La Paulee Dinner

My first wine dinner by the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin Singapore. A fine way to end a hectic monday at work. Lovely company and a whole range of very good burgs. As the scores would say, this was no ordinary wine dinner for me.

• 2006 Domaine de Vauroux Chablis Grand Cru Bougros 85 Points

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

  White flowers and white stonefruits come to the fore but detected hints of almost soy saucynesss. Lovely grippy acidity complementing a lemon buttery mouthfeel.

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• 2007 Domaine des Malandes Chablis 1er Cru Vau de Vey 84 Points

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  Citrus and pungent floral scents. Slight butteriness and green lemons and lime providing mouthwatering acidity. Sharp and bright. Interesting saltiness.

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• 2004 Coche-Dury Meursault Les Rougeots 90 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault

  Rich bread and butter pudding with boldful roasted almonds and cooked shellfish. Wow! This is a grande dame! Majestic scenes of grandeur and extravagance fills the mind. I see a golden palace with a great hall decorated with golden trimmings and adorned by wonderful paintings of summer gardens in full bloom. Lying in the middle is a long golden-gilded table filled with golden plates of golden apples and brown-crusted apple crumble.

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• 2006 Roux Père & Fils Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Cortons Blanc 85 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Saint-Aubin 1er Cru

  An almost pickled nose infused with sweet summer frangipanis. Balanced and restrained in its approach. I get nice lemons and a puckering acidity with good length.

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• 2007 Domaine R. DuBois & Fils Côte de Nuits Villages Les Monts de Boncourt Blanc 84 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Côte de Nuits Villages

  Some nuttiness dashed over pineapple gums and baygon. Nice acidity with decent body.

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• 2006 Alain Geoffroy Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy 86 Points

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  I get mostly chinese snow pears and white grapefruits. This is a Mr / Mrs Nice wine. Everything about it is in nice proportions. Just nice acid, just nice on the sweetness, nicely lightly toasty almond and nice length with some nice hints of richness. Not overindulgent but not understated either. Nice.

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• 2006 Roux Père & Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Macherelles 84 Points

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

  I get an odd feeling with this wine. Sappy lemons and a richness about it with bitter almonds coming through as well. Feels like the classmate that is not really the nerd nor the geek but takes part in group banters sometimes. However, its difficult to stay on a conversation when its one to one. Needs some effort and character to appreciate.

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• 2006 Roux Père & Fils Meursault 1er Cru Clos des Poruzots 83 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

  Slightly tamed on aromatics with mostly one dimensional expression of butter lemons. On the palate, it is a different story with overindulgent richness of rich buttery lemon cream custard with too much cream and not enough lemons. Flashy with its assets.

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• 2006 Jean-Philippe Fichet Meursault Le Tesson 82 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault

  Slight baygon smells but the aromas are mostly playing a game of hide and seek. Very temperamental. Simple clean sunny lemons acidity This is okay.

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• 2006 Roux Père & Fils Corton-Charlemagne 86 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

  Fresh lemons with whiffs of baygon. Rather grapey reminding me of grape seeds. Sweet florals. This has firm judicious acidity with great expectations of toasty nuttiness developing. Has class and potential.

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• 1996 Verget Meursault Les Casse-Têtes 85 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault

  Full blown with its overnight apple core covered in lemon custard glazed with just a dash of nail varnish. Sappy lemons fruit done in a very elegant approach but just slightly waning away.

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• 2006 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre 83 Points

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  Sweet custard flowers and sweet pears with mineral backing. Big with good acidity. However, does feels commercially driven and industrious in approach.

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• 2005 Coche-Dury Meursault 85 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault

  Exotic nose of baygon and cockroach! amidst nutty almonds and cashews. Nice cooked lemons with some nail varnish kick. Has power and body but would do better with more elegance. All said, it is still a very good wine.

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• 2005 Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Murgers Vieilles Vignes 81 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru

  Suprisingly dark red for a burg. Extracted dark cherries and berries with smoky nuances. Hints of rusty nails and hot zinc roof surface. Could pass off as a left bank. Rigidly structured like an iron glove. Although it does have fruits to complement, it seems to be losing its senses and felt confused.

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• 2004 Domaine R. DuBois & Fils Nuits-Saint-Georges 83 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits-Saint-Georges

  Sharp cherries and cherry coke framed by ferrous minerality. Some flowers too. Nice cherries on the body with a bitter root finish.

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• 2001 Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin Mazis-Chambertin 88 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru

  A very lovely perfumed leroy nose of stewed cherries, dates, plums and hawthorne berries dusted with a handful of dried earth. Lovely sweet package of fresh cherries, slightly ferrous and posesses good elegant structure to keep it alive. Delicious.

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• 2004 Domaine Fourrier Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Gruenchers Vieille Vigne 86 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

  Lovely floral expression that makes one dream of sweet meadow fields filled with little cherries painted like little lambs prancing about dainty sweet little girls that are dancing around in circles.

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• 1999 Fernand Lécheneaut et Fils (Philippe et Vincent) Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru 88 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

  Beautifully aged. Wonderful perfumed nose of flowers, stewed hawthorne berries, dates and showing hints of savory meatiness. Beautiful, nice and elegantly presented with a luscious and seductive mouthfeel. Not pretentious. Mmmmm....

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• 1996 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Ducs 87 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

  Senses searing aromas of hot cherries and dried mandarins lifted by some crayola brambles. Citrus lifted stew of cherries , dates and hawthorne flakes. Very lively and dances all the way down to the stomach. Mouthwatering and amazing wine.

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• 1996 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos des 60 Ouvrées 93 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

  As with quite a few others, I had scored this wine (without knowing the decision of the tasting panel at the table) the highest points of the night. An absolutely beautiful nose which once again reminded me of Leroy. Stewed cherries, dates and plums uniquely lifted by just the slightest touch of menthol and a whiff of cigarette ash. Wow! Similar expressions on the palate but with just a sliver of dried shrivelled mandarins and the best of aged sweet cherries. Paints a picture of an alluring and charming lady in the prime of her youth. She is sweet and elegant. The school belle.

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• 2005 Roux Père & Fils Santenay 1er Cru Grand Clos Rousseau 81 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Santenay 1er Cru

  Sweet candy but mostly nail varnish driven. Wet wood and damp earth with sandalwood. Primary cherries dominate.

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• 2003 Nicolas Potel Chambertin-Clos de Bèze 87 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru

  Dark aura of soy and earth with more earth-buried cherries with wild nuances of leather. Intense but still elegant dark cherries peppered with crayola.A nicely extracted effort and just needs more time to come together.

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• 1998 Domaine R. DuBois & Fils Clos Vougeot 86 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

  Overpowering strong attack on the nose of almond paste with underlying cherries and earth.Brambly crayola laced cherries that slowly showed more gentle light red berries. The earthy shows up with nice barkish undertones.

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• 1999 Hubert Lignier Morey-Saint-Denis 87 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey-Saint-Denis

  The most farty wine of the night with barnyard and leather dominating. Dark cherries and some plums provide amazing depth and lovely length. This is a keeper. An impressionable effort.

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