By: AJ McClellan
Saturday evening has become a great night to stop into Graileys for a relaxing evening. Last Saturday however was crazy with half a dozen members dropping by, all with bottles in hand to pop and drink on the hot summer night…
2009 Chateau Boswell Cabernet – This is a sensational cabernet, especially for the age of the bottle. Soft tannins with big pronounced fruit. This wine is drinking great right now!
1989 Cos d’Estournel – This bottle of Cos was not drinking as well as I was hoping. For a great vintage the wine was a little lean with astringent tannins. The fruit was still there showing notes of black plum and cherries.
1997 Leroy Corton Charlemagne – This wine is superb every time we open it. Popcorn notes with citrus fruit and great acidity.
2003 Pavie – This wine is still in its youth with giant prime fruit and impenetrable tannins.
1998 Domaine Leflaive Les Combettes – This Burgundy was showing almost as well as the Leroy with more honeyed characteristic.
1988 Poggio Al Vento Brunello – A great rustic wine that was showing sour cherry, dried black currants, tanned leather, tilled compost, and smoke meats.
2000 Dominique Laurent Beaune 1er VV – A fun bottle of wine. Soft tannins with bright red fruits, great minerality, and a lengthy finish.
1996 Krug – This could be the wine of the night. A fantastic bottle with great minerality, and great complexity on the nose and palate.