November/December Tasting Notes
Australia
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2001 Shiraz "St. Henri" (Penfold's);
1996 Merlot Reserve (Richard Hamilton)
California/USA
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2003 Syrah "Walker Vine Hill" (Pax); 2005
Syrah "Griffin's Lair" (Pax); 2005 "Cuvée Moriah" (Pax); 2002 Viognier
(Pride); 2001 Viognier "Kenman Late Harvest" (Veritas);
2005 Cabernet Sauvignon "Larkmead" (Ramey); 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon
"Stagecoach" (Veraison); 2003 Cabernet
Sauvignon (Quilceda Creek); 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon (Harlan);
2004 Cabernet Sauvignon (Pillar Rock)
Dessert/Sparkling
NV Tawny Port "Old
Codger" (Dutschke); 2005 Port (Conceito); 2005
Port "Pintas" (Wine and Soul); 2006 Pomele IGT (Falesco); 2005
Port (Quinta do Passadouro)
Germany
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1994 Riesling Auslese "Freinsheimer Goldberg" (Lingenfelder)
Italy
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2006 Rosso Classico "Ciro" (Tenuta dei
Baroni Capoano)
Rhone/South/Southwest
France
2005 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Vielles
Vignes"
(Domaine de la Janasse)
Spain
(except dessert/sparkling)
2006 Albariño
(Do Ferreiro); 2005 Albariño
(Pazo de Señorans); 2004 Monastrell "Estrecho" (Bodegas Enrique Mendoza);
2004 Quincha Corral (Bodega Mustiguillo); 1998 Tinto (Clos Erasmus); 1968 Unico (Vega Sicilia); 2005 Termanthia; 2005
Albariño Cepas Velhas "Aquis Celenis" (Fernando Otero)
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September/October
Tasting Notes
Argentina
(except dessert/sparkling)
2005
Syrah "Los Quimiles" (Vinhos de Los Andes);2005
Cabernet Sauvignon "Los Quimiles" (Vinhos de Los Andes); 2004 Malbec "Prodigo" (Alessandro Speri); 2004 Malbec
"Q" (Familia Zuccardi); 2003 Malbec/Tempranillo "Zeta" (Familia Zuccardi);
2004 Malbec "Cobos" (Vina Cobos); 2003 Malbec "José Blanco" (Trapiche); 2004
Malbec "Pedro Gonzalez" (Trapiche)
Burgundy
(except dessert/sparkling)
1995 Vosne-Romanée "Les Beaumonts"
(Dominique Laurent); 1996 Vosne-Romanée "Les Beaumonts" (Dominique Laurent);
1995 Echezeaux (Dominique Laurent); 1995 Echezeaux (F. Lamarche); 1999
Chambolle-Musigny "Les Charmes" (C. Clerget); 1989 Pommard "Argillières" (Lejeune)
California/USA
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2002 Pinot Noir
"Marcassin Vineyard" (Marcassin);
2004 Chardonnay "The Quarry" (Aubert);
1999 Pinot Noir "Corral Creek" (Sass); 2001
Cabernet Sauvignon "Spring Mountain District" (Schweiger Vinyeyards); 1997 Zinfandel "Jackass Vineyard" (Martinelli)
Dessert/Sparkling
2001 Port "Late
Bottled Vintage" (Burmester); NV Port "10 Year" (Burmester);
1991 Riesling Late Harvest "Edelwein Gold" (Freemark Abbey);
NV Port "20 Year" (Burmester);
1985 Port "Colheita" (Burmester);
2004 Gruner Veltliner Beerenauslese "Ried Kaferberg" (Brundlmayer);
1993 Champagne Brut "Grand Cellier d'Or" (Vilmart); 2006 Gruner Veltliner "Eiswein"
(Nigl)
Germany
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2002 Riesling QbA
