LeDomduVin: Jamais deux sans trois!

Jamais deux sans trois!

In life, 1 is usually not enough, and 3 is too many, as things are usually better in pairs and even numbers. That goes for pretty much everything! 😉😁🤣

However, there are some exceptions, like with wine, for example. If you're at least 2-3 people, 1 bottle is usually not enough, 2 is perfect, and 3 might be too many, yet it will definitely be appreciated, too. 😉

That happened that day for a private after-dinner drink with cigars. I finished half of a previously opened bottle of Domaine Tortochot Chambertin Grand Cru 2015, so I had to open another one. Beautiful wine! (See my previous post for tasting notes here.)  

As the host and his guests enjoyed talking while sipping the wine, I realized the bottle would not be enough. As I was out of Tortochot, I had to open something else from another producer. 

I found this bottle of Laurent Roumier Clos-Vougeot Grand Cru 2016 and was really looking forward to tasting it, as it had been a long time since I last tasted it. Unfortunately, it was corked. (This is why Sommeliers taste the wine before serving it.) 

So I returned to the cellar fridge to pick up another one and found this bottle of Domaine Faiveley Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru 2010, which was drinking beautifully. Despite its age, it showed many juicy red cherry fruit aromas and flavors mingling with floral, earthy, and mineral notes. Lovely acidity and integrated tannins enhanced the wine, bringing freshness, texture, and structure. I loved it.   

It's a shame the second wine was badly corked. I would have loved to taste it, as I am a big fan of Roumier. 

Two bottles were the correct number, although they would have drunk the middle one if it had not been corked. 

Cheers! Santé! 

Dom

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LeDomduVin: Laurent Roumier Clos Vougeot & Château Haut-Bailly

Opened this weekend 

Laurent Roumier Clos-Vougeot Grand Cru  2016

Nice, bright red color. Fresh nose, with red and dark cherries aromas, flowers and earthy notes, and subtle, warm, oaky nuances at the opening. The first taste, right after opening, was very fresh and crisp, with lots of juicy red cherries flavors, yet, a little tight, very young, and very sour too. Fortunately,  I opened it about 45 minutes prior to serving it, as the wine showed beautifully after, fuller, more ample, and more opened too, with ripe dark and red cherries, still very nice acidity, but the sourness had vanished, and overall the wine was more harmonious and balanced. It just needed some air to fully express itself. I loved it, yet, it deserves more time to reach its full potential. To revisit absolutely in a few years. 

Château Haut-Bailly Grand Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan 2010

The last time I tasted it was this past July, and although, it tasted better this time, I will say that it is still young and in a closed phase now. A very solar wine, full, ripe, generous, ample, layered, earthy, with dark fruits and berries mingling with oak nuances, nice balance overall, and still a good grip of tannins, that could still use a few more years to round up. Still very young, and even a bit rough after 2 hours of decanting and cooling by leaving the decanter on ice for a short while to serve it at the right temperature. Quite a long finish. A touch of alcohol somehow. Enjoyable, yet too young in my opinion, and needs a bit of time to mellow some of the rough edges.

Cheers! Santé!

Dom

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