At this past Telluride Wine Festival I was fortunate to meet a wonderful wine savvy lady who has probably forgotten more about wine then I will ever know. So when I found out I was coming to town the invite went out with a bribe of Flannery Hangers and wine.
We started with a bottle of Jacques Selosse Initial Champagne. A very atypical champ, it was full bodied with a somewhat earthy finish. Now the last thing I am is a champagne expert, and it was nothing like the 90 Krug I had a couple of weeks ago but I found this an interesting wine and liked it.
Next we moved onto the 91 Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru…Diane and I were both blown away how good this wine was, nothing like the newer styles of meaty burgs, this was just a elegant style of burg that was silky smooth and delicious.
After that was dinner and we opened a 90 Lagrange. Lovely bdx nose, I could tell right away I’d enjoy swirling it for quite a while, the palate was not quite as good as the nose…it was certainly a good wine, but it didn’t rival the burg.
We finished up with a 2000 Dereszla Tokaji #3…It was good but didn’t excite me, perhaps in a few years it will show it’s stuff.
All in all a wonderful night of eating, drinking and talking, I was lucky to meet up with Diane and look forward to skiing and drinking with her this winter.
I had a chance to drink the '90 Lagrange two weekends back and I thought it was great. I agree that the nose is the primary highlight, but I liked the whole package. If the Burg was better, I gotta get me some of that…
My note:
1990 Château Lagrange St. Julien. Oh man, is this nice on the nose! Its bouquet is fantastically luscious and enveloping—with warm creamy notes of pure cherry and raspberry fruit accented nicely by aromas of rose petals, pencil shavings, tar oil and creosote. It is almost like a theoretical blending of an aged Bordeaux and a riper-year Barolo. In the mouth, it displays great balance between the earthy moss notes and the finely-spiced cherry and mixed berry fruit. The fruit feels ripe and pure, with the warmth of the vintage apparent in a good way throughout the palate journey. There is just enough light acidity and gentle tannin structure to hold it all together. It is nicely-textured, finely-flowing, solidly-fruited and certainly rich but not overdone. It finishes with a late uptake of tannin and just a hint of bitter anise to go with the lingering dark chocolate and cherry after-taste.
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