By: AJ McClellan
Last night was a bit slower in Graileys, only two bottles were opened, but boy were they two good bottles!
1991 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier Montrachet – This was an interesting bottle of wine. The nose was honeyed with subtle notes of almond extract, limestone, honeysuckle, quince, and yellow pear. On the palate the wine was slightly lacking in acidity and I had the feeling that it was a little over oxidized for the age of the wine. I was very impressed with the length of the finish as it lasted for a good 45+ seconds.
1996 Jaboulet La Chapelle – I was very impressed with this bottle of La Chapelle. With big earth notes leading into baked plum pie and smoking tobacco I was loving every sip of this bottle. Given a few hours in the decanter the wine expanded even more gaining floral notes of red roses and violets as well as notes of baking spice. The earthy tones softened and finished strong on the back end. A great bottle of wine now although with sometime in the bottle this is going to be impressive indeed!