Alan's Vosne Romanee Birthday at BOKA

BOKA Restaurant, Chicago IL
Tasted Friday, October 23, 2009 by MatthewF with 905 views

Introduction

A small group of us met to celebrate our friend Alan's birthday at Boka restaurant in Chicago, IL. The theme was wines from Vosne Romanee, all of which were paired with Giuseppe Tentori's always fantastic food

Flight 1 - Some opening bubbles (1 Note)

Flight 2 - White Flight (3 Notes)

  • 1994 Louis Jadot Le Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Fresh citrus on the nose with a lot of mineral and a bit of wood spice. Tart citrus (mostly lemon) on the palate with a huge mineral backbone. A bit of spice on the backend. Great acidity. Showing much younger than it is.

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  • 2003 Louis Jadot Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Waxy, lemon custard nose with some fresh fennel notes. Vibrant, lush citrus and tropical fruit palate. A touch of grilled pineapple on both the nose and palate as well. Good minerality with a long finish.

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  • 1994 Marquis de Laguiche (Joseph Drouhin) Montrachet Flawed

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Boo! Totally oxidized.

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Flight 3 - Beaux Monts Flight (3 Notes)

Flight 4 - DRC RSV Flight (4 Notes)

  • 1973 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. Vivant

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

    Beautiful dried red fruit with a brown sugar/burnt orange character. A slight minty note as well. Also a bit of tomato leaf. Nice palate; no hard edges. Decent fruit on the palate with some good length. A pleasure to drink.

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  • 1990 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. Vivant

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

    Beautiful dark red berry nose with leather, smoke, and a lot of sweet spice. A good bit of mineral as well. Great texture on the palate though not as fruit forward as I was expecting. Started somewhat lean and mineral driven at first; the fruit and spice really started coming out about an hour later. Great grip with a fantastic mineral backbone and great acidity. Wonderful

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  • 1993 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. Vivant

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

    Darker red berry fruits than the '90. Some wet earth, lots of sweet dark spice and a touch of chocolate and tobacco. Very ripe fruit on the palate with a lot of density and spice throughout. Great length here. Wonderful.

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  • 1995 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. Vivant

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

    Very fragrant red berry and violet nose and palate. Some soy/hoisin and asian spice notes as well. Fantastic on the palate with very fine tannin. Long finish. Absolutely beautiful.

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Flight 5 - DRC/Leroy RSV Head to Head (2 Notes)

  • 2000 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. Vivant

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

    Much bigger nose than the Leroy served alongside. Dark red berries, bacon, rich soy sauce, sweet baking spice. Ripe palate, great texture and length. A very big wine. Absolutely fantastic.

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  • 2000 Domaine Leroy Romanée St. Vivant

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

    Tons of perfume on the nose. Dark red fruit and floral notes with a little bit of bacon and fantastic baking spice notes. Great body on the palate with delicate, yet powerful, fruit and a mineral backbone. Very long finish. Absolutely delicious.

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Flight 6 - A few other goodies to round out the evening. (3 Notes)

  • 1993 Bouchard Père et Fils La Romanée

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, La Romanée Grand Cru

    A red berry and asian spice nose. Wet leaves, soy, delicate spice. Lots of mineral leading on the palate with good fruit and acid as well. Great texture with a long finish.

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  • 1998 Bouchard Père et Fils La Romanée

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, La Romanée Grand Cru

    Beautiful red berry, floral, spice, and soy notes on the nose. Silky palate with just a bit of tannin remaining on the backend. Gorgeous spice throughout and beautiful minerality.

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  • 2004 Domaine Leroy Vosne-Romanée

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

    Huge nose. Loads of dark raspberry, smoke, bacon, sweet baking spice with a heavy dose of sulphur in the beginning. Wet earth/leaves also. Big, sappy palate that the fruit and spice carries through on. An interesting wine though a bit out of place in this flight.

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Flight 7 - And something sweet... (2 Notes)

Closing

A fantastic night of great wine, great food, and great friends

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