Ric’s 56: 2015 PYCM Meursault-Perrières, 2015 Domaine Ramonet Bâtard-Montrachet, 2017 Louis Jadot Gevrey Clos St-Jacques, 2014 Faiveley Clos de Bèze Ouvrées Rodin, 2002 Domaine Dujac Charmes-Chambertin, 2009 Romanée-Conti Romanée-St-Vivant

A small group at Chef Chan’s private dining on 06 December 2023 without any specific theme to go with the delectable cuisine. All wines were blinded. Many thanks!

2015 Domaine Pierre Yves Colin-Morey Meursault-Perrières 1er, courtesy of LF. Pale. Good lift of delicate floral elements tinged with saline. Fairly full and expressive though slightly reductive with lean definition, the fruit set a little backward with a cool elegant complex of vanillin and recessed chalk, highly harmonious with subtle intensity.

2015 Domaine Jean-Claude Ramonet Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, courtesy of Anthony. Luminous golden hue, exuding a distant glow of white floral tones at the open that grew with gradual intensity over time, filling the medium palate with distilled white tones from the subtle depth of glorious fruit. Richly layered with lovely focus and concentrated intensity without overwhelming the senses, maintaining its ethereal poise over the long evening. Outstanding.

2017 Domaine Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 1er. Good colour. Red fruits and raspberries dominate with cool ripeness on the nose and medium palate, layered with subtle depth and understated intensity, laced with a modest streak of ferrous minerals. Almost underwhelming, though there is a certain correctness about it even without the fleshy exuberance of an Armand Rousseau.

2014 Domaine Faiveley Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru Les Ouvrées Rodin, courtesy of Vic. Lovely colour. This wine opens with a certain restraint, evolving over time with fleeting reductive tones and earthy pungency. Only medium weight, softly contoured with supple feminine presence though slightly lean, imbued with a bit of reddish warmth that confer some brightness against darkish minerally elements at the base, well balanced with developing intensity though the finish is decidedly modest.

2002 Domaine Dujac Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru, courtesy of LF. Superb colour. There is a focused pungency on the nose that I like very much amid all the exuberant rosy fragrance, haw and red fruits. Deeply luxuriant with medium presence, wonderfully layered with glorious fruit, sleek acidity and supple tannins that combine to produce effortless grace and concealed power, seducing the senses with subtle intensity. Superbly balanced and cohesive with a further tinge of saline and earthy elements over time whilst remaining absolutely beguiling on the nose. Simply quite sublime.

2009 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru, courtesy of Anthony. Evolved red with a crimson rim. Effusive bouquet of haw, red fruits and mulberries, endowed with copious dark berries and currants that produce refined power and depth in equal measure, laced with traces of medicinal powder. Somewhat darkish for Romanée-St-Vivant, even for D.R.C., though its impeccable breed and pedigree is obvious through its seamless velvety verve and great cohesion, eventually developing this estate’s characteristic note of kumquat.