"Willinger Kupp" (Van Volxem);
1999 Riesling Auslese *** "Ockfener Bockstein" (Dr. Fischer);
2004 Riesling Kabinett "Herrenberg" (Maximin Grunhaus-von
Schubert); 1995 Riesling Spatlese "Graacher Himmelreich"
(Selbach-Oster); 2002 Riesling Spatlese "Urziger Wurzgarten" (Monchhof)
Irouleguy
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1999 "Ohitza" (Domaine Brana)
Italy
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2002 Saffredi (Fattoria Le Pupille); 2003 Il
Carbonaione (Poggio Scalette); 2000 Montiano
Loire
(except dessert/sparkling)
2004
Pouilly-Fumé (Daguenau); 2005 Vouvray "Clos Baudoin" (Chidaine);
2005 Montlouis Sur Loire "Clos Habert" (Chidaine)
Rhone/South/Southwest
France
1999 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Chaupin"
(Domaine de la Janasse); 1998 Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Domaine du Clos du Caillou);
2004 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Reservée" (Pégau); 1995 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Cuvée
Prestige--Tête de Cru" (Cabrières)
Spain
(except dessert/sparkling)
2004 Cenit (Vinas
del Cenit); 2004 Prima (Bodegas y Vinedos Maurodos); 2004 Tinto (Aalto);
2001 Altos de Lanzaga (Telmo Rodriguez); 2000 San Roman (Bodegas y Vinedos
Maurodos); 2002 Astrales (Los Astrales); 2005 Prieto Picudo "Gamonal" (Pardevalles)
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July/August
Tasting Notes
Alsace
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1999
Gewurztraminer "Furstentum" (Albert Mann); 1999 Riesling "Clos Hauserer" (Zind-Humbrecht);
2004 Gewurztraminer "Clos Windsbuhl" (Zind-Humbrecht); 2004 Gewurztraminer
"Les Folastries" (Josmeyer); 2004 Pinot Gris Vielles Vignes "Furstentum"
(Albert Mann); 2000 Gewurztraminer Vielles Vignes "Furstentum" (Albert
Mann); 2002 Gewurztraminer "Rosenberg" (Erhart); 1993 Gewurztraminer "Vignoble
d'Epfig" (Oestertag); 2002 Gewurztraminer "Beblenheim" (Bott-Geyl); 2005
Gewurztraminer "Les Elements" (Bott-Geyl)
Argentina
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2002 Malbec Reserva (Altos Las
Hormigas); 2002 Malbec "J. Alberto" (Noemia); 2004 "Infinito" (Sur); 2005
Malbec "Los Quimiles" (Vinhos de los Andes); 2005 Malbec Reserve "Los
Quimiles" (Vinhos de los Andes); 2006 Torrontés "Los Quimiles" (Vinhos de
los Andes); 2005 Malbec "Sol Claro" Organic (Andalhue)
Australia
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1998 Shiraz "Draycott"
(Burge Family)
Beaujolais
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2006
Beaujolais-Villages (Jadot)
Bergerac
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2005 Cotes de Bergerac "La Gloire de Mon Pére"
(Chateau Tour des Gendres)
Bordeaux
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1998 Chateau Grand
Puy Lacoste; 1989 Chateau Pavie-Macquin
Bulgaria
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2003 Merlot Reserve
(Domaine Boyar); 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve (Domaine Boyar); 2005
Muscat "Balkan Hills" (Targovishte); 2006 Traminer (Targovishte)
Burgundy
(except dessert/sparkling)
2006
