Dinner at La Sirene

NYC
Tasted Thursday, October 30, 2008 by MRichman with 489 views

Flight 1 (8 Notes)

  • 1999 Domaine Rollin Père et Fils Pernand-Vergelesses Blanc Flawed

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses

    Oxidized.

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  • 2001 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Rotenberg

    France, Alsace

    Really beautiful wine. Bright, sweet, honeyed without being over sweet. Clean and clear with a touch of petrol and spritz. Like a lush Spatlese in profile and weight. Long finish. A real treat.
    A-

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  • 2003 Philippe Colin Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru En Remilly

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

    Very nice. Rich, buttery & yeasty. Pretty weighty with round, nutty flavor but falls a little flat in the middle and lacks acid to give it zing. Not over-oaked, but from a lush vintage and comes off as slightly new-worldy for a Burgundy.
    B

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  • 1997 Ridge Geyserville

    USA, California, Sonoma County

    Rich, dense with a lot of typical Ridge perfume. Sweet core with broad floral flavors. Warm, broad, round and pretty soft. Lacks a firm backbone and at this point a little mushy in the fruit, but that could be due to the firm CDP it was paired against. While I don't think it's suffering from age, this wine is not going to get any better I would plan to drink up before the next 3-5 years at most. A pretty and friendly wine and quite nice.
    B+

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  • 2001 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Laurence

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    Rich & dense with sweet prune core and a floral element. Chewy and weighty with some rubbery notes and nice firm structure. Very nice. Will continue to improve for years, but a nice drink now.
    B++

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  • 1982 Renato Ratti Barolo Marcenasco

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Light, bright with lovely perfume, flowers, raspberry. This is at a wonderful age and has a still rich, firm, and fairly strong core with pretty high toned flavors. Aged Barolo is quite a treat. Very very nice.
    A-

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  • 1999 Domaine Georges Vernay Côte-Rôtie

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

    Rich, dense with a sweet core. Long floral finish. Beautiful and complex wine.
    A-

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  • 1989 Château du Cayrou Cahors

    France, Southwest France, Cahors

    Dark, rustic with some dense herbs. Lacks power and follow through. I think this is past it's prime.
    B-

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Closing

It seemed like the Cote Rotie, Barolo, and ZH were the consensus WOTNs, with various people giving slight edge to one or another of those. I think it was the ZH for me, with the Barolo second and Cote Rotie third.

A very nice and varied collection of wine to go with the good friends and delicious cassoulet!

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