Good week-end with a good friend coming over from Bretagne. Above and beyond the wines below, we had a great lunch at l’Accord Parfait in Divonne (wood fire oven galore) and I made my regionally accurate Crozets (friend took a picture of the dish so I’ll try to get it). The recipe in a nutshell is: cream, lardons, Crozets, Gruyère+Comté, heavy cream, repeat for 2nd layer and top with a Reblochon cut in half lengthwise and bake in oven+broil… decadent. We make this for everybody’s first time in our area.
Friday lunch:
Very nice. I had been told that Grivault’s Pommard was eternal well, not false. That 1997 was pretty much spot on: evolved nose with everything you want from an old red Côtes de Beaune yet so much life and vigor! Sous-bois, mushroom, old worn out leather but also red berries. The palate is evolved but still shows great vivacity with red berries and medium acidity. The tannins are on the way out though. Great bottle and lot of fun to drink this.
Nose and profile is true to BdB. Nice concentration and chalky finish.
I had a bottle of this on Tuesday and mentioned it was great but not necessarily a QPR winner. I was wrong. This is a smashing wine! Absolutely beautiful: lots of fruit, medium-plus acidity, good structure, nice length on good fruit and tight minerals. 46 euros and I asked my buddy to put 6 aside for me. Amazing Bojo.
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OK. Nothing bad with it: forest floor and dead leaves on the nose. Palate is mostly tertiary with some fruit left but not enough. Enjoyable.
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Wow, amazing QPR. This was the 4th bottle of the evening with two aficionados drinking them in a short lapse of time so my judgment could be called into question but for 22 euros, this is a steal: fresh, green apple and citrus but then comes the buttery nuances. Round bodied with fresh cut and decent length. Very nice Champagne.
Complex. Very good. Fruit, pastry, oxidative undertones. It had me miss part of the discussion when i had my first sip. Very engaging. Must buy more.
Ok. A little stemmy, decent pure fruit but missing complexity. A little bit of a letdown.
I was expecting more ripe fruit on this 2018. A little austere and boring. I’ll revisit tomorrow.
Edit Day 2: it fleshed out. We now have ripe cherry and some light spices on the nose. The palate is medium with good fruit and a little bit of earth, medium-low acidity and a medium finish on tarter berries and fine tannins.
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Here it is. Looks like nothing, eats like heaven (well a cheesy, heavy heaven):
