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Eclectic Holiday Euro Lunch
Donato Enoteca, Redwood City, California
Tasted December 4, 2011 by rjonwine@gmail.com with 344 views
Flight 1 - Sparkling starter (1 note)
White - Sparkling
1990 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon
95 points
Light golden yellow color with leisurely pinpoint bubbles; lovely, delicious, lightly honeyed, beeswax, yeasty, tart apple nose; tasty, rich, poised, tart lemon, mineral, lightly honeyed, tart peach palate; long finish 95+ points
Flight 2 - White Burg Flight (2 notes)
White
2002 Jean Boillot & Fils Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles
93 points
Light lemon yellow color; lovely, refined, lemon, mineral nose; some reductino, creamy textured, tart lemon, mineral, rich citrus palate; medium-plus finish 93+ points
White
2002 Domaine Matrot Meursault 1er Cru Charmes
flawed
Light medium lemon yellow color; intriguing, tart apple, sesame oil, reduction nose; heavy reduction, maderized palate (apparently heat damaged)
Flight 3 - 1998 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Flight (2 notes)
Red
1998 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée
93 points
Bricking medium dark red violet color; lovely, dried cherry, garrigue, light brett nose; tasty, dried berry, garrigue, mineral, tobacco, brett palate with grippy tannins; medium-plus finish 93+ points
Red
1998 Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape
92 points
Bricking medium dark red violet color; a bit porty, chocolate pudding, licorice nose; tart dried berry, licorice, tar palate; medium finish (possible heat damage?)
Flight 4 - 1964 Barolo Flight (2 notes)
Red
1964 Alessandro Rivetto Barolo Riserva Speciale
94 points
Bricked light-medium brown red color with clear meniscus; intriguing, roast duck, autumnal nose; dried berry, autumnal, dried cherry palate with firm, resolved tannins; long finish
Red
1964 Giacomo Grimaldi Barolo
93 points
Bricked light-medium orange red color with 1 millimeter clear meniscus; VA, light cherry, blood orange nose; very tasty, autumnal, sweet, blood orange, dried cherry, nutty palate; medium-plus finish
Flight 5 - 1985/1986 Bordeaux Flight (3 notes)
Red
1985 Château Léoville Barton
93 points
Bricking dark red violet color; focused, pencil lead, tart plum, tart currant nose; tasty, maturing, tart currant, tart plum, pencil lead palate; medium-plus finish
Red
1986 Château Léoville Las Cases
94 points
Dark red violet color; tart cassis, tart black fruit, beef jus, ethereal nose; tart black fruit, rich beef jus, iodine, tart hoisin sauce, mulberry palate with firm tannins; long finish 94+ points (best bottle of this I've had, by far)
Red
1986 Château Talbot
92 points
Bricking dark red violet color with pale meniscus; brett, tart currant, tobacco nose; brett, tart black fruit, tobacco, iodine palate with green notes; medium-plus finish 92+ points
Flight 6 - Sweet Finish (2 notes)
White - Sweet/Dessert
1986 Château Climens
93 points
Medium gold color with 1 millimeter clear meniscus; nice, crystalized apricot, confectioner's sugar, baked apricot nose; tasty, baked apricot, confectioner's sugar, sugared orange palate with good acidity; still 10 years from peaking; long finish 93+ points
Red - Fortified
1963 Quinta do Noval Porto Vintage
94 points
Bricked medium ruby color with 1 millimeter clear meniscus; VA, dried cherry, spicy cherry, dried berry nose; tasty, rich, tart blackberry, dried berry, plum jam, tea palate; long finish