Number 13 — January, 1995
Haut Brion Wrap Up
What a fun event our September weekend was. The favorite wines were: 1945, 1953, 1961, 1964, 1978, 1982, 1989. The best buys: 1953, 1964.
Auction Action
We acquired our first lots at the Davis Co. (Chicago) auction, and after two months of paperwork finally managed to get them into the state of Florida. Our acquisitions:
| 1949 | Le Montrachet | White | Burgundy |
340 |
| 1981 | Ch. d’Yquem | Sauternes | Sauternes |
160 |
| 1983 | Ch. d’Yquem | Sauternes | Sauternes |
190 |
For the upcoming tasting, I have also transferred in a bottle of Romanee Conti from my cellar.
Treasurer’s Report
| Previous Balance |
279.00 |
| September Dues Paid |
900.00 |
| September Dues Due – Al Gane |
150.00 |
| Purchases – ‘89 Haut Brion |
-139.13 |
| Purchases – Corkage 9/17/94 |
-73.14 |
| Purchases – Davis Co., 9/95 |
-690.00 |
| Purchases – Steve Romanee Conti |
-400.00 |
| Whites for Tasting (Viognier, Muscat) |
-70.00 |
| Balance |
-43.27 |
January dues will be due at the next tasting.
Upcoming Events
Our next tasting will be at the Portobello Yacht Club, January 21, 1995 at 4:00 p.m. The theme of the tasting will be “Blind Pairs”. We will pour five pairs of wines, one pair at a time. The wines in the pair will be of similar vintage and grape, but one will be from California, the other from France. Your job is to sort them out!
The wines will be:
|
Cost |
Retail |
|||||
| 1992 | Bonny Doon Le Sophiste |
(77% Roussanne & 23% Marsanne)Sauvignon BlancCalifornia
30
30
x1211971Ch. Haut-Brion BlancWhiteBordeaux
38
175
x1031990Guenoc Genevieve Magoon ReserveChardonnayLake
25
30
1949Le MontrachetWhiteBurgundy
340
600
61981969Robert MondaviPinot NoirNapa
35
55
91111965Romanee ContiRomanee ContiBurgundy
400
500
x1761970BV Georges de La Tour Private ReserveCabernet SauvignonNapa
55
100
40441970Ch. Mouton RothschildRedBordeaux
103
250
1993Bonny Doon Vin de Glaciere
(Muscat Cannelli) two tenthsLate HarvestCalifornia
40
40
1983Ch. d’YquemSauternesSauternes
190
250
Total Tasting Cost
1256
2030
If you can manage to save a little of each wine, we’ll also be matching them with foods, following the tasting.
Each couple is invited to bring one wine to share with dinner, which will follow. Since they are kindly not charging a corkage fee, we request that no discount cards or gift certificates be used to pay for dinner.
See you there.