WINE TALK
Brian_Pinci
6h
Our wine group friends Marc and Sandra hosted a dinner with some very old wines from his collection.
1988 Salon - Nose of brown sugar. Obviously some oxidation because of the rose color to it. Lots of acidity left on this and plenty of fruit. Nice finish. Shows very well. #5 wine for me.
1983 Roulot Meursault Les Mieux Chavaux - Lots of sewer funk on the nose. But it had a beautiful palate showing sweet wood Got much better with air and the sewer funk disappeared leaving a highly perfumed wine. Even the empty glass had a powerful nose after the wine was gone. A very memorable and controversial wine. #4 wine for me.
1980 Clair Dau Bonnes Mares - Had an appealing camphor nose with soy flavors to it as well as some spicy cloves. Went well with truffled cheese. But it fell apart after a while.
1980 Lucien Jayer Echezeau - A very clean nose and palate. Cherries still showing nicely with wonderful balance. Drank very young. So smooth and elegant. My #2.
1982 Dujac Charmes Chambertin - Nose of musty plums. But palate was too hot and sour for me. Not my favorite but others said it improved over the evening.
1982 Maume Charmes Chambertin - A bit bitter and acidic on the palate but some nice red fruit to it.
1969 Misserey Romanee St Vivant - Bottle said they are a negociant but also labeled that is was bottled by the domaine. Beautiful nose so smooth. Fresh and surprisingly young. A bit of cinnamon on nose and palate. My #1 as well as the groups.
1986 Dujac Clos St Denis - A got a lot of raspberries on this one - nose and palate. Very Nice wine. Definitely bramble berry showing up everywhere. Beautiful. My #3.
We also had a Port for dessert which was good but I forgot what it was, something old, but my palate was dead by then and I don’t really care for Port.
Our hosts were so gracious to open up such wonderful bottles for us. We truly enjoy tasting wines with this group.
