Pregame:
2020 Duriel-Janthial Rully 1er Meix Cadot
Absolutely stunning. Beautiful white peach and a bit of struck match on the nose that just exploded from the glass. Oily concentration on the palate and just immense palate presence with super long finish. Perhaps the second best white of the evening behind the Raveneau.
2012 Rayas La Pialade
Incredible light color, beautiful aromatics, with cherry and cranberries, but surprising concentration and length. Beautiful.
1983 Guigal La Landonne
Drinking fantastically with immense concentration, the oak is now well integrated.
2015 Paul Bara Special Club
A bit grassy but fresh.
Champagne Flight:
1990 Dom Perignon
Advanced with tons of VA. 90 Dom hasn’t been drinking well to my palate for the last 2-3 years.
1990 Cristal
Advanced but less so than the Krug and dom, drinkable but way past prime.
1999 Cristal
Fresh and wonderful with lovely length. This was everything I like in Champagne with freshness and pretty fruits.
1990 Krug
Tired and past prime.
Whites:
2015 Sauzet Batard Montrachet
A bit tight, but lovely, with stone fruits and a crystalline character. Needed a bit of time but immense potential. Long finish.
2012 Raveneau Butteaux
Wide open for business and superb, just bursting with flavor but elegant in a way that only Raveneau can accomplish. Nearly flawless.
2001 Carillon Puligny Perrieres
A bit advanced, but developed into a pleasant drink with some nice fruits and a nice finish.
2002 Girandin Montrachet
This was sound but lacked concentration compared to the BDM; it had nice acidity and lift with a bit clipped finish.
2005 Bonneau de Martray Corton Charlemagne
Extremely young with great concentration and power. This had a super long finish and was very transparent. Outstanding showing.
Red:
1999 Marquis de Angerville Clos de Ducs
Corked x 2, sad.
2008 Lignier Clos de la Roche
This combination of 08, Lignier, and CDLR was spectacular. The aromatics were much more exotic than I’m used to with this wine and the palate and finish did not disappoint. One of the best renditions of this wine I’ve had lately.
2012 Fourrier Clos St Jacques
Quintessential Fourrier with crunchy red cherries and textbook purity. Long finish, very nice wine.
2012 Fourrier Griotte Chambertin
@Mason_H basically summed this up as being the 12 CSJ, but just more of everything. This was a bit tighter than the CSJ and took a bit longer to open up but had great structure. It may be better in 5-10 whilst the CSJ was drinking great now, but it was great today with immense potential to improve.
1996 Rousseau Clos St Jacques
This filled the room with crazy aromatics as soon as it was poured. There was earth, some beautiful pure red fruits, and immense complexity on the palate and super long finish. This also probably needs 5-10 to really blossom but was certainly worth opening.
1998 Rousseau Clos St Jacques
On the other hand, this 98 was drinking absolutely at peak. It had fantastic aromatics, if anything more explosive than the 96, with well integrated tannins and a very pleasurable finish. No sharp edges anywhere, this was just beautiful and my WOTN by a large margin.
1990 JJ Confuron Romanee St Vivant
This was a blast of Asian spices on the nose and a generous dollop of beautiful dark fruits. This was an exotic powerhouse which was drinking magnificently, only limited by length but only in comparison to the Rousseau and Griotte.
1996 DRC Romanee St Vivant
A bit more muted aromatically with a big hit of mid palate power; lovely fruit, which was restrained in comparison to the confuron. Somewhat short finish. A nice drink but perhaps a few years would improve it.
2002 Drouhin Griotte Chambertin
This was far fresher and younger than expected, if more integrated than the Fourrier. There was quite a bit of structure if not the same aromatic lift and finesse of the Fourrier. This was not helped by following the RSV and CSJs.
1961 Malliard Vosne 1er Malconsorts
Wonderfully alive and completely tertiary with a smorgasbord of spices and fruit. This was a stunning example of what 1ers can be if they survive the aging process. Great success!
by Mchangwine
5 Comments
Did everybody break out the DRC recently? Did I miss a memo? Sheesh!
Once in a lifetime event for 99.9% of wine drinkers humble bragged away as ‘fun.’
Thanks for sharing the wines and your notes on each. Does look like a lot of fun.
How is the dinner structured with this many wines to try out of interest? Is the menu chosen to compliment the wines or to try and remain neutral?
So this is awesome, and I have appreciated the notes and thoughts on a lot of these wines the past few days, but I’m a little tired of these being broadcast as ‘fun, ‘neat,’ ‘random’ events that should be treated as the norm or a non-serious venture.
The kind of money pictured here is close to most people’s wine budget for 3+ years and encompasses some extremely talented and serious winemakers. If you have the money and this is the norm for you, that’s truly great and I hope you enjoy it — but for the rest of us little folk I would like to see more self-aware and respectful commentary for what these wines actually deserve.
Not hating, it looked like a great time!
okay dude what the flip