2006 J. Coudray-Bizot Vosne “La Croix Rameau” - Man, was this delicious. It’s funny - objectively, this was not close to a great wine - a little short, a little lean (especially for a 2006, where I’m used to fairly lush fruit, even with 2006s opened recently). But this has the most marvellous red fruit perfume, it fills the whole kitchen when the bottle is opened and when you take a sip, it hits your nose again from inside your mouth. Light as a feather - this goes down far too easy, and doesn’t have “power”, but it’s just irresistable. I didn’t know what this vineyard was - bought it at Flatiron just as a shot at a nice Vosne - and after my first few sips I immediately ran to the computer to look it up - the class was obvious like that. Was not surprised to find out it’s basically a baby RSV.
2003 Dom Perignon - Through a series of odd circumstances, this is my fifth or sixth bottle of this, none of which I’ve paid for. Its very good, and surprisingly mature - there’s a slight caramelly edge to it and a touch of funk that, in a NV wine, would make me suspect that the house had gone to the well for some reserve wine. As a result, it drinks excellently now - lemony, smoky, even spiced - I don’t think this sees oak, but it tastes like it could have - and a bit of caramel that shows more on the nose than in the mouth. Very long. I don’t know if this is $150 of wine, but its real tasty.
1997 JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr GKA - Second bottle of this within several weeks. The first I thought might be a touch heat damaged, since it was a seeper, but this shows much the same. Nice but not profound, very sweet, a botrytal burnt-sugar edge, pineapple, apricot, less limey than Prum’s spatlesen, which is what I usually drink. Sulfury when first opened, as per usual from Prum - better on day two, as per usual for Prum. Very concentrated.