at Eddie V’s
July 16, 2016 at 6pm
Ron put together a spectacular collection of wines from his cellar. This is an area we haven’t previously focused an entire event on, and it was extremely educational.
All the wines showed extremely well, and each was distinctly unique. Each flight also showed the characteristics of its region.
Because of the overall high quality of the wines, the popularity votes were extremely close, and in one case all three wines exactly tied after adding up first and second place votes. That has never happened before.
The most popular flights, in order, were:
Cote Rotie
Hermitage
White CDP
Cornas
A few wines, such as the Cornas, would have been even better if we’d been able to give them more air, as they were still improving when we had to dump them.
Wines brought by members added another 15 bottles, so the evening’s total was thirty wines!
Flight 1 – Whites
03 Chapoutier Ermitage Blanc De L’Oree (Marsanne)
01 Yves Gangloff Condrieu (Viognier)
08 Sine Qua Non Kolibri Central Coast( 69% Rousanne & 31% Viognier)
Flight 2 – Chateaneuf du Pape 98 Vintage
98 Vieux Telegraphe La Crau
98 Pegau Cuvee Reserve
98 Chateau Rayas Reserve
Flight 3 – Hermitage
03 Chapoutier Ermitage Le Pavillon (RP 100 pt)
89 Chave Hermitage
90 Paul Jaboulet La Chapelle Hermitage (RP 100 pt)
Flight 4 – Cote Rotie 99 Vintage
99 Jean-Michel Gerin Le Grandes Places Cote Rotie
99 Guigal La Mouline Cote Rotie (RP 100 pt)
99 Jamet Cote Rotie
Flight 5 – Cornas
99 Thierry Allemand Reynard Cornas
90 Auguste Clape Cornas
98 Noel Verset Cornas (Rare legendary producer whose last vintage was 06. Setting record prices at auction!)
Acquisitions
| Two remaining bottles of 1937 Vosne-Romanée are out on consignment, 1 sold. | ? |
| Rhones from Ron for this tasting | $3780 |
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