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2000 Chateau Pontet Canet Pauillac 750 ml. $299 per bottle. A bold garnet color with hints of ruby throughout. Dried cherry and currant fruit aromas give way to complex hints of graphite, baking spice, leather, cedar, tobacco, violets, and so much more. Robust and muscular, with a full mouthfeel of rich black fruit, leather, and tobacco flavors. Still showing a firm tannic grip, it is drinking in its prime, but will continue to hold for over a decade.
2016 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Cote de Beaune 750 ml. $150 per bottle. Presenting a pretty golden hue. Pouring awakens decadent aromas of ripe apples, quince, and Asian pear complemented by complex baking spice, yellow flowers, and hazelnut. Rich and muscular, but precisely balanced, showing a diverse array of Pink Lady apple, quince paste, toasted nut, and clove flavors that finish with a touch of stony minerality.
2008 Chateau Latour Pauillac 750 ml. $749 per bottle. Pours a deep garnet color, with a touch of youthful purple at the core. Reticent at first, it opens with decanting to a loquacious mix of cassis, blackberry, star anise, exotic spices, espresso, tobacco, sandalwood, graphite, rosewater, cocoa, and a touch of mint. Powerful but never heavy on the palate, it has the bold black fruit core with hints of leather and tobacco framed by grippy, grainy tannic structure that is classic Latour. The finish is unbelievably long, super complex, and full of perfume and spice. It's a frank, upfront powerhouse of a wine. Approachable now, but it has all the stuffing to continue evolving over and next two decades or longer.
2004 Chateau Pontet Canet Pauillac 750 ml. $169 per bottle. Deep garnet color with a slight fading at the rim. Open and complex, with leather, tobacco, dried violet, and truffle tertiary complexity complimenting dried currant, black cherry, baking spice, and tonka bean aromas. A touch lighter than other vintages from this property, but just as deep and multi-faceted. The softened, plush tannins support a core of black fruit flavors, with leather and spice notes evolving long into the finish. Quite lively and energetic, and an excellent representation of this largely under-appreciated vintage.
2017 Domaine de la Pousse d'Or Clos d'Audignac Monopole Volnay Premier Cru 750 ml. $120 per bottle. Showing a pale, brilliant ruby color. Effusive aromas of wild strawberries, raspberries, violets, sweet spice, cinnamon, and forest floor fire the opening volley, followed by nuances of exotic spices, toast, and tilled earth. Silken but tightly knit, with a firm core of flavors of cherry, strawberry, wild herbs, peppery spices, and a hint of clove swaddled in satiny tannins. A quintessential Volnay, so brilliantly constructed it could rival most Grand Cru wines.
2007 Billecart-Salmon Cuvee Louis Salmon Blanc de Blancs Vintage Brut Champagne 750 ml. $170 per bottle. Presenting a pale golden hue, with endless persistence of pin-point bubbles. Crisp green apple, Asian pear, and citrus notes are matched with chalky mineral, biscuit, yellow flowers, and hints of lilac. Super tight and focused, there is a nervous tension to the palate in the best possible way. The toasty autolytics are perfectly integrated into primary apple and quince flavors, all yielding to a linger stony mineral expression that persists impossibly long on the palate.
2017 Domaine Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fume Pur Sang 750 ml. $125 per bottle. Lightly concentrated straw with golden highlights. This single parcel wine smells of the flinty limestone from which it is grown. There is also under ripe peach and Meyer lemon zest with fresh green herbs. Rich texture balanced by sharp acidity.
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