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Lunch Wines from All Over
A surfeit of white wines at this blind tasting lunch:
2004 Vincent Girardin Chassagne Montrachet Le Cailleret – loight colour, nose with lemon and a tropical hint, slightly high acidity, medium body and medium concentration. Decent. 2004 Ch. Haut Bergey – this white Bordeaux wasn’t showing much nose – maybe a bit of lime, and was clean and fresh. Bit cold. 2004 Ch. Smith Haut Lafitte – very slight mustiness quickly went away and left a very pleasant wine with citrus nose, elegant balanced and tasty. 1998 Castello di Fonterutoli Chianti Classico – black cherry in the nose and a hint of cinnamon, medium weight, a tad lean, still some tannins, decent length and a dry finish. 1995 Ch de Cruzeau – this little Bordeaux had been excellent for years but is now fading, with the frist bottle corked and the second showing pleasant but sliding. 1999 Ceretto Monsordo – a blend of cab, merlot, syrah and Nebbiolo from Piemonte , this was from my cellar and a bit of a disappointment. Dark, with a cocoa nose, sweet entry and medium tannin, decent balance and a graphite hint at the end, it was ultimately unsatisfying and lacked geographic context. 2000 Vergelegen Estate wine – this si always good quality, 100% cabernet with a nice, slightly funky warm fruit nose with a hint of leather, good stuffing lots of acid and tannin and a dry finish. 1994 La Jota Howell Mountain Cab – I wouldn’t have believed that this would be ready for drinking, but it was very good. Deep red, nicely scented with a bit of mushroom and blackberry, it was actually fairly soft and drinkable now! 2004 Cayuse Camaspelo (Walla Walla) – 70% cab, 20% merlot, 10% cab franc. Excellent sweet cherry nose, soft and supple on palate with very good length. Ready now and delicious. 2003 Tormaresca Masseria Maime (Apulia) – dark purple wine with nice nose with some spice, a bit hot, good body and slightly bitter finish. Quite good. 2000 Aalto Ribera del Duero – dark wine, still tannic, with a beef and vanilla nose, with a hint of salt, and some pluminess. Full bodied and juicy with a future ahead. 1991 Quinta do Noval – medium red colour, hot ripe nose, this was quite light on palate and hot and spicy but lacked the fruit to convince me it was a vintage Port . Browning a bit. Time to drink this. |
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