SF BWE does it again!
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:22 pm
Many of the SF BWE usual suspects got together for an amazing evening of wines that showed very well. Lisa and I met up with MichaelP and Nalan, Arv and Jen from Sacramento, and Bill and Jan who are spending the semester in Berkeley.
We started with a 2002 Pol Roger en magnum, which is fully mature, very rich and fruity, and very enjoyable. A perfect apertif Champagne.
MichaelP of course had a blind bottle. This one was mature (of course) but hads loads of ripe round fruit and dusty cocoa on the palate. I thought it might be a 1964 Right Bank, Lisa thought a 1975 Pomerol. Others were a bit further off. It turned out to be a minor 1982 Pomerol (I think it was a Lafleur-Gazin, but not 100% sure). Not complex but very enjoyable.
I brought a 1978 Jaboulet CdP from a recent re-release. Truly excellent, fresh and very ripe with that magic combination of wine that is fully mature but still has loads of fruit and is at its peak. If you see Jaboulet re-releases, I highly recommend them.
Next came a 1985 Langoa Barton, which was a little green though perfectly fine, and a great 1988 Cos. Tasted exactly how 1988 should taste, muscular but fully resolved, no fat but intense and complex fruit. I liked it a lot, and I am not a big Cos fan.
Next came the 2000s plus a bonus 2001. I started slowing down at this point. The 2000 Saint Pierre was unexceptional to me, and I missed the 2000 Leoville Barton (big mistake on my part). The 2000 Lynch Bages was fabulous, really impressive juice. Starting to develop secondaries but with loads of fruit. This is a reincarnation of the 1990. I have a 3L of it I will bring to a BWE event someday. And the 2001 Ducru Beaucaillou was very good as well.
For dessert we had a 2001 Lafaurie Peyraguey. Super tasty with lots of botrytis. Huge fruit as well, but with decent acidity.
A great group of people with a bunch of great wines. Who could ask for anything more?
SF Ed
We started with a 2002 Pol Roger en magnum, which is fully mature, very rich and fruity, and very enjoyable. A perfect apertif Champagne.
MichaelP of course had a blind bottle. This one was mature (of course) but hads loads of ripe round fruit and dusty cocoa on the palate. I thought it might be a 1964 Right Bank, Lisa thought a 1975 Pomerol. Others were a bit further off. It turned out to be a minor 1982 Pomerol (I think it was a Lafleur-Gazin, but not 100% sure). Not complex but very enjoyable.
I brought a 1978 Jaboulet CdP from a recent re-release. Truly excellent, fresh and very ripe with that magic combination of wine that is fully mature but still has loads of fruit and is at its peak. If you see Jaboulet re-releases, I highly recommend them.
Next came a 1985 Langoa Barton, which was a little green though perfectly fine, and a great 1988 Cos. Tasted exactly how 1988 should taste, muscular but fully resolved, no fat but intense and complex fruit. I liked it a lot, and I am not a big Cos fan.
Next came the 2000s plus a bonus 2001. I started slowing down at this point. The 2000 Saint Pierre was unexceptional to me, and I missed the 2000 Leoville Barton (big mistake on my part). The 2000 Lynch Bages was fabulous, really impressive juice. Starting to develop secondaries but with loads of fruit. This is a reincarnation of the 1990. I have a 3L of it I will bring to a BWE event someday. And the 2001 Ducru Beaucaillou was very good as well.
For dessert we had a 2001 Lafaurie Peyraguey. Super tasty with lots of botrytis. Huge fruit as well, but with decent acidity.
A great group of people with a bunch of great wines. Who could ask for anything more?
SF Ed