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Dinner at Odette

Odette, National Gallery, Singapore

Tasted April 18, 2017 by Paul S with 275 views

Flight 1 (3 notes)

White
2007 F.X. Pichler Riesling Smaragd Loibner Oberhauser Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
90 points
Decent wine, drinking pretty nicely. The nose was a rich melange of honey, chalky mineral and ripe stone fruit. Very Austrian - heavy but attractive. The palate had a ripe fleshiness to it, with plump flavours of apricots and nectarines lined with a lick of stony mineral and a nice blush of spice. A touch simple and a little hot when the wine warmed up, but pleasant enough. A good food wine, especially with oysters and other seafood.
Red
1981 Pétrus France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
93 points
Surprisingly really enjoyable for a less than heralded vintage. A bit shy when popped, but it really bloomed in the decanter, opening up over an hour or so to show a beautiful nose of sweet plums and preserved berries seasoned with fragrant cloves, wood spices and a sprinkle of dried flowers. With time, a gentle savoury meatiness and olive tapenade started coming out too. Lovely. The palate was nowhere near strong as the nose unfortunately, coming across as more as a mature pleasure than the decadent, opulent wine that the stronger vintages present. It was truly a pleasure though. Round, soft, silky, with deliciously lush lashings of dark plums and berries infused with more of that lovely spiciness. Past the midpalate, the wine felt a little thin, with the structure starting to peek out from beneath the fruit, before the finish came back nicely, showinrg a twist of bramble and wood spice twisted around the back-palate. This will continue to show nicely for the next few years, but I would start drinking it up now.
Red
1999 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
92 points
Has not moved much from the last bottle, in fact this felt a bit too young to enjoy. The nose was nice enough, with a blush of bright red fruit, almost candied, spiked with bits of garrigue and spice and just a little edge of bretty funk. The palate was still right, with a slight rasp of fine tannins and a decent amount of acidity wrapped around a core of primary red fruit. A touch of woody spice and garrigue then carried the wine into a strongish finish. This has quality - depth, balance and a decent sense of purity, but it needs time yet. 5-6 years to lose its puppy fat at least.
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