Small aperitif session with a good friend begins with 2022 Domaine de l’enclos Chablis, which was very easy to drink, so golden and full. Would not have picked Chablis blind, but what else is new in 2022. More attractive right now than a recent 2022 Vaudésir from this Domaine, but still not my favorite expression. Should probably try a different vintage.
Time to transition to the suave 2009 Chateau Duhart-Milon. I don’t drink much Bordeaux, out of inertia, and the fact that it’s not the first match for my pescatarian diet. But this does not need meat and is very seductive in the mouth. I suppose it’s not the most ‘classic’ vintage and others will have a better sense of future trajectories. But for a firm seductive generous interpretation of Pauillac, this was a pleasure.
Probably not the best timing to attempt drinking 2019 Paolo Bea San Valentino Umbria Rosso afterwards. Fierce and tart, very hard to wrap our heads and palates around this. Had plenty of air, but maybe needed days rather than hours…
