Leve Time
Los Angeles, CA
Tasted Friday, June 14, 2024 by Eric with 253 views
Introduction
It has been far too long since I visited Jeff. I think the last time was in 2011 amazingly?!?
Flight 1 (8 Notes)
Closing
What a great night on the deck. Perfect company, terrific wines, fantastic paella.
NV Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée Edition 163eme
France, Champagne
Yumm, a nice way to start. Exactly what you want from an MV Krug with a bit of age. Yeast and baking bread, precision, really mellowing and maturing nicely.
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1959 Clos du Mont-Olivet Châteauneuf-du-Pape
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Wow! Smoky and meaty, grilled plum, a deep core of pure fruit, really full but so spicy, silky and resolved. This just kept improving, what a glorious wine!
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1955 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
A horrific looking bottle, low fill, a leaker. But this is surprisingly alive, iron and tobacco, wow SPICY cedar. It is a little muddy but surprisingly drinkable. It gets a bit more stern with air, dark/brooding personality. This was never great but certainly quite interesting.
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1950 Château Lynch-Bages
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Spicy, green, mint, tobacco, cherry core, really crazily nice aromatics with that mint just popping. Nice acidity, fresh. A bit short and certainly not a great vintage but a really proper claret.
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1982 Château Haut-Brion
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Almost primary after two Bordeaux from the 50's. Smoky, plummy, mmmm really deep, pure. Almost unnaturally dark. I am used to the 82 HB being a bit more pale and less full throttled than this example.
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1982 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle Flawed
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Very cloudy and sadly totally shot.
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1989 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Oh yeah, deep, spicy, dense, mmmm, intense, really pure, surprisingly young (do these Hommage ever age and shed weight?). This is such a different profile than the regular Beaucastel.
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1985 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Ahhh, here we go, a very proper La Chapelle. Smoky, meaty, dusky and fantastic.
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