December 10, 2011 at 6:00 pm

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We started with a seven decade Burgundy tasting, then a couple of random wines, and a Madeira. These wines weren’t poured blind. I slipped in a 1969 BV Beaumont Pinot Noir which fooled no one, and a 1983 Acacia Pinot Noir which everyone thought was old world. a 1968 BV Cabernet beat a 100-point Parker 1986 Mouton, and seemed about the same age. Wine of the night was 1955 Chambertin.

1949		Mazis Chambertin – Seguin-Manuel	Red	500		garnet, strawberry, floral, tart cherry, vanilla, mint, unbalanced. Some discussion of its authenticity, but I believe it to be real, but uninspired. 88 points
1955		Chambertin, Louis Latour	Red	390		Wine of the night. Medium brown, bacon, wax, smoke, ashes, sage, herbs. 98 points.
1964		Pommard, Grand Epenots, Leroy	Red	200		Lemon, floral, smoke. Wish I’d saved some a bit longer. 92 points.
1978		Chambolle Musigny	Red	140		Woodsy at first, coffee, youthful. 91 points.
1983		Romanee St. Vivant DRC	Red	300		Cherries, refined, balanced, long lasting. Second favorite wine of the night. 95 points.
1997		Echezeaux Reserve Bocquenet	Red	90		Wood, vanilla, balanced. 92 points.
2000		Montrachet, G. Amiot	White	260		Disappointingly one-dimensional. lemon, vanilla. 90 points.
1968		BV	Cabernet	100		Deep red, more pepper and gravel than GDLTPR. Astonishingly youthful, third most popular wine of the night. Beat the Mouton in a non-blind vote, 94 points.
1986		Ch Mouton Rothschild	Pauillac	700		I still don’t get this Parker 100-pointer. Tight, tannic, uninteresting. 93 points.
1901		Madeira, Malvasia	Madeira	260		Citrus, caramel, long and balanced, wonderful! 96 points.
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