Notes from the monthly blind tasting wine lunch:
2021 Daydreamer Chardonnay Marcus Ansems – mid colour, and with a nice citrus based nose with some spice elements, good length and slightly reductive.
2011 Selbach-Oster Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese – some colour, good acidity, very smooth and long, sweet but very well balanced.
1996 Jean Boillot & Fils Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Cailles – lightening colour in this one, some iron and also barnyard in the nose and the fruit was holding up well. Excellent length. Good showing at this age.
1993 Ch. La Fleur-Petrus – I brought this one as I figured that as most people are very left bank oriented, they wouldn’t even consider the possibility of it being a year like 93, which was very poor in the Left Bank but had some decent wines from the Right Bank, like this one. Lighter colour than the younger wines and it had some light browning at the edges. Purple plummy fruit still evident in the nose with some Rhonish notes, and some earthy mushroom elements as well. Medium length finish. Good showing for the vintage.
2011 Burlotto Barolo – fairly dark, with a sweet ripe fruit nose and clean acidity. This kept improving in the glass.
2001 Domenico Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra – a dark wine with an intense nose of dark fruit, slightly dusty, full flavoured and smooth with significant tannins.
1985 Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon – these chenin blancs have always been great values and this was no exception. It was a light amber colour, had a nose that would steer you toward sauternes and a long clean finish. So tasty we kept coming back to it. Not as sweet as a Sauternes but with a persistent similar nose. Excellent.