yellow with slight green hues; hints of butterscotch and oxidation on nose, pithy and green herb in the background, spicy, expansive, broad on the palate, yellow fruit, some waxy, somewhat underripe; called 2014 Zilliken Rausch GG- nope.

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• 2019 Château-Fuissé Pouilly-Fuissé Le Clos

  France, Burgundy, Mâconnais, Pouilly-Fuissé

  Yellow green; great nose, classic White Burg!, lemon, good oak, high toned, zesty, lime, pie crust, custardy, limestone, so good!, balanced and very good: Puligny?- nope.

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• 2019 François Lumpp Givry 1er Cru Le Pied du Clou

  France, Burgundy, Côte Chalonnaise, Givry 1er Cru

  Darker core with ruby rim; deep berry layered, blackberry, powerful but a juiciness to it, slight clay, raspberry, tart almost brambly, intensely young and almost austere but fruit and stuffing is there for graceful aging.

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• 2019 François Lumpp Givry 1er Cru A Vigne Rouge

  France, Burgundy, Côte Chalonnaise, Givry 1er Cru

  Dark core with a thin ruby rim; almost grapey, youthful, deep and purple fruit with a candied edge but a juicy floral note, also a richer note and cooked plum; rich and ripe on the palate, black currants, tart edge with good lifted acids, juicy; should have a nice life ahead of it.

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• 2013 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne Domaine

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

  Pretty color, pale steely yellow green; eggy, high toned herbs, round and fleshy, great weight and richness, lots of babyfat, touch of acacia and white fruit; really delicious; Northern Puligny 2016?

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• 2017 Weingut Spreitzer Hattenheimer Wisselbrunnen Riesling Großes Gewächs

  Germany, Rheingau

  More yellow green; intense nose, apple, strict, peach, 4-square, smoky, flinty, candied ginger, spicy finish, good not great, a bit too straightforward.

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• 2012 Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Winninger Uhlen Riesling "L" Laubach

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  My backup after corked Grainhubel- this can't be corked under stelvin, right?; bright yellow green; super reduced, bright lime, gasoline, don't love the nose but the palate is better, nice texture, honeyed, not bad overall; solid.

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• 2014 Bouchard Père et Fils Beaune 1er Cru Clos St. Landry Blanc

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru

  Yellow with green hues; banana, ripe, exotic, mineral, fleshy, round yet good cut, nice wine; delicious; Corton Charlemagne?

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• 2019 Alice et Olivier De Moor Chablis 1er Cru Vau de Vey

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  Steely greenish yellow; juicy, cidery a touch, high toned, smells like Champagne without bubbles, lemon, apple, peach, acidic but generous enough, floral and easy.

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• 2014 Domaine Billaud-Simon Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  Pale yellow gold; high toned, lemony, somewhat oxidative, touch of toasted hazelnut, custardy, light more delicate feel to it, stony; natty Chassagne?

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• 2005 Bouchard Père et Fils Beaune 1er Cru Grèves Vigne de L'Enfant Jesus

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru

  Cloudy dull ruby with paler rim; expressive nose, wilted floral, spicy, soy, age, mushroom, tomato, exotic, balsamic; at the beginning of the optimal drinking window; really good.

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• 1993 Kerpen Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Super viscous, setting sun orange; honeyed, orange blossom, marmelade, caramel, heavier and viscous, while acids are still strong they cannot compete with the sheer weight of the sugar here, some mushroom; developing but still very young.

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• 2018 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco

  Pretty crimson red see through; candied roses, cinnamon, crunchy red fruit, sour red cherry, solid, doesn't bowl me over but very good.

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• 2015 Benjamin Leroux Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Embazées

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru

  Deeper yellow golden; honeyed, grilled lemon, good fat and richness, waxy, intense, lots of baby fat; delicious; 2016?

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