weekend wines – week 41 2018

17.10.2018billn

Well, it was my birthday – so they tell me – I stopped counting a long time ago!

Just passing comments: The 2014 Jean-Claude Courtault, Chablis was fresh, phenolic, questionably ripe, but unquestionably energetic and enjoyed – then once the guests had all arrived I opened the champers! The Jacquesson Cuvée 741 is my style of wine – the nose could certainly have been more precise but the mid and finishing flavours had both nice energy and an engaging clarity – good! Then came three 2016 Pouilly-Fuissé, Roc de Boutires – samples – but why not let an audience appreciate them – details to follow. Then a brace of Chambolle-Charmes from Alex Gambal – the 2007 had a nose that was approaching if not fully volatile but as it began to blow off became engagingly floral. The palate was round but balanced and tasty – good. The 2008 was much nicer with more drive to both aromatic and flavour – it lingered well too – definitely a notch higher interest here. The 1998 Maume, Mazis-Chambertin will be written up in my forthcoming Burgundy Report (on 1998s) – but it was, just for the record, excellent. Lastly a half-bottle of something that looked like engine oil – a magnificent half-bottle of ’20 year-old’ Pedro-Ximenez, Fortnum & Mason – bought there in the summer – magnificent (encore!), great wine – totally unperturbed by either ripe Epoisses or desert. Fabulous stuff!

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There are 2 responses to “weekend wines – week 41 2018”

  1. lscruess17th October 2018 at 5:28 pmPermalinkReply

    Great call on the P-X, Bill. A hugely underappreciated wine and a fitting cap to a celebration.

    • billn17th October 2018 at 6:02 pmPermalinkReply

      Yes – it need not just be for Christmas!

  2. goughie1317th October 2018 at 7:31 pmPermalinkReply

    Good to hear the 98 Maume Mazis was so good 😉 . Would have loved a taste of that 🙂

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