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2003s now and in 10 years - Blind tasting

Martin's House

Tasted November 9, 2013 by G_H with 468 views

Introduction

All wines were of the 2003 vintage and served in a way 1.5x blind, as all the participants knew was the vintage

Flight 1 (2 notes)

White - Off-dry
2003 Weingut Keller Dalsheimer Hubacker Riesling Spätlese Goldkapsel Germany, Rheinhessen
92 points
Vanilla, fresh, nice sweetness, well integrated and nicely supporting acidity, a hint of honey, melon, some beeswax, nice length
White
2003 Newton Chardonnay Unfiltered USA, California, Napa Valley
89 points
Sweet corn, lemon peel, some popcorn, butter, medium-long finish. Nice but the sweet corn is a bit much for my taste

Flight 2 (7 notes)

Red
2003 Château Lascombes France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
93 points
Chestnut puree, herbs, milk chocolate, licorice, orange peel, forest floor, sunday roast, awesome nose. Very elegant in the palate. Could use a bit more punch for my taste but all in all a great bordeaux with an amazing elegance for this hot vintage
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Red
2003 Château Troplong Mondot France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
91 points
Beef stock, a hint of plastic, cassis, chamomile tea, really strong tannin structure, needs time
Red
2003 Château Léoville Barton France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
95 points
Truly great wine. Licorice, a hint of milk, caramel, beautiful sweet tannin, long, round and beautiful. Totally seductive!
1 person found this helpful Comment
Red
2003 Château La Gaffelière France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
93 points
This wine feels like a priorat. Condiment, roast, minerals, loads of spices and licorice with some black tea mixed in. While beautiful today, I'm afraid that this won't last for another 10 years
Red
2003 Viña Almaviva S.A. Almaviva Chile, Maipo Valley, Puente Alto
92 points
Fairly easy to identify as a chilean cab given the massive load of cassis. Some plastic, cassis candy, nice length and nice to drink but too one-dimensional for me...
Red
2003 Cuvée du Vatican Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réserve Sixtine France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
88 points
Th s felt like a roasted lamb rack with rosemary. Green tea, blackberries, boysenberries, dried hay, dries out a bit but nothing to be worried about. Blind, I guessed this to be an argentinian malbec...
Red
2003 Château Calon-Ségur France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
86 points
Leather, hazelnuts, calc, lactic, play-doo, brutal acidity, unharmonious...

Will this ever open up and come together?

Flight 3 (3 notes)

White - Sweet/Dessert
2003 Château Rieussec France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
92 points
Clearly a sauternes and clearly the best bottle of this wine that I have ever tasted. Nice notes of almonds, botrytis, dried apricot, melon. Opulent and exotic, nice!
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White - Off-dry
2003 Weingut Robert Weil Kiedricher Gräfenberg Riesling Auslese Germany, Rheingau
90 points
Massive amount of petrol, vanilla, Mirabelles, green apples, pink grapefruit and a surprisingly intense acidity, given that it is 2003...
White - Sweet/Dessert
2003 Weingut Seehof Westhofener Morstein Scheurebe Trockenbeerenauslese Germany, Rheinhessen
94 points
Amazing!!!! Honey, peach and quince jelly with an awesome viscosity, this has to be Austria...

Well no, this is a fantastically opulent TBA from Germany, who knew!
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