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Sunday Brown Bag Tasting: 2000 Grand Cru Red Burgundy
Rich & Dana's
Tasted March 10, 2013 by AllRed with 784 views
Introduction
The host provides a couple of warm up wines, and selects a theme of 8 wines, served double blind to the group. The warm ups are tasted and evaluated as members arrive, then unveiled prior to the main tasting. The main tasting is done in one flight- all 8 wines are poured and evaluated, all the while being discussed. Everyone settles on their guess as to the theme, and if possible, specific wines. Each taster ranks the wines from 1 to 8, with 1 point awarded for their favorite. The scores are tallied and unveiled from last place (most points) to first place (least points). After the main tasting we enjoy dinner and a few nonblind reds and dessert wines.
Flight 1 - I. Warm ups (3 notes)
The Brocard, opened the night before, was tasted nonblind. Rich knew we had some and wanted to make sure we received a taste.
White
2011 Serge Dagueneau Pouilly-Fumé Les Pentes
88 points
Light straw color. Banana, tropical fruit and apple aromas. Steely, with lemon and white fruit flavors and an astringency on the finish. Guessed Chardonnay.
White
2011 Pascal & Nicolas Reverdy Sancerre Cuvée Les Coûtes
90 points
Pale color with aromas of wood, apple and white fruit. Has a wooly quality, along with citrus, steel and pear tones and bright acidity.
White
2008 Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos
93 points
Nonblind from a bottle Rich & Dana had leftover from the prior evening. Notes of green apple, oyster shell and minerals. Precise and focused, with laser-like acidity and flavors of apple and minerals. Very young, but already impressive. Drink from 2015+.
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Flight 2 - II. Themed tasting, double blind. (8 notes)
Red
2000 Michel Magnien Clos de la Roche
90 points
Garnet color; a bit of bricking. Aromas of tobacco, spices and forest floor. There's an austerity on the palate; a bit thin and light featuring flavors of red cherry and spice. Opens further in the glass to show dark fruit and meat notes. Gains weight too, with plenty of dark fruit and spice, along with forest floor notes ending with a long finish. 90-91 pts.
My #4, Domino's #1
Group #1, 38 pts
My #4, Domino's #1
Group #1, 38 pts
Red
2000 Michel Magnien Charmes-Chambertin
91 points
Garnet color with some bricking. Cherries, meat, forest floor and licorice aromas in the bouquet. Well-balanced, with terrific fruit as well as spice and tobacco qualities. Finishes very well. 91-92 pts.
My #3, Domino's #2
Group #4, 55 pts
My #3, Domino's #2
Group #4, 55 pts
Red
2000 Philippe Livera Chapelle-Chambertin Domaine des Tilleuls
88 points
Garnet color with some bricking. Aromas of licorice, cherry and sous bois. Light body and slightly austere. Cherry and spice flavors on the palate. 88-89 pts.
My #6, Domino's #3
Group #6, 68 pts
My #6, Domino's #3
Group #6, 68 pts
Red
2000 Frédéric Magnien Charmes-Chambertin
92 points
Darkest color of the flight. Aromas of tobacco, cherries, currants and even chocolate. With more air, aromas of clay, dark fruit, spice, cherries and bacon fat are evident. Well-balanced, with flavors of cherry, meat, bacon and dark fruit with a long finish. 92-93 pts.
My #2, Domino's #6
Group #2, 45 pts
My #2, Domino's #6
Group #2, 45 pts
Red
2000 Gérard Raphet Clos Vougeot
87 points
Faded garnet color. Reticent at first; slightly stemmy, also chocolate and green tobacco aromas. Develops a beef bouillon cube aroma too; more stemmy. Light body, with cherry and red fruit flavors. Balanced, but simple.
My #7, Domino's #8
Group #8, 73 pts (tie broken by 3rd place votes)
My #7, Domino's #8
Group #8, 73 pts (tie broken by 3rd place votes)
Red
2000 Domaine Arlaud Bonnes Mares
89 points
Faded garnet color. Aromas of cigar box, forest floor, cherry, currants and florals. Develops clay and dark fruit notes. Balanced, with good acidity and flavors of dark fruit, forest floor and pine needles. 89-90 pts.
My #5, Domino's #4
Group #3, 49 pts
My #5, Domino's #4
Group #3, 49 pts
Red
2000 Frédéric Magnien Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
93 points
Faded garnet color. Meaty, also cigar box, black currants, cherry, leather and florals. Develops bacon fat, dark fruit and tobacco qualities. Balanced, with dark fruit, spice, forest floor, and good acidity with a long finish. 93 pts.
