Reposting this because someone decided my notes, limited as they were, were not enough to justify posting. And then we wonder why wine consumption among younger generations is decreasing. Not really my specialty, but here are my notes.
This was a belated Christmas lunch with the in-laws.
The Louis Roederer 2011 Rosé magnum was pale salmon in colour, fruity but overly bitter in the finish.
The Dom Perignon ‘96 didn’t hold a candle to a recent Salon ‘96 we enjoyed, though it was perhaps a little too cold when we started drinking it. The nose wasn’t particularly special and the flavour was more citrus than brioche. Lacked charm.
The Moet ‘96 wasn’t great at all. A lot of exchanged looks around the table suggested the providence of this bottle was in question.
The Lafite ‘99 took several hours to open up (4h of decanting until it started to live up to any sort of hype). Very pleasant, with leather and dark fruit, can go strong for another decade easily.
Lynch Bages ‘06 – decanted for several hours – full bodied, earthy, tobacco notes. Somewhat closed.
Michel Bouzereau Puligny Montrachet 2016 – floral, oaky, delicious. At this point no one could really drink anymore.
So there you have it. Very nice wine but not entirely living up to its reputation.
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Hot take; I’d drink the Roederer over the Dom. Great line up!
Had the 96 on my (milestone) birthday but I had already been drinking unfortunately. From what I remember I wasn’t too impressed. Hoping to revisit soon.
The 96 Salon sounds like a beautiful wine. 🥂
Amazing. Crazy to hear the Lafite took that long to open up.
Great notes, thanks for posting. First growth BDX always seems to need so much longer to open up than expected, pretty incredible how much air they can handle. I think Lynch Bages always enter this weird asleep period until around 20 years of age and then they really blossom, had a 1998 recently that was out of this world. This is a stellar lineup, even if all the wines didn’t quite hit the mark, but that’s old wine for you.
As far as posting bottles without notes, bottle shots are boring and I’m glad those types of posts get deleted. Young people aren’t drinking wine because they’re broke and can’t afford to drink what you are. There’s maybe 5 grand sitting on that table right there, that’s a down payment on a car. Did you buy these bottles or were they from your in-laws? When you don’t get to drink the great wines of the world, like our parents were able to, how do you get inspired?
Not a dig at you, because my in-laws also got me into wine and drank insane bottles with me back in college, but most people don’t get that same passing of the torch. Appreciate you sharing, Cheers!
When did Montrachet start using champagne corks?
Lovely line-up. Looks like quite the enjoyable lunch.
At the risk of being terribly insufferable – I see something in the picture that tells me that a non-wine professional opened these.
I had the 2016 roederer rose on Christmas, I found it a little bitter on the palate too but the aromas of brioche and strawberry came together so beautifully