Last night I held a dinner featuring white truffles and wines with members of our wine group. Dinner was a lobster salad, duck prosciutto, and castlevere olives to start; scallop on a bed of wild rice and mushrooms with white truffles; risotto with white truffles; duck confit Hachis Parmentier with white truffles; cheeses. Two plus ounces of white truffles for four guys and three dishes works well.
2004 Vilmart Coeur de Cuvee - biscuit nose, toasted nuts, like a top white burgundy. Very nice
2014 Drouhin Meursault Genevrieres - almost clear, not really giving much last night but more open this morning. It should be a really nice wine in a few years
2011 Boillot Corton Charlemagne - nose was a little reserved; full bodied and good length. Probably close to peak.
2005 P. Morey Meursault Perrieres - one of the guys in the group who is very sensitive to oxidation initially thought it was, but after about 15 minutes it just exploded with honey, caramel, butterscotch and grand cru weight. Throughout the night this just kept on going and was certainly one of the wines of the night. Too bad it is my last bottle.
2006 Leflaive Chevalier - Someone mentioned having a bad 2006 Leflaive Chevalier so I thought we should check on my last bottle. The color was good, maybe a tad lighter than the Morey Perrieres, so that was good. It wasn’t oxidized or corked but a strange nose and bitter finish to this. I tasted it again this morning and it hadn’t changed. Not sure I’ve ever had a white burg that showed like this. Strange and very irritating. I should have sent this back to Leflaive with the other 23,000 bottles to be reconditioned.
2001 Confuron Romanee St Vivant - Good color with a spicy brambly nose; not a big wine but nicely balanced. This suffered in comparison to the Ponsot wines.
1999 Ponsot Clos de la Roche - A fairly recently purchased bottle in pristine shape; decanted for three hours. Dark color of the '99 vintage. effusive nose of dark fruits and great depth to this wine. Beautiful texture which continued throughout the night. Years fo life left and one of the best wines I have had recently.
2005 Ponsot Clos de la Roche - Also decanted about three hours ahead. Not quite as dark at the rim as the '99 but darker than the '01 Confuron. This had a spicy mineral nose with a little smoke and wood but not quite as open and dense as the '99. I’m not sure if the six year difference is the reason but this was the 99’s younger brother. A very good wine that probably needs some more time to show all it has.
1983 Yquem i bought a case of 24 half bottles on release for something silly like $25 a bottle and this bottle hasn’t moved since I put the case in storage. A perfect fill with a light caramel color, not as dark as a recent 86. Unctuous, honey, tropical fruits, toasted coconut with a mouth coating finish. A great showing for this.