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Super Bowl 2021
Bin 75 Alpharetta, GA
Tasted February 7, 2021 by Rezy13 with 127 views
Introduction
Mondo tasting $250+
Entry wines served double blind and reveal at the end. Order is mixed up so you don't even know which one is yours.
Flight 1 - Starter Champagnes (3 notes)
White - Sparkling
2014 Paul Bara Champagne Grand Cru Brut Millésimé
Very fine bubbles; golden apple, lemon, good doughiness and mineral evident on nose; white cherry, good acid, not in a bad place now, doesn't seem like a challenging year, juicy, not a super long finish but very tasty.
White - Sparkling
2008 Ployez-Jacquemart Champagne Extra Brut Vintage
Larger bubbles; much rounder than the Bara before, oak, white Burgundy-esque with bubbles, dry finish, lemony, seems like a lot of Chardonnay, very youthful, temperature brings out the extra brut character.
White - Sparkling
2008 Pierre Paillard Champagne Grand Cru La Grande Récolte
Golden apple, toast, a touch of cider character but no suggestions of oxidation; really yummy.
Flight 2 - Main Event (10 notes)
Red
2006 Domaine du Clos de Tart Clos de Tart
93 points
93+ Ruby see through; sexy nose, sweet dark cherry, shows greatness, young and undeveloped with lots of stuffing behind a curtain of sex appeal, high acids, some texture and firmness, slight medicinal, powerful, iron?, aromatic pleasure but needs time for the palate to open up; '14 Perrot Minot Mazy? In retrospect still so young and probably a great success for '06.
Red
1982 Château Gruaud Larose
96 points
Garnet core with large brick rim; nose shows tanned leather, spice box, cedar, eaux de Bordeaux, old and resolved, stank, red currant, funk, savory, not a huge mouthfeel, delicious, amazing nose, palate a shade behind, some green, char, plump in the middle and in a great spot; Pauillac? '90 Lalande? In retrospect the brett was very much in check and did not lead me to a Cordier property of this era.
Red
1995 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
94 points
Darker core with maroon rim; more darkness to the nose here, black cherry, wet earth, so new and tough coming after the '82 Gruaud, cedar, red currant, more 1-D, powerful and great core and mid palate, boxwood, red currant, almost blue fruit, ashy, fatter and richer on the midpalate, more Merlot on this, good nobility and so much younger than previous wine; '01 Palmer?
Red
2011 Domaine Perrot-Minot Chambertin
93 points
Darker see through ruby; pretty nose, reductive, pencil eraser, candied rose and cherry, smoke, sexy and high toned, lots of new oak, sexy but in a spot where it is trying too hard- still needs time to shed some youth and fully come together, sweet gobs of fruit, lacking some defining character, more hedonistic than cerebral at this stage; 2010 Grivot Echezeaux?
Red
2001 Château Lafite Rothschild
93 points
93+ Dark core with thinner chocolate maroon rim; dark fruit, incense, black fruit, black cherry, cedar, more angular, stank, pencil lead, liquor soaked cherry, youthful and in a dumb phase; '00 Las Cases?
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Red
1996 Château Margaux
94 points
94+ Dark core with brick rim; more open nose than the last, boxwood, red currant, a bit youthful and 1-D, cedar, good core of fruit, tightly wound acids, barely into secondary character, red fruit, very long and nice wine; '01 Lafite?
Red
1998 Château Latour Grand Vin
91 points
Dark core with maroon rim; weird nose, doesn't smell like wine, everything bagel with cream cheese, a touch of mesquite, fennel, caraway, cinnamon, aged balsamic, very savory, mahogany, tart cherry finish, aged Italian; oh no is this my '98 Giacosa Red Label- can't be, going with '04 Voerzio Rocche dell'Annunziata. In retrospect this was a pretty horrid example of Latour and I'm positive it was damaged by heat somewhere or a poor fake. I'm disappointed to have given it a 91.
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2007 Domaine du Clos de Tart Clos de Tart
92 points
See through dull maroon, pale rim; weird nose, medicinal, raspberry, some soy, wilted roses, incense, fig, almost CdP Grenache on the nose; palate shows sexiness, elegant, great acid, I like drinking this more than smelling it, like drinking it (right now) more than the other Burgs tonight, savory finish; slightly advanced, very tasty but lacks completeness from the nose; '06 Bonnes Mares?
Red
1989 Château Margaux
95 points
95+ Dark core with brick rim; great nose, stank, green and red currants, boxwood, structured, good year, broad shouldered, very good, open nose but still needs a touch more time to come alive a bit, still some dryness on the finish that detracts slightly from overall drinking pleasure; '96 Cos?
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1998 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Riserva Santo Stefano
95 points
See through crimson with orange in the rim; mahogany, touch of soy, sexy nose, tar and roses, beautiful, refined, special, some caraway, nice texture, well rendered tannin with a later grip, sexy and very tasty but hard to compete with the thoroughbreds tonight; this one has to be my Giacosa.
Flight 3 - Dessert (2 notes)
White - Sweet/Dessert
2007 San Giusto a Rentennano Vin San Giusto Bianco
Very dark color; apricot, oxidized fruit, orange apricot and peach marmelade, sun tea, so viscous it's crazy, very impressive, super sweet but really good in small amounts.
White - Sweet/Dessert
2000 Château Lafon
Pretty golden color; what is that chemical smell? I can't drink this. Don't know what causes that smell and flavor.
Closing
WOTN- '82 Gruaud Larose
#2- '96 Margaux
#3- '98 Giacosa
Interesting themes today:
2x mini verticals of Chateau Margaux and Clos des Tart
Only 1 non-French wine and it took the bronze
My guessing was calling a lot of producers we had just not on the same wine as them.