By: AJ McClellan
After the Labor Day weekend it seemed everyone was ready to come in for a glass of wine! We had a full house and everyone was popping great bottles. We started with a real unique bottle, the NV Vouette Sorbee Blane d’Argile… This is a toasty, yeasty, full, robust Champagne that was blowing my socks off! Next we opened the old vine bottling of 2010 D Ardhuy Corton-Charlemagne La Vigne Dieu which is quickly becoming one of my favorite bottles of white. I remember trying the regular D Ardhuy Corton-Charlemagne almost a year ago and being surprised at how delicate and delicious it was. Well this Old Vine, comprised of 100 year old vines, has done it again! Subtle lemon rind, loads of limestone, with lovely stone fruit and crushed rose petals describe this bottle perfectly. Last but not least is the 2011 Clos des Pape Chateauneuf du Pape which was a BEAST! Rocky minerality with huge leather, smoke, cedar, and allspice! Wow, what a wine. This was a powerhouse Rhone that’s finish went on for days and tannins left your mouth dry, but wanting more…
Other wines that we tasted were 2007 Arnaud Ente Meursault, 2009 Arnaud Ente Meursault, 2003 Brovia Barolo, 2009 Silver Oak Alexander, 2009 Barbour, 2001 Diamond Creek Red Rock Terrace.