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We had an excellent tasting evening at Brents last Thursday, hosted by Neville. As always the food and service at Brent's were excellent, the lamb dish for me was a standout.

Accompanying this were some wonderful wines, the standouts for me with brief impressions were;

Jean-Philippe Fichet, 07 Mersault - A fresh, spritzy yet textured wine - nice fruit and good length
Benoit Ente, 07 Puligny Montrachet 1er Hameau de Blagny - Yum, wonderful peaches & cream, perfect balance - really started to sing after an hour in the glass
Humbert Freres, 07 Fixin - Barnyard, earthy and with strong fruit to back this up, rustic sure - but very enjoyable
Dupont-Tisserandot, 07 Nuits St Georges Les Topons, tannins to support the pretty and approachable fuit
Dupont-Tisserandot, 07 1er Petite Chapelle, Yum, really enjoyed this - a real Pinot moment for me
Beaune 1er Cru, 06 Bressandes, really classy, perfectly balanced

There were many other highly enjoyable wines, and greatly appreciated the effort that went into this - cheers, Nick

Thanks for the write-up Nick. Sounds like it was a good night. What did Michelle (?) think of the wines?

I ran into Jeremy at the Barossa in Boardshorts tasting the night before and he said he was going too. Come on Jeremy, don't be shy!

Cheers

Michael

No worries, sorry no detailed notes - I just scribbled a brief inpression of each wine.

Michelle prefered the whites on the whole (as she normally does), to add to my list she was keen on the;

Jean-Phillippe Fichet, 07 Hautes Cotes de Beaune - almost aussie in style, nicely textured and good length

She was pretty stuffed by the time we hit the reds, the downside of being a baker and up since 3am

Michael McNally wrote:Thanks for the write-up Nick. Sounds like it was a good night. What did Michelle (?) think of the wines?

I ran into Jeremy at the Barossa in Boardshorts tasting the night before and he said he was going too. Come on Jeremy, don't be shy!

Cheers

Michael

Shy? Moi? I've got a few notes on the whites. Unfortunately some (unwanted & unsolicited) conversation got in the way a bit. Felt sorry for Neville as he tried to explain a few things about the wines above that person's voice (sitting across from me & hopefully not reading this). Will post them this week as soon as I find them and a spare minute.

Nice meeting Rednick, although I must admit I didn't know I was

Yes there did seem to be some mine is bigger than yours going on, but still had a good time and it was a great opportunity to explore some very interesting wines with Brent's pulling out all the stops as usual.

Rednick wrote:Yes there did seem to be some mine is bigger than yours going on, but still had a good time and it was a great opportunity to explore some very interesting wines with Brent's pulling out all the stops as usual.

I did not think Brents was that type of place.

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