Bourgone Pinot Noir Rosé (F. Magnien)
California/USA
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2005 Pinot Noir
"Rancho Santa Rosa" (Foley); 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon (Versant);
2003 Nebbiolo "Stolpman Vineyard" (Palmina);
1999 Chardonnay "Philip Roth Vineyard" (Chaddsford); 2005 Chardonnay "Philip
Roth Vineyard" (Chaddsford); 2005 Chardonnay "Miller Estate" (Chaddsford);
2006
Pinot Noir (Chaddsford);
1996 Pinot
Noir "Hirsch Vineyard" (Williams-Selyem); 1995 Pinot Noir "Sonoma Coast" (Kistler);
1999 Pinot Noir "High Plains" (Dehlinger); 1994 Pinot Noir "Reserve" (Ponzi);
1999 Pinot Noir "Camp Meeting Ridge" (Flowers); 2006 "Vincent Vin
Gris" Rosé (Saintsbury); 1998
Cabernet Sauvignon "Gaudeamus" (Schrader); 1987 Cabernet Sauvignon (Grgich
Hills); 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon "IX" (Dunham); 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon (Tom
Eddy); 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon (Seavey);
2004 "Les Copains--James Berry" (Copain); 2004 Syrah "White Hawk" (Ojai);
1999 Cabernet Sauvignon "Gaudeamus Vineyard"
(Schrader);2006 Gewurztraminer "Celilo" (Sineann)
Chile
(except dessert/sparkling)
2004
Quinta Generacíon (Casa Silva)
Dessert/Sparkling
1942 Port (Niepoort); 1957 Abafado (Junta
Nacional do Vinho);
NV Commandaria
"St. Nicholas" (Etko); 1990 "Cuvée
d'Or" (Kalin); 1995 "Nightingale" (Beringer); 1986 Gewurztraminer "Selection des Grains Nobles" (Hugel);
1998 Gewurztraminer "Fronholz" (Oestertag);
1910 PX Solera (Alvear); 1993 Riesling Cluster
Select Late Harvest (Navarro); 1998 Riesling Ice Wine (Inniskillin)
Germany
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2000 Riesling
Kabinett "Deidesheimer Paradiesgarten" (Basserman Jordan); 1994 Riesling Auslese "Erdener Prälat" (Dr. Loosen);
2000 Riesling Spatlese "Niersteiner Paterberg" (Strub);2000
Riesling Kabinett "Hackenheimer Kirchberg" (Ch. W. Bernhard); 2000 Riesling
Kabinett "Kallstadter Steinacker" (Koehler-Ruprecht); 2001
Riesling Spatlese "Niersteiner Oelberg" (Strub); 1989
Gewurztraminer Trocken Auslese "Haardter Burgergarten" (Muller-Catoir)
Italy
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1989 Barolo "Bussia"
(Parusso); 1990 Brunello di Montalcino "Riserva" (Caprilli); 1989 Barolo "Vigneto
Torlo" (Abbona Marziano e Enrico); 2004 Amarone Classico (Villa Chiara);
Lebanon
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2004 Rosé (Chateau Musar)
Spain
(except dessert/sparkling)
1999 Clos Martinet (Mas Martinet); 1999 Costers
del Siurana (Clos de l'Obac); 2001 "Gran Viu" Carineña Seleccion (Viñedos
y Bodegas Pablo); 2003 Vall Llach
(Celler Vall Llach); 2002 Tinto "Valdunes" (Tierra
Adentro); 2004 "Salanques" (Mas Doix); 2000 Tinto (Clos Mogador); 2006 Rosé
(Penascal)
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May
/ June Tasting Notes*
*Tasting notes for this issue are short because they were interrupted by a
long tasting trip for the Wine Advocate, which results you will see posted in
the WA, not here
Australia
(except dessert/sparkling)
1997 Shiraz/Cabernets
"J.S.M.
