LeDomduVin: Mise en place! What a line-up!

Mise en place! What a line-up! 

I know, I constantly repeat myself, yet it is true: I'm one of the luckiest Sommeliers I know. 

I mean, look at these wines! Isn't it amazing? 

How many Sommeliers can pretend to prepare, open, taste, and serve such gems regularly? Not many, for sure. 

These were part of a recent "mise en place" for a few private lunches and dinners (in the order of the pictures):

Champagne Jacques Selosse VO "Version Originale" Blanc de Blancs Extra-Brut NV (disgorged in Nov 2019)

Jean-Claude Ramonet Bienvenues Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru Burgundy 2018

Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru Burgundy 2019

Champagne Krug "Clos du Mesnil" Blanc de Blancs Brut 2006

Domaine Anne Gros Richebourg Grand Cru Burgundy 2020

Chateau Latour Premier Grand Cru Classe Pauillac Bordeaux 2005

Domaine William Fevre Chablis Premier Cru "Montmains" Burgundy 2019

Bachelet-Monnot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "Hameau de Blagny" Burgundy 2018

Domaine Delaporte Sancerre Rouge "Silex" Loire Valley 2020

Such a great line-up of excellent wines! It makes me drool just looking at these bottles. 

In my next posts, I'll tell you about the ones I opened, tasted, and served. 

Cheers! Santé!

Dom

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LeDomduVin: Champagne Henriot, William Fevre Chablis and Chateau Brane-Cantenac

Champagne Henriot, William Fevre Chablis and Chateau Brane-Cantenac 

Sometimes, I do serve affordable wines! 😉😄👍🥂🍷

Champagne Henriot Millesime 2008

Established in 1808, Champagne Henriot is one of the rare independent Champagne houses that has remained in the same family throughout its history. The 2008 vintage celebrates its 200th anniversary. 

A blend of 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir, Henriot 2008 is a delightful champagne. It is fresh, crisp, rich, dense, and "gourmand." It has lovely stone fruits, white flowers, mineral aromas, great acidity, structure, texture, and a long lingering finish. It is really enjoyable and a steal at that price! 

William Fevre Chablis Grand Cru Bougros 2016

Light yellow color with green nuances. Fresh, clean nose, mineral, white and yellow stone fruits, lemony aromas, with light buttery notes. Fresh, clean, and zesty on the palate, focus and steely with razor-sharp acidity, balanced, light and limpid, cleansing. Loved it. 

Chateau Brane-Cantenac Margaux 2001

I found the 2001 vintage somewhat thin and austere but still quite enjoyable. The wine presented secondary and tertiary aromas with red cherry, raspberry, black currant, liquorice, earth, minerals, and some oaky and vegetal notes. The palate has good acidity and moderate tannins, yet it was light and lacked complexity and texture. The finish was shorter than I would have liked. Although lacking in substance and depth, the wine tasted fresh and juicy, with slightly unripe red fruit tones and vegetal notes that needed some time to mellow with aeration. I carefully decanted the wine to allow it to breathe and to prevent any sediments in the decanter. It was ok, but not my favorite vintage from this Chateau. 

Cheers! Santé!

Dom

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LeDomduVin: ...just another night

...just another night

Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV (Mag)

William Fevre Chablis 1er cru “Montmains” 2019

Faiveley Mazis Chambertin 2010

NB: descriptions tomorrow 

Cheers! Santé! 

Dom

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LeDomduVin: Tasting Session

Tasting session 

I selected these wines for an event coming up soon and we tasted them today, for the lunch, as a pre-event food & wine pairing tasting session. 

I was confident that they will taste well, as I tried them all before, yet, they showed even better than I remembered. 

More especially La Mission Haut-Brion 2012, showed beautifully after 2 hours of decanting, while I had some concerns as it is a lesser vintage and still tasted very tight less than a year ago.

Champagne Henriot Brut Souverain NV

Nice, soft, gentle, simple, clean, quaffable, nothing extravagant, just a good entry-level Champagne.

Domaine William Fevre Chablis Grand Cru Bougros “Côte Bouguerots” 2016

Light yellow color with green nuances. Fresh, clean nose, mineral, white and yellow stone fruits, lemony aromas, with light buttery notes. Fresh, clean, and zesty on the palate, focus and steely with razor-sharp acidity, balanced, light and limpid, cleansing. Loved it. 

Bachelet-Monnot Puligny-Montrachet 1er cru “Les Referts” 2019

Attractive pale golden color. Beautiful nose with mineral, floral, and white stone fruits aromas, with some yellow fruits nuances. The palate is dense, ample, generous, nicely expanding, and coating, with that mineral glycerin sensation that makes you salivate and want more of it. Gorgeous wine. Loved it. 

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Pessac-Leognan 2012

2+ hours of decanting and a few more swirls in the glass were necessary for this sleeping beauty to reveal itself, but when it did, it showed all the complexity, charm, elegance, and distinction La Mission is known for. Rich, complex, layered, long, satisfying, and fulfilling. Loved it. 

And, once again, it comforted the fact that great Bordeaux can be made even in lesser vintages if you’re patient enough to give them a chance. 

In any case, both Chateau Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion, which are my favorite Bordeaux, always take 10-15 years to reach their ideal window of drinkability and can last for decades after that. 

Once again, I was really pleased with my selection and everyone at the table concurred. 

Cheers! Santé! 

Dom

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