Notes from Yesterday

Here are my full tasting notes... The 1996 Salon "le Mesnil" Blanc de Blancs Champagne was excellent, if a bit tight (the first taste was from a corked bottle - these notes are from the second). Pears, Granny Smith Apple, lemon and toasty brioche, very much a baby. Needs lots of time... The 2005 Faiveley Corton "Clos des Cortons" Faiveley was weak... lots of stem tannins and too much oak mask the pretty fruit underneath. I'm not sure the wine can come back from all of the tannin and oak... and 5 Grand and Premier Cru Tokaji from the Royal Tokaji Wine Company plus Aszu Esszencia (these are so interesting, I'll go through them in another post) ... then this evening, the 1988 Krug was really good, but Ive had much better, 2005 Peter Michael "Les Carierre" Chardonnay, 2002 Heitz "Trailside Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon, 2003 Joseph Phelps Insignia, and 1996 Marc Tempe Mamburg Grand Cru Gewurztraminer SGN... but the stars of the night were the 1983 Chateau Margaux and the 1990 Domaine de la Romanee Conti Echezeaux.