(Fox Creek)
Bordeaux
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2000 Chateau Lagrange; 1985 Chateau L’Eglise-Clinet;
1995
"Prestige" Chateau Tayac; 1989 Chateau Chasse Spleen; 2000 Chateau Figeac; 1989 Chateau Monbrison
Burgundy
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1985 Clos St. Denis (G. Lignier)1990 Nuits St. Georges “Haut Poirets” (Machard de Gramont);
1993 Nuits St. Georges “Vaucrains” (Dominique
Laurent); 1993 Chambertin “Clos de Bêze” (Dominique Laurent); 2000 Meursault
“Gouttes d’Or” (Arnaud Ente); 2005 Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet (Pernot);
1995 Vosne-Romanée “Beauxmonts“ (Clavelier)
California/USA
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2004 Pinot Noir
“Reuling” (Aubert); 2005 Chardonnay “Ritchie” (Aubert); 2002 Chardonnay
“Ritchie” (Aubert); 2002 Chardonnay “Chloe” (DuMOL); 2002 Pinot Noir “Blue
Slide Ridge” (Marcassin); 2004 Pinot Noir “Cargasacchi” (Bonaccorsi); 2003
Pinot Noir “Rosella’s” (August West); 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon (Buccella);
2004 “IX” Proprietary Red (Colgin); 2001 Pinot Noir “Moulin Rouge--Pisoni”
(Peter Michael); 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon (Jones
Family); 2003
Cabernet Sauvignon (Larkin); 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon "Diamond Mountain"
(Constant); 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon (Chappellet);
1996 Cabernet Sauvignon "Hidden Spring" (Hart's Desire); 1992 Cabernet
Sauvignon "Atlas Peak" (Per Sempre); 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon "Malibu--Newton
Canyon" (Rosenthal); 1986 Cabernet Sauvignon (Burgess);
2000 Cabernet Sauvignon "Bosché" (Freemark Abbey); 2002 "Blend 352" (Core); 1999 Zinfandel "Dogtown" (Turley); 1996 Zinfandel "Hayne"
(Turley); 2005 Chardonnay "Rancho Santa Rosa" (Foley);
1995 Dominus; 2001 Dominus; 1997 Dominus; 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon "Georges
de Latour Reserve" (BV Vineyards); 1986 Cabernet Sauvignon (Chateau
Montelena)
Dessert/Sparkling
1990 Champagne Brut Chardonnay (Pol Roger);NV Champagne Brut (Camille Savès);
1988 Champagne (Krug); 1971 “Don PX Gran Reserva” (Toro Albala); 2001
“Dolce” (Far Niente); 1966 Port (Ferreira); 1980 Port
"Colheita" Tawny (Niepoort); 1983 Port (Ramos Pinto); 2004 Port (Pintas);
2005 Port (Niepoort); 2003 Port "LBV" (Niepoort); 2003 Port (Ferreira)
Italy
2004 “Magari” I.G.T. (Ca’
Marcanda – Gaja); 2003 “Camarcanda” (Ca’ Marcanda – Gaja); 2001 Brunello di
Montalcino “Rennina” (Pieve Santa Restituta); 2001 Brunello di Montalcino
“Sugarille” (Pieve Santa Restituta); 2001 Barbaresco (Gaja); 2001 “Sori
Tildin” (Gaja); 2001 “Sperss” (Gaja); 1998 “Sperss” (Gaja); 2001 “Darmagi” (Gaja)
Rhone/South/Southwest
France
1990 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Grande Garde"
(Saint Benoit); 1994 Chateauneuf-du- Pape
"Selection Reflet"
(Cailloux); 1998
Chateauneuf-du-
Pape "Cuvée du Papet" (Mont Olivet); 1999 Chateauneuf-du- Pape (Charvin);
2004 Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Beaucastel); 1994 Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Pégau)
Spain
(except dessert/sparkling)
2006 Rosado "Phedra"
(Estancia)
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March/April Tasting Notes
Australia
(except dessert/sparkling)
2001 Shiraz "Baroota"
(Hazyblur); 2005 Shiraz "The Boxer" (Mollydooker);
2001 "Integrity" (Marquis Philips)
Bordeaux
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2004 Villa Bel Air
Blanc (Graves); 2004 Cordeillan-Bages; 2000 Chateau
Cos d'Estournel; 1995 Chateau Saint Mambert
Burgundy
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1992 Meursault "Les Genevrières"
(Jobard); 1996 Bourgogne Rouge (Coche-Dury)
