Faiveley Luncheon and MORE
Makaros @ NLB, Denise Vivo and Le Bistrot
Tasted Saturday, November 15, 2008 by Alex H with 1,002 views
Introduction
An amazing day of wine and dine with the main event being the Faiveley luncheon organised by Paul and myself under AWFS - a rebel faction.
Flight 1 - Faiveley Luncheon @ Makaros (7 Notes)
A planned line-up of Faiveley wines as well as a few extras. All reds were tasted blind. The wine of the afternoon was a toss-up between the Wieninger and Suchots.
Flight 2 - Extended Tasting @ Denise Vivo (2 Notes)
Sasi kindly shared two more bottles with us in the later afternoon that went with the theme of the luncheon.
Flight 3 - Mchenry Hohnen Tassting @ Denise Vivo (4 Notes)
Was invited by Uncle L to taste with the Winemaker's uncle.
Flight 4 - Mum's birthday @ Le Bistrot (1 Note)
Recommended by Uncle L, I bought this bottle for my mum for the birthday dinner.
Closing
What a day! I am pretty impressed, just as everyone was, by the typicity of Faiveley that brings out the terroir of its plot very obviously and classily. A very good range of Faiveley indeed. Pleasantly suprising was the Austrian pinot which caught everyone by suprise.
NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Rosé 88 Points
France, Champagne
Freshly crushed orange peels lifted by pink grapefruit....there's some hazeline hand cream too! Fresh rose-tinted grip with amazingly seductive lovely strawberry strokes on the palate.
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2004 Faiveley Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Fuées 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru
Ruby red with browning on the edges. Lightly perfumed with floral notes and minerality peeking through. Dainty pretty sweet fruits consisting a hybrid of strawwberry-raspberry. Savory berries, earthy roots, dried herbs. Very elegant yet giving good weight and nobility on the palate. Does finish slightly on the dried earth.
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2004 Faiveley Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Robust nose of veggie compost, burg "ass" and spices. Hawthorne berry juice with some hints of spices. Wow! The palate is driven , weigthy and strawberry-tainted. This is an iron fist in a velvet glove...wait it is not yet velvety but more of cotton glove, which is still pretty smooth.
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2000 Wieninger Pinot Noir Grand Select 89 Points
Austria, Wien
Very robust dark smelly "ass" notes with an explosion of mushroom mush, undergrowth and wet soil. Extremely suprisingly excellent balance on the palate with aged cherries, almost some meatiness and firm yet soft structure. Did get some cigarette ash nearing to the end of the finish too. If I had to choose, this was half a point better than the Faiveley Suchots. What is more suprising is that it only costs $30 a pop. I am impressed by the quality of this austrian pinot.
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2002 Faiveley Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos des Issarts 85 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
A lot of dried notes of dried spices, dried mushrooms, dried twigs and dried leaves but lifted with some flowers. I got lots of forest floor and wet earth lined by a low but detectable ring of half dried cherries and strawberries.
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2002 Faiveley Corton-Clos des Cortons Faiveley 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Noticeable alc on the nose but still shows quite a lot of flowers, and some honey dew melons! Lovely balance with very very elegant delivery of cherry, mentholly spice (nutmeg and cloves?). Lively sharp acidity of sour cherries, this is big and bold with very grippy tannins. This just needs more time to develop.
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1999 Château de Fesles Bonnezeaux F de Fesles 79 Points
France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Bonnezeaux
Nice yellow gold. Smells of egg custard and plastic! On the palate, taste like a Singapore imitation of HK egg tart with some apricots and nail varnish. This is a bit flat with not enough acidity and sweetness. I do get manuka honey on the finish.
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