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THANKSGIVING TASTING WITH THE WINE GROUP
Walnut Creek, Ca.
Tasted November 14, 1992 by bestdamncab with 28 views
Introduction
Wine Group Theme of older bottles, each likes for their own reasons.
Flight 1 - Lovely Dinner Tasting (7 notes)
Very different wines, different and unusual combinations with a terrific dinner.
White - Sparkling
1982 Laurent-Perrier Champagne Grand Siècle
93 points
Nose of yeast and brioche, same on the palate, silky, tasty, lovely taste, almost elegant, medium/big body, very tasty, small bubbles slowly filled the glass with a mousse, past peak, better 3 years ago, pleasant fruit on finish and lovely aftertaste.
White
1985 Domaine Maurice et Anne-Marie Chapuis Corton-Charlemagne
95 points
Nose of steel, butter, and minerals, rich taste, steely but buttery on the palate, well balanced, gorgeous, medium/big body, long finish.
White
1987 Kalin Cellars Chardonnay Cuvée BL
89 points
Opened to pineapple and butter, very rich but straight forward, great buttery finish, buttery over the evening, needs a year to peak.
Red
1966 Château Latour Grand Vin
96 points
Rich, well balanced, beautiful, nice red, hint of hot purple color in the glass, no brown color at this age, rich, smooth, well balanced, typical Chateau Latour, nice, creamy finish.
Red
1985 Steltzner Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District
91 points
Rich cherry fruit on nose and palate, almost mature and reached peak but needs 5 years to peak, well balanced, shows 1985 Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage.
Red
1982 Château La Conseillante
91 points
Reminded me of 1989 Chateau Ausone, lots of vanilla, sort of rich, exotic rich, elegant, beautiful, rich fruit, nice, long vanilla finish.
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Red
1983 Château Lynch-Bages
90 points
Strong, big rich fruit, exotic, buttery fruit, very creamy and smooth, atypical Cabernet fruit from Lynch-Bages, luscious but soft berry finish.
Closing
The 1982 Laurent-Perrier, The 1985 Chapuis Corton Charlemagne, and the 1966 Chateau Latour were terrific tastes seldom seen by me but lucky to enjoy tonight!!!!!!