Our “Bordeaux” group veered off again, meeting for a look at 1993 Burgundy at Noreetuh. Great food as always- fried chicken, musubi (spam, pork jowl, galbi, scallop) , skewers (Iberico pork, beef, artichoke heart), ramp gnocchi, steak. The fried chicken wines
2004 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rose Just a great bottle of rose. Strawberries and raspberries, rose petals, chalk. A gentle bready note, long and rich. A-/A
2008 AR Lenoble Blanc de Blancs Yeasty, sweet pear fruit, good length. B+/B
NV Gosset 15 Ans de Cave a minima This is a blend of late 90s vintages that spent more than 15 years on lees. There’s a dried fruit note and some almond nuttiness that shows the aging, but it is fresh and bright all the same. Quite fun. B+
1993 Burguet Gevrey-Chambertin Fairly ripe, deep black cherry fruit with some barnyard. Solid. B
1993 Emmanuel Rouget Nuits St. Georges Fairly large framed, sweet red and black cherry, with incense and leather notes. B+ (I liked, some loved)
1993 d'Angerville Clos des Ducs Volnay 1er No delicate little Volnay here, this is a powerful wine with some tannin remaining. Sappy, black cherry fruit, smoky,very long. (I loved, some just liked) A-
1993 Drouhin Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Lovely showing, a pointe and complex. Ethereal, fragrant, perfumed, with clean long finish. A-/B+
1993 Jadot Clos St Jacques Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Great showing. Clearly GC quality. Black plum and cherry, woodsmoke, mustard seed. Supple tannins, integrated acids, impressive length. My red WOTN on a very strong night. A-/A
1993 Faiveley Chambertin-Clos de Beze Solid fruit, good length, some loved, I liked but thought it still showed a severe wood presence. B+/B
1993 Chezeaux (Ponsot) Clos St. Denis A bit of barnyard, slightly prickly acids, but tasty black cherry fruit with fallen leaves and earth. B/B+
1993 Ponsot Chapelle Chambertin Full and a tad stern, with red cherry and plum fruit, an almost Rhone-ish smoked meat note, quite long. B+
Really fun lineup, very lucky all the wines showed well
One person (in the wine biz) was having his birthday, and restaurant gave us a Sauternes in honor of his birthday. The 2013 Lions de Suduiraut was light and fresh, a touch of apricots and honey, almost like a botrytis demi-sec . Not complex but quite fun! B
Good night.
Grade 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 party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.