at Eddie V’s
January 23, 2016 at 6pm
This tasting features odds and ends from the cellar, but fortunately we saved some of the best for last! We have a few more of the 1937 Burgundy, two half bottles of Yquem, several bottles of Madeira. We also now have a 25 year vertical of BV!
This turned out to be quite a great tasting.
The Haut Brion Blancs took quite a while to warm up and open up, but were magnificent, if not worth the current price.
The DRCs were excellent, with votes evenly split between them, although the 37 VR showed much better than the last bottle, too.
The Duckhorn was good but not as good as the previous ones.
I also brought a 38 Cheval Blanc from my own cellar, which was infinitely better than the one with the very low fill at the last tasting. A well stored bottle of this wine would be phenomenal.
The Lafite lived up to its reputation, and was a perfectly stored bottle.
The Madeira was extraordinarily complex, of course, and the Yquem also showed really well, more balanced and less acidic than many. I’m not sure what Parker’s fuss about the Teseron was all about, though. It’s a fine cognac, but not a 100 point wine.
The Wines
| 7 | 16 | 2000 | Ch Haut Brion Blanc | France | Graves | 485 | |
| 7 | 17 | 2001 | Ch Haut Brion Blanc | France | Graves | 375 | |
| 8 | 8 | 1937 | Vosne-Romanée Collection du Docteur Barolet – Henri de Villamont | Red | Burgundy | 450 | |
| 7 | 15 | 1958 | Echezeaux Domaine de la Romanee Conti | Red | Burgundy | 675 | |
| 7 | 21 | 1983 | La Tache – Domaine de la Romanee Conti | Red | Burgundy | 300 | |
| 7 | 19 | 1959 | Ch Lafite | France | Pauillac | 1450 | |
| 7 | 31 | 1980 | Duckhorn | Merlot | Napa | 85 | |
| 7 | 18 | 1914 | Madeira, Bual, Abudarhaml | Madeira | Madeira | 300 | |
| 9 | 23 | 1999 | Ch d’Yquem | Sauternes | Bordeaux | tenth | 85 |
| Tesseron XO Selection Lot 29 | Cognac | leftover | |||||
| 4355 |
Acquisitions
| Vintage | Wine |
Value |
| 1942 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 565 |
| 1952 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 500 |
| 1960 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 225 |
| 1964 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 135 |
| 1965 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 191 |
| 1968 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 254 |
| 1971 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 68 |
| 1973 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 100 |
| 1974 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 104 |
| 1975 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 81 |
| 1976 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 131 |
| 1977 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 92 |
| 1979 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 53 |
| 1980 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 54 |
| 1981 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 60 |
| 1982 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 49 |
| 1983 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 45 |
| 1984 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 78 |
| 1986 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 53 |
| 1987 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 63 |
| 1988 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 60 |
| 1990 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 48 |
| 1991 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 76 |
| 2006 | BV Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve | 64 |
| 3150 |
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