2000 Pinots with Rob and Mollie

Woodland Hills
Tasted Friday, July 29, 2005 by 1800kidney with 838 views

Introduction

Beautiful Friday evening, started out by the pool. Mollie made terrific starters; killer Ahi and avocado with some red onion, and goat cheese and mushroom puree on baquet slices, artichoke, lemon and mayonaise on toast

Started out with a 1979 champaigne

Flight 1 - 1979 Champagne (1 Note)

Very refreshing, surprised at the vintage and thoroughly enjoyed this one

Flight 2 - Fabulous and unusual Blanc de Vougeot (1 Note)

At this point, Matt and Vicki joined us and the steaks were put on the grill, and this terrific burgundian chardonnay grabbed all of our attention, lovely wine!

  • 2000 Domaine de la Vougeraie Vougeot 1er Cru Clos Blanc de Vougeot 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vougeot 1er Cru

    Fabulous wine..great fuit up front with malo-lactic finish and vanilla, oak held in proper perspective. Beautiful mouthfeel and complexity, long finish and as it opened, terrific minerality became apparent in the mouthfeel, fruit very solid and long lasting

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Flight 3 - Horizontal 2000; Flowers Sonoma Coast side by side with the Dujac Clos St. Denis (2 Notes)

By now we were seated and the wines poured into quality stems; both had been opened for about an hour. I am very partial to the Flowers and nudged it slightly ahead tonight, but the Dujac has better long term prospects. Steaks were gorgeous and accompanied by asparagus and Mollie's special scalloped potatoes served in individual ramikens

  • 2000 Flowers Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 94 Points

    USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

    Even better. Fabulous fruit with finesse, great balance and finish. This is an elegant wine. Held together very well, good for another 5 years. Have a fair amount of sediment at end, may try decanting just before serving next time

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  • 2000 Domaine Dujac Clos Saint-Denis 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru

    great fruit, with a bit of funk of front (sulphur) that quickly resolved in the glass. Full round presence, a real mouthful with lingering finish. In the glass, over an hour or so, this wine really came on quite nicely; slightly herbal stemminess came up but not a problem. Color is not deep, but the complexity of this wine is developing nicely; certainly a keeper. Expect score to improve with more bottle time

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Flight 4 - Bring out the big boy (1 Note)

The Pommard is a moumental wine, tremendous depth and presence, long way to go before it peaks

Flight 5 - What's for dessert? (1 Note)

Another Burgundian treat; 2001 slipped in at the end. We finished up with wonderful chocolate mousse and rasberries. The Gevrey Chambertin was a very interesting paring, the raspberries brought out its fruit complexity.

Closing

Lovely night with wonderful food, spectacular wines and great company

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