A few of us got together at Viet Ly’s place last night to let him cook us a midweek dinner. Damn, he can cook. How could I say No to that invitation. Plus, in WBer style, we can’t just do a few bottles. No, we have to do 9 bottles across 5 guys, all poured blind… I survived to take some notes and play it back below. A few others were taking notes and some photos so let’s see if they add to the thread here. Viet, thanks again pal. Great meal and evening.
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2000 Château Léoville Poyferré - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien (5/29/2019)
Served blind. Subtle wine in all respects for me. Cedar, spice, fresh berry that comes across pure and clean. This drank great, and was quite a contrast to the 2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet that followed it! -
2008 Jacquesson & Fils Champagne Dizy Terres Rouges Rosé - France, Champagne (5/29/2019)
About a year since my previous bottle. Disgorged 02/2014, 3.5 g/l dosage, 100% PN. Has the same ruby/pink color as the last bottle, one of the darker Rose champagnes I can recall. Watermelon, cherry but more soft in tone and lacking for me some complexity, the spine I was looking for. I have 2 more of these on futures and I wonder whether I will like the remaining two that are enroute? Not a bad wine, but lacking energy that I wanted. -
2011 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne-Montrachet Les Ancegnières - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet (5/29/2019)
Has a green tropical note, like a green banana and guava thing. Hard to describe, this is the best I can do to identify it. Lemon oil, with lots of minerality that helps define the finish. Closes with an anise/black licorice note that is subtle but cool. When the wine warmed a bit more, some green apple came through, too. Overall, I enjoyed this. -
2012 Marie et Pierre Bénetière Côte-Rôtie Cordeloux - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie (5/29/2019)
Second time I have had this wine, and similarly to the last time, this bottle was served blind. The aromatic reminded me of the early year’s of Pisoni Syrah (Susan’s Hill), showing a bit of the stone fruit pit note/apricot that I like. Beyond that, lavender and cedar, too. Black raspberry, subtle bluerberry and a gamy quality. Thought this was drinking nicely. -
2013 Casalino Brunello di Montalcino - Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino (5/29/2019)
Served blind. Tobacco leaf aroma and rose petal. Cherry, earth, with a touch of red candy. -
2014 Marie Courtin Champagne Concordance Extra Brut - France, Champagne (5/29/2019)
Served blind. Disgorged 12/17, same as the bottle we had a week ago. 100% PN, zero dosage, sans soufre. Light bread dough aroma, yellow apple, lime, saline and chalk on the first few tastes. Eventually, the red berry comes through, a black cherry and raspberry, along with a leaner tone and better focus. -
2016 Bernard Levet Côte-Rôtie Maestria - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie (5/29/2019)
Served blind. This was my WOTN across the 9 bottles we did blind. Love the florals on the aromatic–think of dried purple flower, joined by black olive. Inky, rocky, blue fruited with terrific structure. Terrific wine. -
2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani Ranch - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley (5/29/2019)
Opened this at 10AM, which was 10 hours before we poured it. This looks like the same wine I tasted from barrel in 2017, showing the ink staining color in the stem last night when we poured it around the table blind. This is still tannic, it does throw off a bit of an alcohol signature and it’s a big wine. Curtis Chen (C Chen) will have a note on this and took the leftover with him so I would go with his note as a reference. This was the last wine of the night, preceded by 8 others and I have to admit I was getting a tired palate by this point, which is why Curtis has the best shot here to tell the story from the leftovers. -
2016 Clos Saint Joseph Syrah Côtes de Provence - France, Provence, Côtes de Provence (5/29/2019)
I am going to take a less enthused position on this wine. Served blind. Purple fruit, some maple syrup, tar, iron. What I also noticed in the aromatic was something fumey, what reminded me of elevated alcohol. Overall, this seemed more modern and out of my comfort zone because what I perceived to be the riper tones.
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