10/21/2024
Last night at the Round Rock Wine Bar. The theme started a trying a "challenged" vintage from the left bank vs a great vintage from the right bank; to add, one of the wines had to be a "well priced" wine and the other, slightly higher end.
The result: 2 wines from the 2011 vintage from Pauillac and two wines from the 2016 vintage froom Pomerol.
Lineup:
- Ch Haut Batailley, Pauillac, 2011.
- Ch Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, 2011.
- Ch Le Bon Pasteur, Pomerol, 2016.
- Ch Fayat, Pomerol, 2016.
Fav's: the Pontet-Canet won the evening with the group. However, the Le Bon Pasteur was my personal favorite.
As is typical at this wine bar, the evening continued with more wine.
- Bodega Vinicola, Monte Xanic, Gran Ricardo (Winery from) Baja, Mexico, 2018 (this Bordeaux blend is an exceptionally good wine made by Max Strygler's group).....my last bottle!
- Louis Jadot, Domaine Gagey, Ladoix, 'Le Clou D'Orge', Beaune, 2019.
- Bret Brothers, Pouilly Vinzelles, La Soufrandiere, Climat 'Les Quartz', 2011 (sadly, this wine had turned).
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