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Premier Cru Table
The Fifth Avenue Hotel
Tasted November 16, 2023 by hprphf with 160 views
Flight 1 - Champagne (5 notes)
White - Sparkling
2014 Jérôme Prévost Champagne La Closerie Extra Brut Les Beguines
93 points
Bright, balanced, showing very well. 93-94
White - Sparkling
White - Sparkling
1995 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut
94 points
Magnum. Lovely freshness coming together, so balanced with bright acidity. 94
White - Sparkling
1976 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut
93 points
Next to 76 DP. High acidity with enough ripeness, barely showing any age, a delicate rendition. 93-94+
White - Sparkling
1976 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon
93 points
Next to 76 Krug. Riper and smaller in structure, showing more aged character. 93
Flight 2 - White (18 notes)
White
1984 François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons
93 points
My favorite of the Raveneau flight. Very fresh, aged tropical flavors, roasted yellow fruit, marshmallow. Very good weight, light on its feet across the palate. 93-94
White
2008 François Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot
93 points
High acidity, fresh, vibrant with a spin. 93-94
White
1996 François Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot
92 points
Slightly advanced, more evident on the palate. Nose shows aged character with some dirt; seems consistent in this vintage chez Raveneau. 92
White
2007 François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre
92 points
Next to 00. Sunshine tropical fruit, coconut. Good weight. 92-93
White
2000 François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre
93 points
Next to 07. Showing better with age, hue of toasty flavors, very young. 92-93
White
2006 Domaine Ramonet Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet
93 points
Magnum. Showing great for my expectation of this vintage, great balance, bright white fruit. 93-94
White
1989 Domaine Ramonet Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet
93 points
Ripe, fat, well-cut white fruit, slightly older than I expected and just missing some Ramonet electricity. 93
White
1985 Domaine Ramonet Bâtard-Montrachet
94 points
Incredible power and fineness but just missing a touch of the stunning electricity common in 80s. Still a huge wine. 94
White
2018 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet
95 points
Super ripe but contained in the structure. These new Leflaive vintages just pack incredible layers and power in them. 94-95+
White
2014 Domaine Leflaive Bâtard-Montrachet
93 points
Superb acidity and well-cut, needs a lot more time. 93-94+
White
2011 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles
93 points
Lovely brightness, lots of mineral, easy to drink. Throughout the week even better, indeed very big structure. 93+
White
2015 Coche-Dury Corton-Charlemagne
94 points
04890. Really shy similar to the 14. Can feel the superb balance but not giving much at the moment. Would refrain from opening. 94++
White
2015 Domaine Bizot Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Blanc
92 points
Characteristic Bizot white nose, very good weight, easy to like. 92-93
White
2006 Domaine d'Auvenay (Lalou Bize-Leroy) Bourgogne-Aligoté Sous Chatelet
93 points
00642/1180. Not as well-cut as recent vintages, but showing very good balance and signature popcorn reduction, if slightly thinner. 93
White
2019 Domaine Roulot Meursault 1er Cru Clos des Bouchères
93 points
Magnum. Liking more recent vintages chez Roulot, not overripe even in this vintage, well-balanced, very young. 93+
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White
2011 Domaine Roulot Meursault 1er Cru Les Poruzots
92 points
Thinner, cooler vintage also showing better. 92
White
2013 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault 1er Cru Charmes
92 points
Thin and young with lots of acidity. Somewhat unstructured on the palate. 92
White
1998 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos
flawed
Either the vintage performance or not a good bottle.
Flight 3 - Best Premier Crus! (9 notes)
Red
2021 Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses
96 points
Mindblowing complexity and details through every inch. Layers and layers of lifted pure red fruit with bling bling citrus acidity. Who says all Roumier is purple? Classic showing of a "weaker" vintage, which I love. Easy WOTN after enough air. 96-97
Red
1999 Domaine Robert Groffier Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses
94 points
Stunning, needs air, meaty borderline complete. One of my favorites tonight. 94-95
Red
1995 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Brûlées
flawed
Don't think is a perfect bottle, missing some Vosne spice and fruit.
