ESTG weekend in Minneapolis

Minneapolis, MN
Tasted Friday, July 25, 2025 - Saturday, July 26, 2025 by Eric with 233 views

Introduction

Five of us made the journey to the "far Eastside" of Seattle to have dinners on Friday and Saturday hosted by Candace and Steve.

Flight 1 - Friday Night - Starters (2 Notes)

As we arrived, nibbled some cheese and chatted.

Flight 2 (1 Note)

With a lovely chilled cucumber soup.

  • 2011 Arnaud Ente Meursault

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault

    (7/25/2025)

    Wow, mmmm, such mineral snap. This is just mouthwatering, flint, so much snap, such a finish. Haunting wine.

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Flight 3 (2 Notes)

Delectable mushroom and puff pastry tart. We started with the Burg and then used the young Angelus as a bridge to the old Bordeaux to follow.

  • 1998 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru

    (7/25/2025)

    Piercing cherry, very pure cherry fruit. Gets a bit smoky with some Vosne spice with time in the glass.

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  • 1989 Château Angélus

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

    (7/25/2025)

    This opens with sexy, easy chocolate and bitter cocoa flavors. Nice cherry core. With time in the glass though this is so spiny and leafy, wow, so much Cabernet France character. I love how herbal this got.

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Flight 4 (5 Notes)

Roasted tenderloin, stunning pavé potato and roasted veg.

More variable quality on these old Bordeaux but the highs were quite high!

  • 1959 Château Margaux

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    (7/25/2025)

    Holy wow, glowing, just glorious, smoky, smoky, smoky, glorious red fruit, surprisingly vibrant, some tobacco.

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  • 1961 Château Montrose

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe

    (7/25/2025)

    This is a bit murky and cloudy in the glass, tobacco at first and then much more bright red fruit, fairly soaring character. Much more cherry and less black fruit than I am used to for Montrose.

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  • 1955 Château Latour Grand Vin

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    (7/25/2025)

    Mmm, depth and intensity, cranberry, very pure and surprisingly fresh.

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  • 1959 Château Beychevelle

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien

    (7/25/2025)

    A bit of a moldy smell. Green, actually quite interesting and spicy.

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  • 1959 Pétrus

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (7/25/2025)

    Chocolate and caramel at first. A bit funky, very moldy. Smells very much of TCA, but there was so much fruit on this. Also the moldy smell dissipated rather than intensifying in the glass. More of a funky, dirty cellar thing.

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Flight 5 (1 Note)

And some peach upside down cake.

  • NV Château d'Yquem No. 7

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    (7/25/2025)

    Super intense, apricot, precise and peppery. Much more about acid and less about rich botrytis. I quite like the edginess.

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Flight 6 - Saturday Night - Starters (3 Notes)

After a hot day at Valley Fair we descended on Steve's. We enjoyed these on the patio as Steve got ready.

Flight 7 - Musar (2 Notes)

With a freaking middle eastern feast, we started with a pair of Musar

  • 1999 Chateau Musar

    Lebanon, Bekaa Valley

    (7/26/2025)

    Spot on, so funky (in the best way), some balsamic.

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  • 2001 Chateau Musar

    Lebanon, Bekaa Valley

    (7/26/2025)

    A bit funky, definitely slightly flawed with a lot of VA. Raspy. Still interesting but disappointing compared to the 1999.

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Flight 8 - Northern Rhône (2 Notes)

Also especially nice with the delicious dinner

Flight 9 - White (1 Note)

We needed a palate refresh, and straight out of the cooler this was fantastic.

Flight 10 - Bonneau (2 Notes)

And finally a monster pair of Bonneau.

Closing

Wonderful weekend!

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