My #1, Domino's #7
Group #5, 67 pts
My #1, Domino's #7
Group #5, 67 pts
Red
2000 Domaine Arlaud Clos de la Roche
85 points
Faded garnet color with stewed, stemmy qualities that dominate the subtle red fruit notes lurking underneath.
My #8, Domino's #5
Group #7, 73 pts (tie broken by third place votes)
My #8, Domino's #5
Group #7, 73 pts (tie broken by third place votes)
Flight 3 - III. Nonblind dinner & dessert wines. (11 notes)
White - Sparkling
N.V. A. Margaine Champagne Premier Cru Le Brut
90 points
53% from 2008; 90% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Noir, disgorged July 2011. Aromas of apple, almond and yellow cake batter. Medium bead with stone and apple flavors. Nice finish.
Red
1978 Château Hautes Versannes
Red fruit notes with a dominant stewed quality. Leather, stewed red fruit on the palate.
Red
2000 Château du Tertre
91 points
Aromas of dark fruit and violets. Balanced with lovely fruit and a nice finish.
Red
2001 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Saint Georges
92 points
Deep color with aromas of dark fruit and spices that follow through on the palate. Terrific. 92-93 pts.
Red
2006 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée
86 points
Opens with weedy red fruit notes; vegetal, and not in an enjoyable way. Spice, garrigue and red fruit flavors.
Red
2004 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau
94 points
Dark fruit, violets, warm stones and garrigue. Really nice fruit and spice notes on the palate. Long finish.
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Red
2009 Cherry Pie (Hundred Acre) Pinot Noir Stanly Ranch Vineyard
88 points
Aromas of cherry and rhubarb follow through on the palate. Simple and straightforward, with good underlying acidity.
Red
2009 Quintessa
93 points
Dark color. Aromas of cassis, chocolate and dark fruit. Firm tannins; dark fruit- blackberry & plum, licorice and spice with a long finish. 93+ pts.
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Red
2010 Tablas Creek Côtes de Tablas
91 points
Dark fruit and pepper qualities follow through on the palate. Full-bodied with firm tannins and a nice finish. 91-92 pts.
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Red
2009 Belasco de Baquedano Malbec AR Guentota Lujan de Cuyo
90 points
Blue fruit and vanilla aromas. Well-balanced with medium tannins and flavors of vanilla, blue and black fruits and a lengthy finish. Hints of vanilla.
White - Sweet/Dessert
1996 Château Climens
89 points
Light gold color. Apricot, honey, orange peel aromas. Rich, viscous texture with flavors of apricot, baked tropical fruit and pineapple. Finishes a little short.
Flight 4 - IV. Bonus wines! (5 notes)
As the tasting was winding down and only a few of us were left, I mentioned to Rich how some of the wines tonight reminded me of the 1999 Jadot Corton-Pougets he had opened for us some years earlier, and what a treat that wine was. He excused himself for a moment, and out came a bottle of the 1999 Jadot C-P whihc he had opened the night before. He and Dana hosted their good friend Eugenia and David Adelsheim the night before and opened some terrific bottles with them. One by one, we ended up tasting through their leftovers.
Red
1999 Louis Jadot Corton-Pougets Domaine des Héritiers Louis Jadot
93 points
From a bottle Rich & Dana had opened the prior evening for Eugenia and David Adelsheim. Lovely red fruit & cherry with mineral qualities and a meaty overtone. In a terrific place right now.
Red
2007 Peter Michael Pinot Noir Le Moulin Rouge
Cherries, cloves, spice and red fruit qualities. Good acidity; medium finish.
White
2008 Peter Michael Chardonnay La Carrière
Aromas of clay, minerals and coconuts. Bright acidity with banana, coconut and apple fruit and a long finish.
Red
1990 Château La Mission Haut-Brion
98 points
Dark color with aromas of truffles, dark fruit, leather, plum and cigar box. Flavors of tar, leather, black fruit, red currants and scorched earth; amazing balance from the attack through the finish. Impressively long finish.
Red
2001 Detert Family Vineyards Cabernet Franc Oakville
92 points
Dark fruit and herb notes. Balanced, with medium tannins and flavors of herbal red and black fruit. Medium+ finish.
Closing
Thanks to Rich & Dana for another wonderful tasting and some great wines!