California/USA
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2003 Petite Sirah
"Peterson Vineyard" (Switchback); 1998
Cabernet Sauvignon (Seavey); 2004 Pinot Noir "Donnelly Creek" (Elke); 2002
Pinot Noir "Cerise Vineyard" (Copain); 2002 Merican (Chaddsford
Winery); 2002 Merlot "Behler Reserve" (St. Francis);
2003 "Papa" (Sine Qua Non); 2005 Pinot Noir (Kutch);
1994 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve (Mondavi); 1999 "Profile" (Merryvale); 1994
Cabernet Sauvignon (Seavey); 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon (Forman); 1997 "Cinq
Cepages" (Chateau St. Jean); 2004 Zinfandel
"Alexander Valley" (Scherrer); 2004 Zinfandel "Dry Creek" (Rafanelli); 2001
Zinfandel "Nervo" (Ridge Vineyards); 1997 Zinfandel "Moore - Earthquake"
(Turley); 2003 Zinfandel "Hayne Vineyard" (Turley);
2001 Zinfandel "Howell Mountain" (Outpost)
Dessert/Sparkling
2002 Riesling Eiswein (Schloss Wallhausen); 1990
Brut (Egly Ouriet); 1989 Scheurebe Eiswein "Durkheimer Fronhof" (Darting); 2001 Sauternes-Barsac (Chateau Coutet); 2004 Reccioto della Valpolicella Classico (Tommaso Bussola);1994
Scheurebe Beerenauslese (Kracher); 1999 Riesling Late
Harvest (Rasmussen); NV St. John Commandaria (Keo)
Germany
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1989 Riesling Spatlese "Ebernburger
Stephansberg" (Rapp); 2005 Riesling Kabinett "Herrenberg"
(Maximin Grunhaus-von Schubert); 2005 Riesling Auslese "Forstmeister Geltz"
(Zilliken); 1991 Riesling Auslese "Graacher Dompropst" (Willi Schaefer);
1992 Riesling Auslese "Graacher Domprobst" (Willi Schaefer);
2004 Riesling Kabinett "Piesporter Goldtropfchen" (Mosella); 2005 Riesling
Kabinett "Piesporter Goldtropfchen" (Mosella); 2004 Riesling Spatlese "Bernkasteler
Lay" (Mosella); 2005 Riesling Spatlese "Graacher Himmelreich" (Mosella);
2004 Riesling Spatlese *** "Wehlener Sonnenuhr"(Mosella); 2005 Riesling
Spatlese "Wehlener Sonnenuhr"(Mosella); 2003 Riesling Spatlese ** "Graacher
Himmelreich" (Mosella); 2003 Riesling Auslese *** "Brauneberger Juffer
Sonnenuhr" (Mosella);
2004 Riesling Spatlese "Koberner Weisenberg" (von
Schleinitz); 2005 Riesling Kabinett "Berncasteler Doctor" (H. Thanisch);
1969 Riesling Spatlese "Kreuznacher Narrenkappe" (Paul Anheuser); 2003 Riesling Spatlese "Graacher Domprobst" A.P. #09
04 (Willi Schaefer); 1992 Riesling Auslese "Erdener
Treppchen" (J.J. Christoffel)
Italy
(except dessert/sparkling)
2005 Arneis Roero (Valdinera); 2003 Barbera
d'Alba "Vigneto Gallina" (La Spinetta); 2003 Barbera d'Asti "Costamiole" (Prunotto); 2003 Freisa
"Bricca Boschis" (Cavalotto); 2001 Barolo "Vigna Giachini" (Corino); 2000
Barolo "Brunate" (Marcarini); 1990 Barolo Reserva (Borgogno);
1997 Amarone Classico (Allegrini); 2004 Barbera d'Asti "Suma" (Braida); 2003 Barbera d'Asti "La Crena" (Vietti);
2004 Barbera d'Asti "Pomorosso" (Coppo); 1995 Amarone Classico (Zenato); 2001
Amarone Classico (Zenato); 2001 Amarone della Valpolicella "Vigna di Monte
Lodoletta" (Romano Dal Forno); 2001 Amarone Classico (Allegrini); 2002 "Turriga"
(Argiolas); 2003 Contea di Sclafani Rosso del Conte (Tasca d'Almerita);
2004 Montevetrano IGT; 2003 Sassicaia (Tenuta San Guido); 2001 Barolo Runcot (Grasso
Elio); 2003 "La Massa IGT" (Giorgio); 2001 Barolo "Cerretta" (Ettore Germano);
2001 Barbaresco "Rabaja Riserva" (Giacosa); 2005 Benuara (Cusumano); 2001
Brunello di Montalcino "Tenuta Greppo" (Biondi-Santi); 1990 Amarone
Classico (Allegrini); 1998 Valpolicella Classico Superiore (Quintarelli);
1998 "Ca' del Merlo" (Quintarelli);2001
Amarone Classico "TB" (Bussola); 2004 Barbera d'Asti Superiore
"Le Orme" (Michele Chiarlo); 2003 Barbera d'Asti "La Court" (Michele Chiarlo); 2001 Barolo "Cannubi" (E.
