Sunday, July 02, 2006

Listing (with reviews)

From the last week... the 2004 Dagueneau Pur Sang Pouilly-Fume is amazing. This is more what Pouilly-Fume should be, though I do admit to owning a bottle of the voluptous 2003. Such a steely-minerally intense finish. Tons of grapefruit, grass, gooseberry and citrus fruits. But it is the fatness and minerals that give this wine it's class. Awesome stuff. Have to get one of these too. The 1996 Chateau Lagrange, St. Julien, is a very, very good Bordeaux. It is so soft with beautiful notes of black plum, figs, and cedar. It is classic St. Julien, with a long life ahead. The 1996 Harlan "Maiden" is, unfortunately, fading away. The initial nose was beautiful with the classic anise and intense black fruit concentration of any of Bill Harlans amazing wines. But, unfortunately, over the next 2 hours, it died almost completely. The 2001 Dominus is good, but no where near what the 2002 is. The 2002s are so much more concentrated than the 2001s (from what I've tasted). There appears to be a little more variability in the quality, but the best are better than the 2001s. The 1988 Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill is a great Champagne. One of the best I've ever had. It is so clean and clear with a long, long, yeast and mineral driven finish. Very light, as far as aged vintage Champagne goes.

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