On Nov 12, 10:03*am, DaleW > wrote:
> On Nov 12, 9:22*am, DaleW > wrote:
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> > A few winegeeks gathered at Morton's in midtown to check in on the
> > 1989 Bordeaux last night. A couple of cancellations left us with a
> > smaller group, but personally I like groups of 7. No worries re pours,
> > opportunities to retry things during the night, chance to actually
> > converse with everyone there.
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> > I just have to say, we got lucky. Nothing corked, no off bottles of
> > any kind, pretty much everything showed quite well. I enjoyed my crab
> > cake (the lone white was gone by then, the one weakness of Morton's
> > for claret dinners is not much red friendly on the appetizer list), my
> > ribeye, the sides.
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> > We started with a bottle of the 2004 Fevre "Bougros" Chablis GC
> > (actually, I never looked closely at the bottle, but assume this was
> > the regular Bougros and not the Cote de B-whatever). A really fine
> > showing, big with clean ripe fruit, but good acids, steely nose, chalk
> > and limestone. I really enjoyed this, and should have saved some for
> > that crab cake! Young but drinking quite well already. A-
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> > Ramon started us off with a blind bottle. *Clearly Bordeaux , with
> > cassis fruit and a bit of tobacco and leather. *I got just a slight
> > hint of bandaid and poop and started thinking Cordier. Some St Julien
> > guesses, when Ramon said no we went north and said St Estephe. I
> > thought maybe Meyney, but underestimated Ramon's generosity, it was
> > the 1989 Montrose. *Good and young, a better showing than a bottle at
> > Montrose vertical. It was pretty good then, but resipped towards the
> > end of the night it was showing especially well, and made it to #3 in
> > my voting for WOTN. A-
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> > Next up a few flights of two (not blind)
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> > 1989*Pichon Baron - dense, dark, and delicious. Nice texture,
> > excellent length. Young but drinking quite well. My WOTN vote. A-/A
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> > 1989 Pichon Lalande - much lighter color, more red (raspberry and red
> > currant) fruit, nice herbal notes. Bright acids. B+
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> > I think most preferred the Baron.
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> > 1989 Troplong Mondot - young, fresh, smokey, long. Very nice, but
> > holding *a bit in reserve right now. B+/A-
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> > 1989 *L’Evangile - very intense herbal/minty/menthol nose. 2 people
> > independently referenced Heitz Martha's without hearing each other.
> > Nice black fruits, that pretty herbal note, some cigarbox just peeking
> > in. Good length, I liked very much (my previous bottle didn't show so
> > much menthol). My #2 of the reds for the night. A-
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> > 1989 *Cos D’Estournel -softer than I expected, tobacco, earth, good
> > fruit. Surprisingly ready and very enjoyable. I think I was only
> > person who gave it slight edge over the Lynch. A-/B+
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> > 1989*Lynch Bages -big, burly, brawny. Very cassis driven, fairly
> > tannic, quite ripe. *Leadpencil/cedar. Nice but could use a little
> > time. B+/A-
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> > One last wine, served by itself. The 1989 Tertre Rotebeuf is a very
> > big wine, but doesn't seem ungainly or overextracted. Big dense dark
> > fruit, chocolate and a little olive note, long finish. Certainly
> > "modern-styled" but not over the top and quite attractive. A-/B+
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> > We finished with a 1989 Climens generously furnished by David. *This
> > is really singing. Apricots, bright citrus, candied orange peel. He
> > says he got this ex-chateau, color is light and young. Very long, very
> > delicious. Not allowed in the voting, but would have been a candidate
> > for WOTN. A-/A
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> > Fun night with a good group. Thanks Matt for organizing.
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> > Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an
> > excellent*wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I
> > wouldn't*drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I
> > offer no*promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of
> > consistency.**
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> I should ALWAYS look at the label rather than just listen. The Fevre
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I just bought a mixed case of 2007 Fevre and opened a Bougros-
CdB....delish!