Burgundy dinner notes.

The usual post wine festival meal with Roy Hersh, up from Seattle.

First, we tasted a few half full bottles that one of our crew had
liberated from another tasting

2006 Dom. de la Mordoree Reine des Bois CNduP – warm funky nose, dark
colour, fairly tannic still, but smooth and quite long. Really,
really good!

2006 Radio Coteau La Neblina Pinot Noir – nice slightly warm earthy
nose, this had a fairly ripe flavour profile and good length. I liked
it.

2001 Dom. de Courcel Pommard Grand Cru Clos des Epenots – nose
subdued, middle decent, ending high in acidity.

Then we started with two whites brought by members:

2002 Wm. Fevre Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos – medium colour, and a very
good nose with a little lime and stones, great stuffing on palate, and
nice lengthy finish. I liked this a lot.

1996 Drouhin Corton Charlemagne – this nice wine was starting to show
it’s age in terms of colour but still had a nice mature nose that I
think threw the guys used to drinking such wines young, a bit. Honey
and spice. Good balance, but the fact that it faded in the glass
indicates that it is nearing the end of its road.

From then on, we were into our theme, which was premier cru wines from
Nuits St. Georges.

2002 Robert Chevillon NSG Les Chaignots – great way to start off, with
a pleasant sweet fruit nose, smooth n the mouth and ending with soft
tannins. Going back to it later showed a nose that had developed and
improved. Very Good.

2003 Faiveley NSG Aux Chaignots – nose closed compared to the
Chevillon, good structure here but harder tannins coupled with good
fruit indicated more time will be rewarded.

1999 Dom. des Perdrix NSG Les Terres Blanches – heaviest bottle of the
day – hate to pay their shipping bills. Leather and strawberries in
the nose, good fruit and soft tannins. Very presentable.

2006 Robt. Arnoux Clos des Corvees Pagets – dark and somewhat tannic,
with a warmer toasty nose and a hint f bret, this one was pretty good,
but nowhere near ready.

1995 A. Chopin et fils NSG Aux Murgers – only a very light funkiness
in this nose, which was mostly good fruit, and a balanced clean wine,
perhaps the best balance of the night. The nose cleaned up to show
nothing but pleasant bright fruit. Widely regarded as the wine most on
point that evening.

1990 Thibault Liger-Belair Les St. Georges – funky nose with almost a
hint of TCA, but it blew off, so it wasn’t. Drying out a bit, this one
was past it’s peak.

2004 Yquem – yes, infanticide, but the cork was pulled, there I was
with a glass in my hand, what was I to do…. Pineapple nose that later
took on some pine needle elements, light colour, medium sweet, great
flavour intensity, but the finish s still a bit abrupt. Needs LOTS of
time.

1968 Oliveiras reserve Boal Madeira – a red/brown colour, typical
penetrating maderised nose, full in the mouth with exceptional
length. Why, oh why do these magnificent wines receive so little
attention?