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Happy Birthday, Aline!
Verve Wine - Chicago IL
Tasted Friday, June 20, 2025 by Burgundy Al with 85 views
Introduction
Special birthday party with lots of wine at all levels. Many others were opened and tasted, but alas, few notes taken.
Flight 1 - Wines Open for All (5 Notes)
Flight 2 - Wines Tasted from Verve (2 Notes)
2023 Thibaud Boudignon Anjou Blanc 89 Points
France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Anjou
Small pour. Bright lemon and grapefruit with a floral start. Well balanced now.
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2021 Georges Remy Champagne Premier Cru Les Quatre Terroirs
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
Small taste. Very Pinot centric but ultra bright from lack of dosage in a manner that doesn't thrill me.
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Flight 3 - Special Bottles From My Cellar and Friends' Cellars (11 Notes)
2008 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne
Broad array of orchard fruit with lemon and lime peel, both fresh and candied. Excellent weight and volume with wonderful balance.
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2011 Pierre Péters Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée Speciale Blanc de Blancs Les Chetillons 91 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Magnum. Bright green apple and lemon with bright textures, too. Great length, good weight. No time like the present to open and enjoy.
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2018 Joseph Drouhin Côte de Beaune Blanc 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune
Excellent for its level. Ripe orchard fruit to start, followed by the same plus a tropical hint, yet also a crunchy, minerally textural character middle-to-finish.
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2019 Ken Forrester Chenin Blanc The FMC 92 Points
South Africa, Coastal Region, Stellenbosch
Super bright lemon and lemon peel with enough fat to keep me happy
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2016 Domaine Bernard Moreau et Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Maltroie 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Rich and concentrated, yet easily enough structure to retain balance and brightness. Nicely fresh for the vintage.
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2010 Domaine Bernard Moreau et Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Rich apple throughout with some baked apple, all well spiced. Good now, but better a few years back.
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1964 Domaine Chanson Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru
Drinkable late in the evening, but somewhere past madeirized.
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NV Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único Reserva Especial 1965, 1973, 1975 (1987 Release) 95 Points
Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero
Like an old Bordeaux with a light touch, showing great finesse as it kept opening up, with great length and persistence. One of my special bottles for Aline tonight.
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2011 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Well spiced and bright black fruits with great balance and a long-ish finish. Alongside the 2011 Ruchottes, these were so similar with just more volume and density on the Grand Cru.
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2011 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Ruchottes-Chambertin 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Bright black cherry and berry with a floral and spiced start, great balance and depth. A great success for the problematic vintage. Alongside the 2011 young vines cuvee, these were so similar with just more volume and density on this Grand Cru.
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2006 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Ruchottes-Chambertin 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Just after the 2011, this was so similar with just a greater sense of concentration and ripeness, but equally well balanced. Great right now.
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2013 Domaine Jean-Claude Bachelet et Fils Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Le Charmois Blanc 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Saint-Aubin 1er Cru
Three consistent bottles opened tonight. Fresh and baked apple combine spiced, sweet and tart character nicely. Starting to mature, but gracefully with plenty left in the tank.
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2022 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre 89 Points
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre
I tasted 3 of the 4 bottles opened tonight, all were consistent. Ripe lemon and lemon curd with good volume and depth, ending with bright energy. Overall wonderful balance, drinking so well already now with more to come.
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2017 Xavier Gerard Condrieu Côte Chatillon 90 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Condrieu
Two identical bottles opened and tasted tonight. Stone and tropical fruits with an intense richness that hints at sweetness, but manages to easily retain its balance. Like most Viognier, better served closer to refrigerator temp than cellar temp.
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2020 Alain Voge Côtes du Rhône Les Peyrouses 88 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône
Black cherry and plum with traces of black pepper and roasted meat. Very good balance now. I tasted 2 of the 5 bottles we opened tonight, both the same.
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2019 Domaine Lafarge-Vial Fleurie La Joie du Palais 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Fleurie
Magnum. Red cherry with wonderful fruit purity, tasting like a ripe, fleshy vintage Cote de Beaune as much as Gamay. Fun now. Last glass was less interesting on the 2nd night.
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