Red
1991 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Brûlées
93 points
Yummy, not the power house of recent vintages but classically done with sous bois and spicy red fruit. 93
Red
1999 Emmanuel Rouget Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Cros Parantoux
flawed
Heated, not undrinkable but certainly the most inconsistent of wines in this league, RIP. Superb clarity and finesse on the palate, however.
Red
1971 Domaine Michel Noëllat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts
93 points
Alexis Lichine label, fruit day. Sous bois, cherry, spicy, classic. 93
Red
2015 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Reignots
95 points
365/2092. Superb fruit quality, spicy, lacy, one of the best performers tonight. 94-95
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Red
2009 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Aux Cras
92 points
1273/1513. Showing ripeness and earthiness, not as sexy as recent vintages. 92
Red
1985 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Les Caillerets
91 points
Some heat damage, showing brown sugar, but pretty otherwise. 91
Flight 4 - Burgundy (18 notes)
Red
2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche
95 points
00329/18196. Superb nose like the bottle from a few months ago, but shorter finish. Then again this is PnP. Love the vintage green/freshness in DRC as always! 95
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Red
2005 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Echezeaux
94 points
03466/16313. Still in the same phase as three years ago, no rush to open, very good balance with hint of woodiness in the red fruit. 93-94
Red
2015 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Echezeaux
94 points
01447/13758. Great clarity and purity, much more accessible than the GE on the side. 94+
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Red
2015 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands-Echezeaux
94 points
02254/12672. Somewhat closed compared to the Echezeaux on the side and the last bottle a few months ago. Lovely clarity and purity and better weight. 94+
Red
1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg
94 points
12524/14772. Love the vintage aromatics, so much going on, dark with superb power, somewhat thinner than I remembered. 94
Red
Red
2017 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg
94 points
01735/15482. Superb blue and jungle fruit nose with extra spice. Tough competition in this vintage against the RSV, however. 94
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Red
2007 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
93 points
PnP, young, dark still, showing very good clarity like this vintage, if slightly thinner. 93-94
Red
1993 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
95 points
Red capsule. Great aromatics, lifted, natty almost, clear blue fruit, well-defined with drive. 95+
Red
1971 Maison Leroy Clos St. Denis
93 points
Slight TCA, decanted. Love the vintage fruit quality and power on it. Some brown sugar and aged stylistic earthiness. 93
Red
2001 Domaine Dujac Clos de la Roche
94 points
Resolved showing great red fruit aromatics. Super lovely. 94
Red
2000 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Clos Vougeot
93 points
Surprisingly really delicious, balanced, lifted. 93
Red
1990 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Clos Vougeot
92 points
Magnum. Definitely on the earthy side, but very good structure. 92-93
Red
2015 Domaine Dujac Morey St. Denis 1er Cru
92 points
Cheese on the cork but pretty transparent vintage purple fruit. On the thin side. 91-92
Flight 5 - Red (8 notes)
Red
1979 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Mouline
94 points
First pour was stunning, lifted dark fruit borderline complete/the legendary 85. Second pour shows more acidity and thinner palate, but still very good. 94-95
Red
1990 Château Cheval Blanc
97 points
Super. Stunning balance and body, even better than pervious few bottles. 97+
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Red
1961 Château Haut-Brion
flawed
Decanted, TCA, showing sublime texture on the palate. Big RIP, but even so I imagine LMHB will still outperform in this vintage.
Red
1988 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron
92 points
Pencilbox and nice Pauillac flavors, on the simple side. 92
Red
2002 Soldera (Az. Agr. Case Basse) Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
93 points
Delicious with inky fruit. 93
Red
1989 Château Clinet
95 points
Magnum. Leather, polished fruit, whole, very good. Kept improving in balance and structure with time. 94-95