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Birthday lunch

Porcine, Oxford Street

Tasted February 4, 2023 by chatters with 62 views

Introduction

got together with the usual crowd for wine and food on my birthday

Flight 1 (12 notes)

White - Sparkling
2020 Marcarini Moscato d'Asti Italy, Piedmont, Asti, Moscato d'Asti
Super grapey, floral, candy floss, a little sulphur. Juicy, clean, slight petillance, a little texture, odd dry, again grapey, slight musky almost, pleasant.
Red
2010 Domaine Rossignol Trapet Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Medium minus intensity aromas shows red berry and sweet spice time and a gentle decant helped this open to show cherry, jubey, pretty notes, very slight volatile underpin and some earthy notes. Juicy, savoury, textured burr, the fruit is a little muted but this is lovely none the less - a little strawberry and raspberry joins the cherry.
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Red
2021 Foradori Lezèr Italy, Trentino Alto-Adige / Veneto, Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT
Savoury, slight struck match reductiveness, fresh, rocky minerality, slight dilute black fruits. Medium plus intensity acidity, slight more red hued fruit on the palate, talc textured burr is quite mineral in quality. Nice.
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White
2007 Domaine Ostertag Riesling France, Alsace
Kerosene, muted lime, red and green apple, very slight apricot, sweet spice. Juicy, fleshy, slight waxy textured, similar flavour profile. lovely with smoked mackerel pate
White
2019 Gérard Boulay Sancerre La Comtesse France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre
Medium minus intensity aromas of struck flint, slight herbaceous underpin, slight gooseberry…simple nose. Medium plus intensity acidity, a little leesy textured, muted fruit; shows a little gooseberry, quite subtle.
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Red
2000 Chateau Musar Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Meaty, savoury, slightly oxidised, smidge of volatility, Brett, leather, black fruits. Juicy, bretty, black hued fruits; savoury, textured burr, quite funky. Woof.
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Red
2015 Fattoria Petrolo Torrione Italy, Tuscany, Val d'Arno di Sopra
Cherry, plums, earth, slight leather, tobacco leaf, slight toasty notes. Medium plus intensity acidity, tobacco leaf, savoury, leathery, red cherry, talc textured tannins, nice.
White
2020 Simonnet-Febvre Petit Chablis France, Burgundy, Chablis, Petit Chablis
Slight reductive, smoked bacon, struck match, slight lemon. Juicy, lightweight fruit, citrus notes, a little textured, fleshy, simple. Yum.
White
2018 Italo Cescon Madre Italy, Veneto, Veneto IGT
A little lemon, savoury a little sulphur, slight meaty underpin. On the palate, slightly bitter, alcohol warmth is slightly intrusive, waxy textured. Muted fruit, Hmm.
White
2019 Bisci Verdicchio di Matelica Italy, Marche, Verdicchio di Matelica
Slight fennel, stone fruit, touch of herbaceousness. Juicy, fleshy muted fruit on the palate, again stone fruit, fennel in the background. Okay.
White - Sweet/Dessert
2013 St. Stephan's Crown Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos Hungary, Tokaji
Honey, apricot, obvious botrytised notes, a little funky volatility; slight wood glue. Medium plus intensity acidity is juicy, slight green apple notes offsets lusciously, sweet sugar levels, apricot, nice.
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White - Off-dry
2007 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Herrenweg de Turckheim Vendange Tardive France, Alsace
From half bottle. Wood glue, marzipan, a little volatility, very pear fruit. Juicy acdity lends freshness, toffee, a little apple, sweet though it finishes a touch bitter. Hmm.

Closing

A nice time...wines were okay...Hmm

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