Emmanuel Rouget Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Cros Parantoux 1997
Cost: $150/bottle
Dining at the Café Panache, a fine French cuisine is always paired nicely with a great Burgundy. This was showing nicely with its dark cherry, herbal tea, underbrush, and damp earthy complexity. Slight hint of band-aid on the nose that blows up with some swirling. In the mouth, the acidity seems nicely in tune with the fruit and somewhat residual tannins. Good inner fruit persistence from front attack to the back palate gives this wine a juicy, rather ripe “California” like texture; although the nose is Burgundian.
Rating: 91
Peter Michael – Les Pavots 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon – Napa Valley, California
Cost: $85-110/bottle
An impressive performance from a mature “at peak” cabernet. 15 years from the vine and the tannins have resolved and are well integrated with the fruit and alcohol. Notes of leather and cedar, combined with currants, plum, and black cherry with a touch of anise/fennel. Very smooth and velvet like on the mid-palate with a fine, moderately full bodied texture. A great cabernet!
Rating: 97
Tags: BURGUNDY, CABERNET SAUVIGNON, CELLAR NOTES, WINE
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September 19th, 2009 at 12:01 PM
can we go back to the wines that are under $40? a little over my budget here….