BOND and more

Dinner at Stellar House.

1990 Vilmart Grand Cellier d'Or Coeur de Cuvée, N°3595, dégorgée le 8 avril 1999 - beautifully caramelized, with salty preserved lemon. Good acidity on the palate, and so, soo nice. Wow!

2016 Maison Leroy Bourgogne Blanc - more ripe on the palate than expected. Very clean with toasty notes.

2000 BOND Vecina - decanted for 30 minutes starting 1 hour 15 minutes prior to serving, then back in bottle. Very smoky, really oaky. Pretty ripe and sweet on the palate. Two hours after opening this was really open and lovely, a little plummy. Another 15 minutes later this started to show some coconut butter and vanilla notes. Nice and exotic.

2000 BOND Melbury - decanted for 30 minutes starting 1 hour 15 minutes prior to serving, then back in bottle. Really ripe and sweet on the palate, with less smoke on the nose. More savory. Very smooth 2 hours after opening, very plummy, almost like stewed prunes. At 3 hours in this showed more woodsy notes and also more smoke.

Full post on dinner is here.