Tasted at Davidn's cellar party:

Nice dark color, nose of sweet tart cherries, very tannic! Hard edges, but plenty of supporting fruit, needs time. My #4 of the flight. 91 points.

Tasted at the VBG in Auckland, at an off-line with Jeremy.

Opened (but not decanted) about 6 hours before we drank it. This complex wine morphed and evolved into a different animal every 20 minutes. One constant was its electric intensity. Flavors and aromas of blackberries, cranberry, jasmine tea, and eventually chocolate. Outstanding. My WOTN. 94-95P.

Cheers,

Otis

I had this wine last May and felt it was a 94 pt. wine. It was only rivaled by a gorgeous '95 Leroy Vosne Romanee Les Beaux Monts. Great stuff.

jb

I suppose it may be a stylistic preference more than actual substance, I like alot of SQN, I just don't love alot of SQN. Of the bottles I have tasted recently, I am somewhere in the 89-91+ range.
I am with you on this one EW, in another 2 to 4 years, probably a different story.

Actually JB I thought the Leroy blew the doors off the A Capella (and every other pinot on the table). While the A Capella was a very good wine I certainly liked the Leroy much better. Perhaps the age made the difference?

Skwid has been known to overrate Burgundies from time to time...

Only the good ones Jones, only the good ones. There are plenty of crappy Burgundies out there. The thing is I usually drink really good Burgundy so that kind of skews things a bit.

But then again Jones has been known to overrate SQN from time to time

Btw, I've got the 1990 version of that Leroy in my cellar somewhere...

Overrate compared to who's ratings?

The 90 Leroy VR Les Beauxmonts is one of the best Burgundies I have had. Sadly all of the bottles of it I bought as a future (at the then heartstopping price of $75) are long gone.

Well, I still stick by my thoughts that I derived equal enjoyment from both of them, while certainly being very different indeed. BTW, the Kistler was not far behind that night, IMO.

$75??? Jeez, I'd take 6 cases for that price. I know that would be impossible, but a boy can dream.

jb

I got my 1990 Leroy VR Beauxmonts for about $300 I think. I tried to get two of them but they almost sold out while I was in the store (PremierCru mailer). The 1995 Leroy was $150 and I just picked up some more for the same price.

You and me both jb.

Is this the wine we had when Jones & skwid were here in NYC? If so, it was one of the wines I enjoyed most that night.

It was LCC

Note, there are two bottles of the 1990 Leroy on Winebid. The curent bid is $300 so I tihnk think that you would need to bid at least $320. The wines are listed as having shown past seepage.

My notes for the night with Otis.

I think even after being opened for 6 hours this wine needed to be opened further in the stems. Originally my thoughts on trying this wine was that it was too tight, but after an hour in the glass it really came into its own.

The colour was dark and showed good viscosity, suggesting a very full wine that I would be drinking. The nose was perfumed and vibrant. Wonderful dark cherry notes became more expansive as the evening went along opening into cassis, strawberry and violets. This was further backed by slightly pleasant bitter cocoa and chocolate characters which created a very warm and fuzzy feeling deep in side . The structure was very tight and austere intially with the flavours being held in check but good solid acids and relatively tight tannins, as it opened up the wine became simply more and more elegant and welcoming. The structure evolved into an open showroom of textures and flavours. Initially hard and granite like then eventually turning to velvet. Length was impressive and expressive all in one hit, showing further complexity. BLOODY GOOD PINOT. 94 pts.

Jeremy - Bloody Good Pinot - BGP - Thanks for the new descriptor!

You're welcome- its my Girlfriend really- she comes up with all the good ones- Dog in Wet Orchard- Danish Biscuits etc...

Was surprised to see this bottle in the North American section of Harrod's wine department in London.

Asking price was 70 pounds. A bit too pricy for this here American at around $1.90 to the pound, but I was impressed that this rarity made it across the ocean. I've never even seen it on the shelves in Chicago.

Relative to some of the prices they were charging for Burgundies , the SQN was a bargain.

Cheers,

Otis