How I tasted wines I can’t afford (well, can’t justify affording)
Posted by creining | Filed under Food
The author of Vinography: A Wine Blog posted How to Taste Wines You Can’t Afford which suggested attending pre-auction tastings. I looked around the Madison area for pre-auction tastings and the closest I found was Edward Roberts International in Chicago. So I went to the tasting yesterday at the Columbia Yacht Club. It was a fantastic event as I learned alot about wine and sampled 1 ounce pours from wine that I’ve never had the chance to taste before. Now I can say that the oldest wine I’ve tasted is a 1934 Chateau Latour! Below is a listing of what I tasted with notes accompanying the wines I really enjoyed:
1990 Dom Perignon
2000 Nicolas Joly Clos De La Coulee De Serrant
1982 Catherine Guyot Chambolle-Musigny Les Charmes
1983 Catherine Guyot Vosne-Romanee
1986 Saintsbury Pinot Noir
2002 Shea Wine Cellars Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard
1934 Chateau Latour ruby in color, sharp and intense fruit on the attack
1962 Chateau Calon-Segur
1967 Chateau Cheval Blanc ruby in color, medium bodied and pretty well balanced (maybe slightly acidic)
1975 Chateau Mouton Baron Philippe
1975 Chateau Duhart-Milon-Rothschild
1978 Chateau Beychevelle
1982 Chateau Chasse-Spleen
1983 Chateau Chasse-Spleen
1975 Ca’ Del Bosco Brunello Di Montalcino Riserva lovely fruit and long finish
1980 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace
1983 Grgich Hills Cabernet Sauvignon very concentrated fruit differing from the nose
1984 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace
1988 Beaulieu Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Georges De Latour great fruit, medium complexity, great finish
1989 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Volcanic Hill
1990 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Volcanic Hill
1991 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Volcanic Hill
1992 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon
2001 Atalon Merlot
1987 Burgess Zinfandel spicy with a long finish
1975 Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle very smoky, blood, not much fruit, good harmony
1995 Turley Zinfandel Black Sears Vineyard
2002 Williams Selyem Zinfandel Forchini Vineyard a fruit bomb on the palate, very good
2002 Branson Shiraz Coach House Reserve
2004 Glaetzer Shiraz
1971 Von Plettenberg Kreuznacher Osterholl Morio-Muskat Auslese
1999 Allegrini Amarone