By: AJ McClellan
A few great bottles with a few great people just Simon, Dave, and I sitting around having a good ol’ time. We popped some stunning bottles, and cooked up some lamb on the grill in order to send Simon off in style for his vacation in England…
1998 Joseph Drouhin Batard Montrachet GC – An excellent bottle of Batard, with a floral nose of honeysuckle and pansies the wine took off after an hour in the glass. Subtle almond extract and toast started to come out then the caramelized pear and sweet peach notes. The finish showed fantastic limestone minerality with a hint of quince.
1988 Latour – Right out of the gate this bottle was strong with big earth notes of forest floor and clean compost there was a subtle backing of black fruit and tobacco smoke. The palate was more elegant in style with soft tannins and well integrated notes of black pepper, vegetable ash, and bramble.
1995 Guigal La Landonne – Last but not least, to go with the lamb, we pulled a bottle of the Guigal. As we popped the cork and poured the first glass Simon exclaimed “Ah, this pleases me” and it became the quote of the night. In truth the Guigal was quite pleasing with rich meaty notes of wild game seasoned with a heavy dose of pepper and cooked over night in a smoker.