2002 Dinner
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:23 am
Discussion on BWE prompted us to have a dinner featuring 2002 wines.
With cheese, sausage, and olives before dinner we drank
2002 Pol Roger. Last winter I was disappointed in the '02 Pol Roger in magnums as it was rather sweet and even flabby. In 750 format the wine is showing very well now even if it will gain further complexity. C, who is Christian Pol Roger's cousin, pronounced it a very good vintage for PR.
With flat iron steak and baked potatoes we drank
2002 La Lagune. The bouquet is wonderful and Margaux like. Although very tasty, the wine was not as intense as I expected after smelling.
2002 Trotanoy. Deeper taste than the La Lagune and has some Pomerol black fruit. Still, this wine has a great pedigred and this tasting reaffirms my belief that 2002 was much less successful on the right bank than on the left.
2002 Pape Clement. Very concentrated with oodles of black fruit. Still unformed but nevertheless approachable. Great with the steak.
Four diners said that the La Lagune was their favorite; two, including me but not Lucie, liked the Pape Clement best. Both groups mostly placed the Trotanoy as number 2. Everyone liked all the wines. I think that the La Lagune is best for drinking now and the other two will continue to improve, although I doubt that the Trotanoy will ever be in the class of the vintages of Trotanoy that we remember.
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Tonight with grilled turkey and grilled asparagus Lucie and I revisited a young friend--2003 du Tertre. It is close to its time of maturity, although the fragrance will certainly become more floral with age. The fruit, consisting mostly of Brazos berries, is very sweet and satisfying. Neither of us detected any burnt berries. Du Tertre continues to be, IMO, one of the great bargains from Bordeaux.
With cheese, sausage, and olives before dinner we drank
2002 Pol Roger. Last winter I was disappointed in the '02 Pol Roger in magnums as it was rather sweet and even flabby. In 750 format the wine is showing very well now even if it will gain further complexity. C, who is Christian Pol Roger's cousin, pronounced it a very good vintage for PR.
With flat iron steak and baked potatoes we drank
2002 La Lagune. The bouquet is wonderful and Margaux like. Although very tasty, the wine was not as intense as I expected after smelling.
2002 Trotanoy. Deeper taste than the La Lagune and has some Pomerol black fruit. Still, this wine has a great pedigred and this tasting reaffirms my belief that 2002 was much less successful on the right bank than on the left.
2002 Pape Clement. Very concentrated with oodles of black fruit. Still unformed but nevertheless approachable. Great with the steak.
Four diners said that the La Lagune was their favorite; two, including me but not Lucie, liked the Pape Clement best. Both groups mostly placed the Trotanoy as number 2. Everyone liked all the wines. I think that the La Lagune is best for drinking now and the other two will continue to improve, although I doubt that the Trotanoy will ever be in the class of the vintages of Trotanoy that we remember.
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Tonight with grilled turkey and grilled asparagus Lucie and I revisited a young friend--2003 du Tertre. It is close to its time of maturity, although the fragrance will certainly become more floral with age. The fruit, consisting mostly of Brazos berries, is very sweet and satisfying. Neither of us detected any burnt berries. Du Tertre continues to be, IMO, one of the great bargains from Bordeaux.