Pira--Chiara Boschis); 2001 Barolo "Marenca" (Luigi Pira); 2001 Barolo "Brunate"
(Marcarini); 1999 Barolo Riserva "San Pietro" (Giovanni Viberti); 2001
Barbera d'Alba Superiore "Scudetto" (G. Mascarello)
Rhone/South/Southwest
France
1988 Hermitage "La Chapelle" (Paul Jaboulet Ainé);
1994 Coteaux du Languedoc "Clos Syrah Léone" (Peyre Rose); 2003
Saint-Joseph "Lautaret" (Eric et Joel Durand); 2003 Minervois "Estibals"
(L'Ostal Cazes); 2003 Minervois "La Livinière" (L'Ostal Cazes);
1997 Cote Rotie "La Landonne" (Gerin)
Spain
(except dessert/sparkling)
2002 Pintia; 2001 Dioro Seleccion (Bodegas Valsacro); 1996 "Cuvée El Campanario" (Abadia Retuerta); 1996
"Cuvée El Palomar" (Abadia Retuerta);
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January/February Tasting Notes
Alsace
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2002 Riesling "Schlossberg" (Paul Blanck); 2000 Riesling "Heimbourg" (Zind-Humbrecht)
Australia
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1996 Merlot Reserve
(Richard Hamilton);
2005 Shiraz "9"
(Marquis Philips); 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon "Langhorne Creek - Twin Rivers"
(Birchwood)
Bordeaux
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1997 Chateau Barde-Haut;
1994 Chateau Léoville Las Cases;
1999 Chateau Montrose;
2004 Domaine de Chevalier; 2004 Chateau Haut-Bailly; 2004 Chateau La
Louvière; 2004 Chateau Latour-Martillac; 2004 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion;
2004 Chateau Canon;2004 Chateau Canon-la-Gaffelière;2004 Chateau Figeac;2004
Chateau La Gaffelière;2004 Chateau La Tour Figeac;2004 Chateau Troplong
Mondot;2004 Chateau Clinet;2004 Chateau Gazin;2004 Chateau La Cabanne;2004
Chateau La Conseillante;2004 Chateau Petit-Village; 1989 Chateau Haut Marbuzet;
2004 Chateau Brane-Cantenac; 2004 Chateau du Tertre; 2004 Chateau Giscours; 2004 Chateau Kirwan; 2004 Chateau Gruaud Larose; 2004 Chateau Lagrange; 2004 Chateau Léoville Poyferré;
2004 Chateau Clerc Milon; 2004 Chateau d'Armailhac; 2004 Chateau Haut-Bages Libéral; 2004 Chateau Lynch-Bages; 2004 Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron; 2004 Chateau Pontet Canet; 2004 Chateau Lafon-Rochet; 2004 Chateau Phélan-Ségur
Burgundy
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1992 Meursault-Perrières (Comtes Lafon); 1995 Savigny-les-Beaune "Les Marconnets" (Simon Bize)
California/USA
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1995 Pinot Noir (Beaux Freres); 1996 Pinot Noir
"Olivet Lane" (Williams Selyem); 1999 Zinfandel "Howell Mountain"
(Outpost); 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon "Eisele Vineyard"
