Was in Healdsburg for an event with some clients, stopped by Matheson which has a famous wine wall, offering splashes and glasses of top wines, including Opus One, Ridge Monte Bello, and Vérité. But the amazing one is they have DRC Grands-Echezeaux 2020 available.
Now, I know $150 is a stupid price for a splash, but the cheapest price for the bottle in the US is $3K and if the splash is 1 Oz, which is the preset on a Vinotemp, then thus values the bottle around $3,800, which means we're not really getting ripped off on the wine.
So I took the plunge!
Most tannic Pinot I've ever had.
This is obviously way too young, but you can already see brilliance here.
Perfumed nose with raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, orange rind, pomegranate, slight clove and cinnamon stick. Slight powdered cinnamon and cocoa on the nose.
Needs decades, but I can tell this will be brilliant. BH gave this a 96, which is an insanely high score for them.
92++ points
by rnjbond
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2020 Montebello?
Looks like they’re running a baby meat grinder in there!
I did something similar for my first try to Opus One (’18 or ’19… I forgot). I don’t think I’d pay that much for a splash but the $25 or so I paid for maybe 3oz pour of Opus One was worth it because I may never spend hundreds/thousands on a single bottle.
Must be nice to be at one of these with good bottles. The place near my house that has these machines keeps them full of mid $25-$60 bottles so it’s not worth ever going for me
Thank you for this im gonna go spend way too much money there 🙏
I’m driving up there tomorrow wtf
Edit: Driving there tonight 😭