Random wines for the weekend
C et J-P Grossot Chablis 1er Adroit de Vaucoupin 2002 A big “meh”. Too much oxidative handling has deadened the fruit and replaced it with oak.
Couvent des Jacobins 2005 (St Emilion) My first 2005 Bordeaux. Excellent fruit purity though rather subdued on the nose (hey, it’s young). Ripe though not overdone flavours of cassis, plum and raspberry on the palate. Deliciously fine tannins. Excellent oak handling. Should be excellent in 5 years. Super bon with a whole aged côde boeuf steak which weighed in at about 1.2 kgs! Awesome.
Drouhin-Laroze Fine de Bourgogne With all that protein I needed something to get the digestion going and what better than a 40 year old eau-de-vie? Very oaky and Cognac like, rich and volatile. Smells almost sweet but is very dry.
