By: AJ McClellan
We had a lively group in yesterday, with several restaurant owners and a great group of passionate wine drinkers. The night started with a delightful bottle of the 2000 Dom Perignon Andy Warhol millennium bottling (the yellow one). This bottle has really come into its own softening the acidity that once was overwhelming in this wine and bringing out the soft stone fruit and lovely minerality. A slew of other wines follow the bubbles but two of my favorites were the 1978 Michel Noellat Echezeaux and the 2008 Foley Howell Mountain Cabernet. These two wines could not be more different as the Noellat was full of earth and was so light it took all of your concentration to pick up on the subtle earth and fruit nuances. While the Foley was a blockbuster Cab that showed massive black fruits that and tannins that were barely out of their shell. I must say the Noellat was probably my wine of the night and out of the three bottles I have had of this wine it was my favorite.
Other wines of the night were NV Villmart,2008 Evesham Wood Pinot Noir, 2002 Nicolas Potel Echezeaux, 2008 Nicolas Joly Coulee de Serrant, 1993 Jadot Clos st Denis, 2007 Arnaud Ente Meursault, and 2002 Delamotte Champagne.