2020 WOTY Dinner

[dave vino]

Our Annual Wine of the Year dinner was last night. Everyone brings a wine they think could be a contender....8 of us were in attendance and we held this at Aria restaurant, a 10 course degustation matched to the wines. (even had Alan Jones on the next table!). The wines were stunning, some truly special ones. Not everyday you can drink a port from 1882 alongside some DRC RSV, multiple vintages of Rousseau Chambertin et al. Very, very generous offerings from everyone. A privilege to be part of this crew of like minded people.

NV Jérôme Prévost La Closerie Fac-Simile Extra Brut
1996 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut
1996 Salon Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut
1996 Dom Pérignon Champagne Oenothèque
2012 Weingut Keller Riesling G-Max
2009 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Bâtard-Montrachet
2018 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Bâtard-Montrachet
2018 Caroline Morey Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet
2007 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Réserve
2008 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Réserve
2014 Maison Pierre Overnoy Poulsard Arbois Pupillin
2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. Vivant
2011 Domaine Sylvain Cathiard Romanée St. Vivant
2011 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin
2017 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin
1985 Château Lascombes
1976 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Lange Goldkapsel
1882 Seppeltsfield Para 100 Vintage Tawny


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[phillisc]

Bravo Dave, what a beauty. The colour of the Seppelts...amazing!
Cheers Craig

[Matt@5453]

looks amazing, great photos too.
no doubt hard to decide the winner.

[Polymer]

Notes please Dave!!

[dave vino]

Will try and do some later, bit delicate at the moment.

[mychurch]

What a fantastic set of wines and pictures. Looking forward to the notes.

[George Krashos]

Did the cork gods shine on you?

[TiggerK]

Did the cork gods shine on you?

Mostly!! But the Rousseau Chambertin 2011 was corked, very sad as I was particularly excited about that one. I thought I picked up the barest touch of TCA on the Dom Perignon, but may have been alone in that thought. All others showed well, although some felt the Salon 96 wasn't up to some previous bottles we've had.

Will try and get a few brief notes and thoughts up during the week, got a busy few days coming up... Thanks for the epic pics Dave!!!

[JamieBahrain]

Mostly!! But the Rousseau Chambertin 2011 was corked, very sad as I was particularly excited about that one.

I don't think they do refunds on corked wines either? What a bugger.

[dave vino]

I think it was purchased from Vintage Cellars, so lets see how that turns out.

[Rory]

WOW! The three champagnes could have been hard to top!