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A private lunch
Restaurant The Fat Duck ***, Bray-on-Thames, UK
Tasted December 8, 2013 by Xavier Auerbach with 321 views
Flight 1 (7 notes)
Rosé - Sparkling
2002 Deutz Champagne Cuvée William Deutz Rosé
93 points
Delicate salmon colour, a seamless wine of great finesse, floral, elegant, mineral, touch of rosehip fruit, intensity without weight, very good length.
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White
2012 Franz Hirtzberger Grüner Veltliner Federspiel Rotes Tor
90 points
Fresh, light as a feather, touch of yellow fruit, white pepper, hint of residual sugar rounds it out nicely, floral topnotes, clean and mineral, a youthful joy.
Red
2008 Marion Valpolicella Superiore
91 points
A blend of Corvina, Molinara, Teroldego(!) and Cabernet-Sauvignon (!!). The balsamic note on the nose reveals that this wine was partially made with dried fruit, lovely depth, ripe fruit; the palate displays lovely depth amd weight below a silken texture, energetic and fresh, flavoursome, good grip; very good length.
Red
2006 Domaine Joël Champet Côte-Rôtie La Viallière
92 points
Heady bouquet of flowers, minerals, red meat, pepper and red fruit; on the palate it is elegant, silky but precise with a typical 2006-hint of tightness, quite structured with lovely tannic grip; hint of cold tea on the finish, good length. Excellent potential, drink now - 2020+.
Red
2004 Tenute Cisa Asinari dei Marchesi di Grésy Barbaresco Martinenga Gaiun
91 points
A very exact and poised wine, with Barbaresco femininity and fragrance, elegant fruit (creamy strawberries), and some sous-bois, boudoir powder flavours, mature but with lovely tannic grip; good length.
Red
2009 Cakebread Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon
91 points
Black fruit, very rich, blackcurrants, cocoa, silky and soft but no lack of freshness or structure, spice, good intensity and length. Well made but a bit obvious.
White - Sweet/Dessert
2007 Provins Marsanne Grains de Malice Maitre de Chais
96 points
Marsanne and Pinot Gris. Incredible power and weight, spices and honey, leather, very sweet, apricot and tea, rich and with lovely bitters, extracted and concentrated, TBA power, amazing energy and length. This should easily have three decades in it.