I'm glad to have this oppertunity. Three flights blind tasting including some old wines, which are not available anymore from the market.
- Henri Bourgeois 02 Jadis, Sancerre
- Henri Bourgeois 02 d'Antan, Sancerre
- Dom le Closel Ch. Les Vaults 02 La Jalousie, Savennieres
- Eric Morgat L'Enclos 02, Savennieres
Although Savennieres a lot of oxidated nuance and quite hard to identify its variety, Sancerre has its characteristics. Because of relatively low acidity (actually it's just perception because of sugar?), I was thinking those are either Chenin Blanc or Pinot Gris. Sauvignon are decent with grapefruits flavour and good acidity.
- Paul Jaboulet Aine 03 Le Grand Pompee, St Joseph
- Paul Jaboulet Aine 03 Dom Thalabert, Crozes Hermitage
- Paul Jaboulet Aine 90 Dom Thalabert, Crozes Hermitage
- Paul Jaboulet Aine 88 Dom Thalabert, Crozes Hermitage
Thalabert was aged pretty well. Good nuance of red cherry, earth or dried fruits. We should age our Syrah for more than 20 years. Many voted for 88 or 90.
- Vieux Telegraphe 89 Chateauneuf du Pape
- Ch de Beacastel 89 Chateauneuf du Pape
- Ch de Beacastel 85 Chateauneuf du Pape
- Ch de Beacastel 81 Chateauneuf du Pape
81 vintage has strong brettanomyces nuance, though Beacastel's brettanomyces got familiar from vintage 89. Small portion of Brettanomyces developped during the aging? - according to wine specialist. I found 89 Beacastel is the most concentrated and powerful but has complex flavours. It was easy to rule out Cab or Italian varieties, but hard to choose from Merlot, Tempranillo or Grenache.