P invited to a tasting dinner, great company and really fine wines - thanks! All wines tasted double blind.
Flight I
2015 Millesimé, Henriot
A fresh, handsome nose with notes of tangerines, chalk and toasted bread. Very, very good.
The taste is cool and elegant with a high acidity, fine fruit and a long, balanced finish. 6+ years.
90p (tasted 2025/06)
2006 L´Apôtre Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, David Léclapart
A very deep, mature and gorgeous nose with notes of nougat, smoke, dried yellow fruit and warm sand.
The taste is velvety and focused with notes of red apple skin, dark bread and chrushed rocks. Very long and lovely.
94p (tasted 2025/06)
Flight II
2018 Pouilly-Fuissé Vignes Blanches, Jules Desjourneys
A finely tuned, buttery nose with additional notes of candied lemons, soap and sun warm rocks.
The taste is young and tight with notes of lemon peel, sweet minerals and smoke. A fresh, high acidity.
91p (tasted 2025/06)
2009 Chardonnay Block 2, Felton Road
A tight, spicy nose with notes of ripe peach, cap gun smoke and dried up vanilla ice cream. Very fine.
The taste is rich and concentrated with notes of lemon cream, smoke and yellow flowers. Feels very young for a 16 year old wine, that´s screwcap for you. Mature in 30 years?
93p (tasted 2025/06)
2013 Chardonnay, Kongsgaard
A deep, laid back nose with a fine maturity and notes of lemon spunge cake, salt caramel and minerals. Very fine.
The taste is layered and complex with brilliant fruit, a supporting acidity and a long, long finish. Perfectly mature.
96p (tasted 2025/06)
Flight III
2005 Roc de Cambes
A cool, finely mature nose with notes of tobacco, dried meat, dried flowers and violets. Very, very good.
The taste is structured, seedy and younger than the nose leads you to believe. Fine black fruit, silky tannins and a long finish. 5+ years.
92p (tasted 2025/06)
2005 Château Branaire-Ducru
A laid back, earthy nose with notes of black currants, stables and fir wood. Opens up nicely in the glass.
The taste is dry and warm, with firm fruit, notes of spices, leather and graphite. Very long. 7+ years.
92p (tasted 2025/06)
2012 Château L´Evangile
A lovely, balanced and layered nose with notes of red currants, plums, garrigue and dog fur (in a very positive way).
The taste is structured and handsome with gorgeous fruit, silky tannins and a long, warm finish. Great wine.
95p (tasted 2025/06)
2012 Le Dôme
A high, intense nose with notes of violets, iron, fir wood and lots of ripe red plums. Very fine.
The taste is tight and concentrated with taut tannins, massive fruit and a long, juicy finish. 10+ years.
93p (tasted 2025/06)
2012 Châteauneuf-de-Pape Deus Ex Machina, Clos Saint Jean
Corked! #¤%&%¤#&!!
xxp (tasted 2025/06)
2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Safres, Le Clos du Caillou
This was a replacement for the bottle above. It display a cool, somewhat mature nose with notes of cooked cherries, undergrowth, herbs and bakelite.
The taste is upfront and rich with notes of cooked fruit, moist earth and garrigue. A very fine dried up warmth in the finish. Almost fully mature. Long and fine.
90p (tasted 2025/06)
2008 The Line Grenache, SQN
A very deep, focused nose with notes of sweet violets, dark flowers, meat stock and oodles of ripe blackberries. Intense and very fine.
The taste is big, bald and juicy with lots of concentration but also balance and some finesse. Gorgeous fruit. The finish goes on and on and on. Could go on for 20+ years.
96p (tasted 2025/06)
2014 Poeira, Jorge M. Nobre Moreira
P thought that we hadn´t had enough, so he went to the cellar and came back with two bottles. A fine, cool nose with notes of blueberries, earth and ink. Very good.
The taste is medium bodied and fresh with notes of blueberries, iron and chrushed rock. Ends on a dry note.
87p (tasted 2025/06)
1985 Château Siran
A mature, lovely nose with notes of sweet tobacco, stables, vintage leather and autumn leaves. Very fine.
The taste is perfectly mature with soft, sweet fruit, still some nibbling tannins and a long, lingering finish.
92p (tasted 2025/06)
And to finish the night of:
20 Year Old Tawny, Vallado
A intense, sweet nose with notes of iodine, cinnamon, warm tiles and damsons. Very, very good.
The taste is rich and concentrated with notes of chocolate wafers, damsons, nuts and detergent. Long and warm.
90p (tasted 2025/06)
Thanks Joakim for your (as usual) very well written notes :-) Great to have you over :-)
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