(Araujo); 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon "Eisele Vineyard" (Araujo);
1999 Pinot Noir "Windsor Gardens Méthode à l'Ancienne" (Merry Edwards); 2004 Pinot Noir "Rosella's Vineyard" (Loring Wine Company);
2001 Zinfandel "Dusi" (Ridge); 1998 Pinot Noir "Rochioli
Riverblock" (Williams Selyem); 2001 Pinot Noir "Russian River" (Dehlinger);
2000 Pinot Noir "Octagon" (Dehlinger); 2005 Pinot Noir "Cork Dancer 5.1"
(Hitching Post); 2005 Pinot Noir "Rebel - Rancho Ontiveros Vineyard" (Dain);
2005 Pinot Noir "Savage Juliet - Hein Vineyard" (Dain); 2005 Syrah "Sojourn
- Las Madres" (Dain); 2005 Syrah "The Smart Set - White Hawk" (Dain); 2001
Syrah "Roll Ranch" (Ojai); 2004 Syrah "Sonoma Coast Estate" (Failla); 2004
Syrah "Rosella's Vineyard" (Roar); 2005 Syrah "Cuvée Christine" (Pax); 2004
Syrah "Slacker" (Linne Calodo); 2003 Syrah "Rim Rock Vineyard" (L'Aventure-Stephan
Vineyards);Pleiades
"V - Old Vines (Sean Thackrey); 1987 Pinot Noir "Jensen" (Calera);
2000 Zinfandel "Atlas Peak Mead Ranch" (Turley); 1999 Zinfandel "Nervo
Late Picked" (Ridge)
Dessert/Sparkling
2001 Sauternes (Chateau La Tour Blanche); 1992 Rieslaner
Trockenbeerenauslese "Ungsteiner Bettelhaus" (Kurt Darting);
1997 Sparkling Wine (Lamoreaux Landing); 1977 Port
(Fonseca); 1990 Sauternes (Chateau Rieussec); 1990
White Riesling Late Harvest (Greenwood Ridge);NV Cava Brut "Vinya 16 Propia" (Castel Roig);2004 Sauternes (Chateau Coutet);2004 Sauternes (Chateau de Fargues); 2004 Sauternes (Chateau Doisy-Daëne); 2004 Sauternes (Chateau Guiraud); 2004 Sauternes (Chateau La Tour Blanche); 2004 Sauternes (Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey)
Germany
(except
dessert/sparkling)
2004 Riesling
Kabinett (Schloss Johannisberg);
1990 Riesling Auslese "Urziger Wurzgarten" (J.J. Christoffel);
1993 Riesling Spatlese "Winninger Uhlen" (Freiherr von Heddesdorff); 2004
Riesling Spatlese "Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr" (Schloss Lieser);
1993 Riesling Kabinett "Graacher Domprobst" (Willi Schaefer);1994 Riesling Spatlese "Abtsberg" (Maximin Grunhaus)
Loire
(except dessert/sparkling)
2004
Pouilly-Fumé (Daguenau)
Rhone/South/Southwest
France
2001 Cabernet-Syrah Vin de Pays du Gard (Mas de Guiot)
Spain
(except dessert/sparkling)
2000 Coma Blanca (Mas d'en Gill); 2003 Alonso del
Yerro Maria (Vinedos Alonso del Yerro); 2001 Reserva (Heras Cordon); 2001
"Tomas Esteban" (Bodegas y Vinedos Valderiz); 2003 Aalto PS;1991 Seleccion
Especial (Mauro);2003 Numanthia; 2003 Tinto "Seleccio Vi Negre"(Arret)
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