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<blockquote data-quote="Daver6" data-source="post: 2289704" data-attributes="member: 35512">Went to a friend&#039;s place for dinner last night. I took the two German&#039;s and the 707.The single vineyard Grand Cru&#039;s from Frank Bonville. All vinified the same. Seen no oak, 100% Chardonnay, full malo and the same dosage. Really interesting comparison. The Pur Mesnil showed the best for me. The Pur Oger wasn&#039;t quite as expressive as the other two and I suspect suffered a minor fault. Only tiny quantities made with even fewer for the 2014 vintage (will only be 1000 bottles with 90 of those coming in to Australia).[ATTACH=full]258075[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]258076[/ATTACH]Both these were excellent but the Prum was the standout. Cork for the Prum was soaked through but the wine was still very fresh.[ATTACH=full]258077[/ATTACH]A friend very generously supplied the &#039;86 Grange. Drinking really well now. The 707 I was keen to try as I have a few more bottles. I wanted to know whether I should try flog the remaining bottles given the stratospheric prices you can now get for them. At the time I think I picked it up for $140. To be frank, it&#039;s impossible to compare to other Cabernets. The style is so uniquely Penfolds. You can&#039;t say its better value or not than other wines. It&#039;s different![ATTACH=full]258078[/ATTACH]This was lovely, but we should have decanted it for at least 30 minutes. Not sickly sweet or cloying at all.[ATTACH=full]258079[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]258080[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daver6, post: 2289704, member: 35512"] Went to a friend's place for dinner last night. I took the two German's and the 707. The single vineyard Grand Cru's from Frank Bonville. All vinified the same. Seen no oak, 100% Chardonnay, full malo and the same dosage. Really interesting comparison. The Pur Mesnil showed the best for me. The Pur Oger wasn't quite as expressive as the other two and I suspect suffered a minor fault. Only tiny quantities made with even fewer for the 2014 vintage (will only be 1000 bottles with 90 of those coming in to Australia). [ATTACH type="full"]258075[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]258076[/ATTACH] Both these were excellent but the Prum was the standout. Cork for the Prum was soaked through but the wine was still very fresh. [ATTACH type="full"]258077[/ATTACH] A friend very generously supplied the '86 Grange. Drinking really well now. The 707 I was keen to try as I have a few more bottles. I wanted to know whether I should try flog the remaining bottles given the stratospheric prices you can now get for them. At the time I think I picked it up for $140. To be frank, it's impossible to compare to other Cabernets. The style is so uniquely Penfolds. You can't say its better value or not than other wines. It's different! [ATTACH type="full"]258078[/ATTACH] This was lovely, but we should have decanted it for at least 30 minutes. Not sickly sweet or cloying at all. [ATTACH type="full"]258079[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]258080[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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