Our Bordeaux group met Wednesday at Noreetuh in the East Village. Nice plac e, great service, wine geeky staff. The food is Hawaiian - influenced and n ot exactly perfect for Bordeaux , but we made do. Food was all very good, a nd I’d love to return sans claret to try the ankimo torchon, octopu s, various pokes, etc.
2010 Remy Massin Champagne "Special Club" Green apple, crisp, very BdB. I liked more and more. B+/A-NV (2010) Christophe Mignon “Pur Meunier” Brut Nature Blanc De Noirs Big, rich, toasty, stern. Others liked more than I did B
We had truffle taro chips, pork jowl musubi, spicy salmon musubi, & spam mu subi. We split a big order of the mochiko fried chicken (which came with p ickles including ...strawberry). Most people had wagyu with chinese brocco li & fried rice, I didn’t want to be part of the Borg so ordered th e 5 spice pork chop with pineapple spaetzle. Yeah, not dream match (the bee f had chili oil), but everything was very good.
Theme was ‘83 and ‘88 Bordeaux
1983 Ch. Canon Red fruited, herby/spicy, elegant. B+/A-1988 Ch. Canon This is a bit horsier than previous bottles. Black fruit, leather, barnyard . Still some tannin. But tasty in a somewhat rustic style. B+/B.
1983 Ch. Gruaud Larose Quite elegant for GL, red and black currant, tobacco, earth. B+1988 Ch.Gruaud Larose Powerful, tannic, black fruited. Needs a steak. B/B+
1983 Ch. Pichon Lalande Lovely, elegant, cassis framed with coffee and tobacco A-1988 Ch. Pichon Lalande A little stern especially at first, but a classic PL in the making- blackcu rrant, a pleasant green/herb edge (PV?), sandalwood. B+/B
1983 Ch. L’Evangile Corked1988 Ch. La Conseillante Big, a little stern, tasted more ‘88 than Pomerol. This would have been nice with a TBone. B
1988 La Mission Haut Brion Deep, long, young, cigarbox and spicebox. Classy. A-Other than my corked L’Evangile I’d happily drink any of th ese. WOTN voting
1983 Pichon Lalande 19 1988 La Mission Haut Brion 16 1983 Canon 3 1988 Conseillante 2 1983 Gruaud 1 1988 Gruaud 1Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C drinkable. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a p arty where it was only choice.Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivi ty, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.