1977 Bouchard Père et Fils Montrachet

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  6/29/2010 - Goldstone wrote: 96 Points

  Cold War Nuclear Escalation Wine Club Dinner (Otto e Mezzo, Alexandra House, Central, Hong Kong): Brought by Benoit along with the 1966 Dom Perignon and the 1964 Rapet Corton Charlemagne. Low neck fill but perfect cork. Unusually light yellow gold colour. The nose is BAM!....totally stunning....complex, multi-layered light acacia honey, lightly toasted hazelnuts, new oak....stunning and silence-creating for everyone. Initially the palate is overwhelming and mouthcoating acidity that put most people off but it continuously evolved to very minerally, steely, to some butter and then getting bright, bright,bright.......... a very high soprano note but with a slowly-emerging basso counterpoint. Good length ......... and a rolling reverberating resonance in the head on the finish that just goes on and on.........gosh, this is really getting good......long after the last drop is swallowed the saliva glands are working in overdrive.......heavenly but needed work to seek it out. The rest of the gang had long moved on to lusher pastures and looked at me rather pitifully......but this did it for me.

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