1996 Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet - sweet, honey and buttery...so rich and creamy, with a bit of minerals, a hint of acetone. Color was golden yellow. Acidity was quite high on the palate, even though it was hot and burned a little on the finish. Later on the nose showed a bit of grass, oak, more minerals, flint and toast. An incredibly lovely wine.
1961 Henri Sorrel Hermitage - none of us had ever had the privilege to taste this wine before, although the name Sorrel is a distinguished one in Hermitage and one can't exactly go wrong with a '61 Hermitage! Really nice and amazing. Lots of herbs and spices, a little turpentine, sous bois, black olives, soy sauce, smoke and mushrooms. The wine still had reasonable body for its age, but slightly high in acidity and burned the back of my throat on the way down thanks to the alcohol. A real treat to be able to drink this!
1972 Guigal La Mouline - the second bottle of red just had to be this one, with so many fans of La Mouline present and also being Dayliao's birth vintage. I'm sure I am biased when I say that I found this more enjoyable than the '61 Sorrel. Lovely, huge nose with floral, bacon fat, grilled meats, violet, sweet and ripe fruit, prunes. Soooo explosively sweet it was amazing. After more than an hour the floral and sweet nose started to fade.
Full post on dinner is here.
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