94 Mouton vs 93 Grand Puy Lacoste

Can you imagine a 93 Grand Puy Lacoste (5 eme) taste better than a 94 Mouton Rothschild(1 eme)?

Some background information for non-wine lover. In the world of red wine, Bordeaux red wines are at the apex. The best and most famous wines are usually come from Bordeaux left bank. In the left bank, 61 top wines were classified into Grand Cru Classes (GCC), and GCC are sub-catagorized into first to fifth growth (1st eme to 5th eme). The most famous wine from 1st eme must be Lafite. Other than Lafite, Latour, Margaux, Haut Brion and Mouton are also first growth. In short, these 5 big names stand at the apex.

Last week I had a casual dinner with friends, but casual dinner today may mean drinking 2nd eme Las Cases and Montrose. After the dinner, Jeff, Ivan and Voller came to my place and we had a tasting that comparable to 神之水滴 when 神之雫 is looking for a lower rank wine to fight with Mouton. 神之雫 has chosen a Grand Puy Lacoste and we did the same and had the same result. Haha, a $500 wine beat a $4000 wine.

A nice picture

I took a very nice picture 2 weeks ago when I had a 83 Margaux and few others great wines in a roof top in central.
And here is the wine we tasted on that night:

破產啦

新女入宮

2004 Lafite & 1988 Ducru Beaucaillou

酒聚@西灣河太興

每人帶一枝心頭好:

火井火煱 + 酒聚

酒櫃新成員

從左至右:
左一至左三: La Mission Haut Brion 2002
左四: Haut Brion 1997
左五: Haut Brion 2002
左六: Palmer 2002
左七: Clos Fourtet 2002

紅酒痴漢 Ducru Beaucaillou

小弟有幸以超值價錢參與"紅酒痴漢 Ducru Beaucaillou 十年直飲之夜", 以下是當晚的年份順序:

97, 01, 94, 88, 79, 81, 90, 86, 96, 00

小弟與10支美酒合照

紅酒痴漢 Ducru Beaucaillou - 熱身

小弟有幸有兩位友人, 在"紅酒痴漢 Ducru Beaucaillou大直飲"前的晚上, 由小弟作東, 然後分享了幾瓶紅酒:

我的酒櫃

我的酒櫃其實是在中新年前買的, 現在酒櫃的情況見下圖:

Veenwouden Merlot

(請不要介意這篇文比較口語, 英文, 夾雜, 別字, 原文本來發佈在新聞組上)

其實呢支係除389 外另一支令我上引的紅酒. 不過都因為成年前飲, 已經乜印象都冇.
呢支飲都係因為望到呢個廣告之後走左去買, o個時乜都唔識, 飲左覺得超好飲, 同埋勁oak 勁vanilla.
尋日見佢特價, 買左支, 諗住今晚可能會開, 睇下經過一年之後會唔會對支酒改觀先.

相對於一年前飲呢支酒, 而家梗係了解多左好多, 當年唔知點解呢支酒好飲, 而家就可以講得出.
支酒其實開左半個鐘左右已經開晒.

Nose: Pronounced intensity, super nutty, smoke, spice, okay, vanilla, chocolate. 當中nut 同smoke 係好pronounced. Fruit 方面, blackfruit 為主, blackberry, blackcherry, blackcurrant.
Palate: Dry, low acidity, medium tannin, full body. Flavour black fruit, 有少少raspberry, vanilla, black pepper, 同almond, chocolate, coffee, ..., 講到尾, 好複雜, 但以blackfruit, Kernel 同oak 為主. Finishing very long, 20-30 sec.
Overall: Tannin, Fruit, Acid, Alcohol balance 好好. Typical 100% Merlot, 飲落去先出Favour 後到Alcohol, 出Alcohol 時有少少搶過頭, 但係可以接受, 果香同其他香味仍然係度.

100% Merlot 我唔係飲過好多, 飲亦都唔夠呢度d 師兄多, 但以個人黎講呢支係一支非常好o既酒, 好中意, 估唔到南非係可以有咁好o既酒. Price Value 俾分, 10/10. (支酒計埋講價後$280) 而家就終於明白點解舊年會中意左飲紅酒啦....

又有新成員

全都是Brodeaux GCC

2004 Haut Brion

2004 Haut Brion ~ 20000 yen, 將會成為我酒櫃中的一份子

2000 1st Growth 2nd Wine Tasting

終於可以一次過試到2000年五大的二軍酒. 如果有機會(其實實有機會, 不過沒錢), 可以一飲2000的正牌酒就可以說了了一大心願.