Very grateful for a night like this. @Mikael_OB and his local friend Dennis for being so helpful and accomodating to everyone.
Everytime i travel or I’m on edge, I get sick. My wedding day, or a winetasting. Thursday was no different. After a few nights out and about town in both Amsterdam and Copenhagen I was done. My body needed a recharge.
There was nothing to be done that night. The restaurant was booked, people took trains in and booked hotels… I had to do with a nap and a simple medicinal jumpstart.
Every wine was blinded and then discusses before revealed.
These notes are the lowpoint of my ‘career’. My nose was stuffed and I was dead. Sorry not sorry 
Flight one.
Brut Nature VS Dosage
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2015 Augustin ‘Air’
Lovely reductive notes and a very nice white fruit nose with a subtle red berry finish and a touch of salinity. 2015 but disgorged 2022. 50% Chardo and 50% Pinot Noir. Lovely -
2008 Delamotte BdB Millesime
This seemed so much younger, but it was of course just the dosage that played the trick here. White tropical fruits and and a long chalky finish.
Flight two.
Two styles of Riesling
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2018 Keller Hubacker
Electric deep acidity. Tapping into the electric grid of Europe here. Clear from the go we were dealing with a special producer due to the cleanliness, complexity and restrained fruits in an otherwise warm vintage. Shows an expert behind it. -
2012 Trimbach Clos st. Hune
Darker color and ‘fuller’ than the Keller, with a nose of tropical fruits and for me a typical alsation dusty old nose due. Not complex, not challenging but just very nice and harmonic.
Flight three
Here and There
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2015 Henrik Möbitz, Kanzel (Weissburgunder)
I was wondering for a moment if we were being teased with a Bernaudeau because of the floral honeyish but acid forward character. I wasn’t right, but it was a very long and beautiful weissburgunder from Möbitz. Can last for many more years. -
2011 Jerome Lenoir Chinon Blanc
Deep slightly orange pour with a fragrance explosion of acacia, dried lemon peel and a to me signature loire extended elevage touch of fallen leaves or mustiness(not TCA just very old barrels). Very interesting and beautiful bottle.
Flight Four
Burgundy and Rhone
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2017 Yann Durieux Recrue des Sens Les 1er Ponts
VA carrying a lot of red fruit forward and otherwise very Jura red in style. Interesting. My first non mousy Durieux. -
2017 Gonon St. Joseph
This was popped and poured and that was really not the way to go as it really only starting offering glimpses into what it could have been by last glass. I had this same vintage last year and after three hours decanting it was a very different memory than this. Nearly screeching violet fruits and oak this night. Again, last glass a very different story.
Flight Five
Burgundy.
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2017 Henri Boillot Criots Batard Montrachet
Me and the guest next to me called white Jura. Quickly it was mentioned that it’s same region. Could the red next to it be Jura Pinot? Mmmm not really, it was too polished for it. I really think this bottle was similar in build to a powerful Chardo from the greats in Jura. Sesame, long chalky finish and just powerful. -
2018 Lignier-Michelot Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
No, this was absolutely not a Trousseau or a Jura Pinot… We thought about the Trousseau for a while because there was an underlying play on spices, but that’s about it. For the rest it was very cherry forward with a long finish. Beautiful bottle, but in absolute infancy.
Flight Six
Is it Bordeaux or is it Italy?
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1989 Lynch Bages
This was pretty easy to call from the start. It was clear we where in Bordeaux. A bit of brett and very ripe, nearly jammy fruits. Graphite and pyrazines in abundance that almost made me think we were in Loire. -
2001 Antinori Solaia
I thought we were in Italy here, but I couldn’t exactly place why. Cedar, smokiness and a certain jammy thing. Not my vibe but clearly a good wine.
Flight Seven
Is it from Jura and is it even alive?
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1908 Sandeman Port
Much doubt and worry if this had survived the years. We managed to get a bit out of it and what was there was beautiful. Long dark chocolate nose with caramelised fruits. Very special to try something like this. -
2010 Cailloux du Paradis Evidence
The table started in Jura, and after a long discussion settled there. But it’s a difficult blinder! It’s an oxidative Menu Pineau with 10 years of Flor. The color sets it apart from a Vin Jaune. Long caramel finish with grapefruit as the dominant fruit. Special stuff.
Left at 23PM because I needed to drive up to Denmark the next day. The table continued with some Labet and Elise Bougey.
Until next time Mikael!
