LeDomduVin: Mise en place!

Mise en place!

When you're a Sommelier, having some classics from Bordeaux and Burgundy on hand in the cellar is essential. 😊👍🍷 

Cheers! Santé!

Dom

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LeDomduVin: Nice line-up again - Clinet 2010, Margaux 1982 and La Mission Haut-Brion 2016

Nice line-up again - Clinet 2010, Margaux 1982 and La Mission Haut-Brion 2016

The other day, I opened, prepared, and served these 3 great wines:

Chateau Clinet Pomerol 2010

It has a deep, dark, ruby color. The nose is packed with ripe black and red fruit aromas mingling with earthy, spicy notes. The palate is generous, rich, and ample, with blackberry, redcurrant, and coffee flavors with earthy and oaky nuances. Despite its low acidity, slight roughness, present yet integrated tannins, and medium-long finish, it is an enjoyable example of this solar vintage. Although approachable now, it might benefit from a few more years in the cellar. Overall, it is a very nice wine.

Chateau Margaux Margaux 1982

One of the guests brought this bottle. And I was really pleased as 82 Bordeaux are rare nowadays. Surprisingly, it had another two capsules. At first, I feared I was a fake, so I inspected the label. Then, I removed the second capsule and processed to remove the cork, which was as soft as butter and broke despite being extremely cautious and using a double blade (shame I did not have my Durand). The bottom part fell into the bottle. It also had many sediments, so I had to decant it. Per my experience and knowledge, the capsule, cork, and label were all real. It was not a counterfeit. This bottle must have been capsuled with two capsules at the Chateau, as it occurred occasionally in the 80s (I have seen it on other Bordeaux wines).

This Margaux 82 displayed an advanced, bright, light brownish color. The beautiful, delicate, fresh, youthful nose filled the air with secondary and tertiary aromas of red cherry, leather, tobacco, licorice, and underbrush mingling with floral and oaky scents. The palate was delicate, finely chiseled, refined, elegant, and beautifully balanced, with a long finish. Magnificent wine!

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion 2016

Too young, but what an incredible wine. Fresh, rich, concentrated, focused, racy & complex. Gorgeous! 

Cheers! Santé!

Dom

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LeDomduVin: Mise en place

Mise en place

Domaine Anne Gros Richebourg Grand Cru 2020

Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret Richebourg Grand Cru 2019

Chateau Margaux Premier Grand Cru Classé 2015 (Dark and Gold bottle, tribute to Paul Pontalier and the new cellar) 

Cheers! Santé! 

Dom

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LeDomduVin: Like a Saturday on the boat

Like a Saturday on the boat…

It was supposed to be cold and even raining today, and it ended up being hot and humid, a misty and cloudy day for the most part of the morning, until the sun came out timidly for the lunch and stayed the whole afternoon until it disappeared behind the mountain, leaving behind him, a pink hue to the sky. It was beautiful. It was a very nice day. 

The wines were also nice and showed fantastically well. 

Dom Pérignon 2010

Margaux Blanc 2018

Henri Magnien Ruchottes Chambertin 2017

Montrose Saint Estéphe 2009

Tasting notes coming soon… on my blog at www.ledomduvin.com

Santé! Cheers! 

Dom

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LeDomduVin: Weekend wines

Weekend wines

Besides Clos des Lambrays 2005 and Château L'Evangile 2000, I also opened, prepared, decanted, and served these 3 bottles during the weekend. 

Domaines Leflaive Macon-Verzé 2016

Easy going and refreshing, with light yellow fruit aromas, white flowers, and buttery notes mingling with good acidity and mineral nuances. 

Château Margaux Margaux 1990

Not the best example, unfortunately. The cork was dry and discolored, and the bottom of the cork cracked and fell into the bottle. The nose seemed old and dusty, and the wine tasted rather off and unbalanced, despite a "reviving" attempt by decanting it to give it a boost (while I didn't want to decant it in the first place), the wine showed only little sign of life. Bad bottle. 

Château Latour Pauillac 2009

A young and powerful wine, with great aging potential, boasting lots of ripe dark berries and black fruits, chocolate, coffee, leather, graphite, earth, mineral and oaky aromas and flavors, great complexity, balance, structure and texture, and a long-lasting finish. Showed really well after 2 hours of decanting, but still too young to drink now in my opinion.  Another 5 to 10 years would be good to release its full potential. 

Santé! Cheers! 

Dom (aka LeDomduVin) 

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