Catching up on recent wines consumed here:
1998 Ridge Lytton Springs
nose: berries and more berries, with creeping hints of tarriness emergining later palate: thick, rich, fruity, but balanced; still youthful in feel
Consumed with braised lamb, this wine lived upto expectations. It was fruity without descending into overripeness and it managed to have enough restraint to make it a decent food wine.
1990 Louis Jadot Cote de Beaune-Villages
nose: initially, dired flowers, light berry fruit; later, smoke; later still, sappy notes and spices palate: initially, light but fruity; later, gaining depth; later still, getting acidic
This wine was a recent purchase at a charity auction (notes on the tasting to follow eventually, I hope), sold in a lot with a '93 Jadot
1er. I must admit to having doubts about the ability of a Cote de Beaune-Villages from a forward year like '90 to hold this long, so I opened it right before dinner and tried it immediately. In the end, my worries were misplaced, as the wine not only survived over an hour after opening, it actually improved for the first 30 minutes. Most pleasant, and a great surprise. Next on the agenda, an '89 Chevillon NSG -- another charity auction purchase.
Mark Lipton