By: Ryan Tedder
Holy moly am I glad to be back at Graileys and drinking the good stuff in the comfy chairs! After a brief hiatus away with a noticeable drop off in my awesome wine consumption, we relaxed into a random Tuesday with these two 10+ year old stunners from the white and champagne camps. These are naturally two of my favorite categories and these two would qualify as “Best of Show” in any tasting of great wines from these vintages. Bravo!
2001 Bouchard Chevalier-Montrachet “La Cabotte” Grand Cru was rock star juice as always! La Babotte was formerly part of the Montrachet vineyard before the repartitioning when the AOC laws passed in the 1930’s. If you love great full bodied reds then you should truly discover the wonder and enjoyment of magnificent full bodied grand Cru White Burgundies! They are loaded with extract, power and excellent toasty oak. This wine had hazelnut tart, buttered toast, quince, bosc pear and apple cinnamon pie all over it. Powerful limestone and a creamy, rich, long finish full of class for at least a minute. These are getting harder and harder to come by-I would highly recommend procuring some if you want the best,
Next we dove into the 2002 Dom Ruinart Rose after that. From the famous 2002 vintage, this ripe, bold rose was brimming with red cherries and plums, wild strawberries, wild roses, sweet mandarin oragne, red currant and red licorice and on and on…This wine was a baby fill of Pinot Noir fruit and world-class extract, tension and over the top, yet balanced luxury Champagne. We had to special order this one from NYC. World the effort in every way. A Rose to drink for the next 15 years easy. Top notch