Important Update From the Founder
Read message >
Pre Auction Wine Tasting w/ Aubert de Villaine (DRC)
NYC
Tasted May 22, 1999 by mdefreitas with 984 views
Flight 1 - WHITES (2 notes)
White
1996 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne
92 points
Nice liquid mineral sensations. Thick, intense and oaky. The oak probably needs time to resolve. Needs time.
White
1996 Jean Noel Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets
89 points
Closed nose. Needs time. An elegant, rather than powerful style of white Burgundy.
Flight 2 - REDS (12 notes)
Red
1994 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection
94 points
Integrated fruit and oak. The fruit is more cherry than cassis, with an elegant mouthfeel. Could still need more time to resolve the tannins.
Red
1992 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve
90 points
Smoke, oak, cassis. Nice, but a lot lighter than I remember it last.
Red
1994 Dominus Estate Napanook Vineyard
95 points
Beautiful, dusty cassis and earth. Complex minerals and underbrush. Very Bordeaux-like in style.
Red
1989 Château Gruaud Larose
91 points
Nice, evolved, mature wine, with minerals, earth, and some dusty fruits.
Red
1985 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
88 points
Dark and closed. Some minerals and fruits, but rather unforthcoming right now.
Red
1970 Château Lafon-Rochet
89 points
Older skunk, which blew off a bit. Older Bordeaux aromas of leather, etc. Fully mature.
Red
1989 Château Léoville Barton
93 points
Dark red, some bricking. Cedar, cassis, minerals, quite complex and elegant. Lovely wine.
Red
1983 Château Léoville Las Cases
88 points
Dark, but closed and shut down. A bit thin on the mid-palate. Needs time, but hopefully the fruit will hold up.
Red
1985 Château La Mission Haut-Brion
88 points
Loamy, gravelly, nose, but a bit watery on the palate. Fully mature, with the fruit beginning to fade. Drink up.
Red
1995 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon The Montelena Estate
94 points
Bright red/purple. Big, forward, full of crystallized cassis. Complex minerals and earth. Wonderful wine.
Red
1989 Château Talbot
88 points
Earthy, with some exotic, but not all that pleasant, funk. Ok wine, but rather unusual.
Flight 3 - DRC (3 notes)
Red
1993 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands-Echezeaux
90 points
Earth, some cherries. A bit rustic and severe. Some stones in the finsh. Not all that charming right now.
Red
1990 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche
94 points
Huge, expressive nose. Exotic spices, minerals, black fruits, flowers, and smoke. On the palate the wine did not seem to live up to the aromatics, but a very nice grippy finish. Still tannic, and lots of room for improvement here. The best part of this wine was truely the aromatics. Wow.
Red
1995 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. Vivant
88 points
Relatively light in color. Cherry, and some herbs. A bit unexciting on the palate. OK wine.
Flight 4 - DESSERT (2 notes)
Red - Fortified
1983 Graham Porto Vintage
93 points
Very swett cherry and spice. Some florals. Tannins are resolving. Elegant.
White - Sweet/Dessert