Louis Roederer Cristal
Louis Roederer
Cristal Vinotheque Champagne Chardonnay Pinot Noir Blend 2008
Bright and vivid with great fruit. The acidity is really punchy. Classy but young — 3 months ago
Louis Roederer
Brut Premier Champagne Blend 1996
Bright and light and precise. Nuttiness and brioche with a good bit of acidity — 4 days ago
Louis Roederer
Starck Brut Nature Champagne Blend 2005
This has chilled out and has relaxed. No dosage, but it has evolved to a sweeter place. Really presentable now. Just needed 20 years to come around 😀 — 4 months ago
with Anne-marie
2005 or 2009? I'm sitting on some six packs of '09 👍
@Severn Goodwin, 2005. Leave the 09’s. They’ll rip your face off at this point…
Diamond Creek Vineyards
Gravelly Meadow Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2001
At Diamond Creek Vineyards
Decades of Rarities Wine Dinner
Prepared by chef Ken Frank from La Toque, Napa.
WINES
2015 Cristal champagne
2006 late disgorged L'Ermitage, Roederer estate
2011 Red Rock Terrace 1.5L
2001 Gravelly Meadows, 3L
1991 Volcanic Hill, 5L
1990 Lake, 3L
FOOD
Wellfleet Bay Scallop "pan roast"
Tagliatelle al Vino Rosso
Roasted rack of Veal
Cheese course
Warm apple tart — 19 days ago
with Brenda
I almost went to this dinner but they couldn’t tell me the menu. Important as I have some food allergies. I also asked about what they were pouring and they could not answer that either. For nearly $600 a person, I needed to know. Looks like a great dinner though.
x good year to be obsessed about...standout wines of the night were the 91 Volcanic Hill and the 2001 Gravelly Meadows. Really wanted to like the 1990 Lake(I have not tried Lake before), but it seemed a little light with a sharp finish. The 91 Volcanic Hill was singing with expressive notes of dark cherry, cedar, graphite, peppery and a nice long finish.
x too bad, it would have been nice to meet you. They had a nice group of people at the event with plenty of pours of wine. Hope they had a late night party cause I'm sure the 20 of us did not finish a 1.5L,3L,5L,3L of wine. Cheers!
"Odedi"
#AgedWineTuesday
Very light salmon in color.
Medium bodied with medium plus acidity. Crisp and refreshing.
Very dry on the palate with nice complexity.
Showing raspberries, limes, citrus, green apples, yeast, brioche, spices and minerals.
Still very young and needs 10 years in the bottle to mature properly. Would be nice to revisit it in 5 years.
Will continue to age nicely in the next 25 years.
A blend of 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay.
12% alcohol by volume.
91 points.
$800. — 2 days ago