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C & YM Birthday Dinner
Empire Chinese Cuisine
Tasted July 29, 2023 by astroman with 98 views
Flight 1 (2 notes)
Red
1999 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Martha's Vineyard
92 points
Blind. Left over from dinner 2 days ago. Mint, black tea, corn.
Red
2005 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountains Estate
91 points
Blind. Left over from a dinner 2 days ago. Oak, raisiny, dry tannins. Not the most representative of Ridge I have had.
Flight 2 (2 notes)
White - Sparkling
2008 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut
93 points
Peach, creamy on the aromas, lush on the palate with good linear acid. Beautiful complex finish.
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Rosé - Sparkling
N.V. Ruinart Champagne Brut Rosé
91 points
Cherry, raspberry, good mouthfeel with high acid.
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Flight 3 (1 note)
Red
1964 R. López de Heredia Rioja Gran Reserva Viña Tondonia
94 points
Blind. Chinese herbs, liquorice, med acid, bitter grainy finish, some heat. At the end of the night on 2nd pour, raisin, tea, more integrated and enjoyable but bitter finish still obvious.
Flight 4 (2 notes)
Red
2004 Clos Rougeard (Foucault) Saumur-Champigny Les Poyeux
95 points
Blind. Forest floor, earth, capsicum interlaced with red fruits, med acidity, dry sandy tannins. Later in the night, cassis, grass, asparagus but drinking beautifully now. Fruits gain weight as it oxidise with herbal notes adding to the complexity as oppose to the earlier pour.
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Red
1998 Vieux Château Certan
94 points
Blind. Capsicum, leather, earth, rustic on the palate with some roundness, plum, much more elegant at the end of the night, with plum notes more prominent.
Flight 5 (2 notes)
Red
2001 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba
91 points
Blind. Jammy, touch of sour cherry, liquorice, some heat, high acid, smooth tannins. Guessed this as Sangiovese as the tannins were not high enough and the heat. Later in the night, this did open and give signs of the elegant style Giacosa wines.
Red
1995 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Ruchottes-Chambertin Clos des Ruchottes
93 points
Blind. Red fruits, orange, some earth, VA, fine tannins with touch of heat on the finish. Definitely no the same class as the 1996 drunk earlier this year. Apparently, after 2 hours, it was singing but unfortunately no more to try.
Flight 6 (2 notes)
Red
2004 Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas
91 points
Blind. Lots of capsicum, jammy, kirsch, touch of olive, dry tannins. Surprise this was a Clap given how the 2007 was stunning last year.
Flight 7 (2 notes)
Red
2008 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Combe aux Moines Vieille Vigne
94 points
3 hrs after pouring to Voss bottle. Alluring aroma of potpourri, blueberry, cold fruits, on the palate a little weak after the stunning bouquet. Full dry and coarse tannins with high acid. Give additional points for the beautiful nose but sadly the palate did not match up. Needs a few more years of age.
Red
1964 Château Cheval Blanc
86 points
Blind. Port like, dry fruits, raisin, rustic tannins, almost surply on the palate. Apparently this is how it is suppose to be like looking the tasting notes.
Flight 8 (2 notes)
Red
2007 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes
92 points
Blind. Good fruits, irony, blood, cherry, med tannins, med finish lovely elegance on the palate.
Red
1990 Tenuta Greppo (Biondi-Santi) Brunello di Montalcino
93 points
Blind. Guess this as aged Bordeaux, iron, blood, rounded with dry tannins. A little aged compared to how I like my wines