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September/October, 2010 Tasting Notes

yellball.gif 0.1 KBordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)

2003 Chateau Haut-Marbuzet; 1996 Chateau Cheval Blanc; 1990 Chateau Pavie

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KCalifornia/USA (except dessert/sparkling)
 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon (Chateau Montelena); 2001 Pinot Noir “Cuvée Catherine" (Kistler)

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KLoire (except dessert/sparkling)
 1998 Chinon "Clos de la Dioterie" (Joguet)

 

 

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July/August, 2010 Tasting Notes

yellball.gif 0.1 KAlsace (except dessert/sparkling)

1998 Gewurztraminer "Harth --Cuvée Caroline" (Schoffit); 2005 Gewurztraminer "Harth --Cuvée Caroline" (Schoffit); 2006 Gewurztraminer "Reserve Particulière" (Meyer Fonné); 2007 Gewurztraminer "Furstentum Vielles Vignes" (Albert Mann);  2007 Gewurztraminer "Steingrubler" (Albert Mann);  2008 Gewurztraminer "Furstentum Vielles Vignes" (Albert Mann); 2007 Gewurztraminer (Helfrich); 2009 Gewurztraminer (Albert Mann); 1992 Gewurztraminer "Goldert" (Zind-Humbrecht); 2006 Gewurztraminer "Clos des Capucins -Cuvée Laurence" (Weinbach)

 

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KArgentina (except dessert/sparkling)

2008 Viognier "Naked Pulp Series" (Doña Paula)

 

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KBordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)

1999 Chateau Lynch Bages

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KCalifornia/USA (except dessert/sparkling)
 2006 GSM "Heart Stone" (Saxum); 2002 Gewurztraminer "Cuvée Traditional" (Navarro); NV Riesling "off dry" (Sharrott); 2008 Gewurztraminer (Alba); 2008 Riesling "dry" (Alba); 2007 Riesling "off dry" (Unionville)

 

 

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2004 Rieslaner Beerenauslese “Durkheimer Nonnengarten” (Darting); 2006 Riesling "Cluster Select Late Harvest" (Navarro); 2007 Gewurztraminer Late Harvest "Vista Verde" (Williams-Selyem)

 

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KGermany (except dessert/sparkling)

2001 Riesling QbA "Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg" (Hexamer); 2008 Gewurztraminer Spatlese "Durkheimer Abtsfronhof" (Fitz-Ritter)

 

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KItaly (except dessert/sparkling)
 2005 Amarone Classico (Bussola); 2001 Tocai Friulani "Collio" (Schiopetto); 2001 Campoleone (Lamborghini); 1998 Montiano (Falesco)

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KNew Zealand (except dessert/sparkling)
 2009 Sauvignon Blanc "Marlborough" (Kim Crawford); 2009 Sauvignon Blanc "Marlborough" (Monkey Bay); 2009 Sauvignon Blanc "Regional Collection - Marlborough" (Nobilo)

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KRhone/South/SW France (except dessert/sparkling)
1999 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Cuvée Reservée" (Domaine du Pegau); 1990 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Chaupin" (Domaine de la Janasse); 2006 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc (Domaine de la Janasse); 2005 Cornas "Vielles Vignes" (Voge)

 

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KSpain (except dessert/sparkling)
 2006 Prieto Picudo "Gamonal" (Pardevalles);2008 Tempranillo "Embocadero" (San Pedro Regalado); 2008 Tinto "El Bon Homme" (Bodegas Rafael Cambra); 2000 Tinto "PS" (Aalto)

 

 

 

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May/June, 2010 Tasting Notes

yellball.gif 0.1 KAlsace (except dessert/sparkling)
1997 Gewurztraminer Vendange Tardive "Cuvée de la 3ème Millenaire" (Schleret); 1995 Pinot Gris "Rotenberg Vendange Tardive" (Zind-Humbrecht)

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KAustria (except dessert/sparkling)

2008 Rosé Messwein (Stift Goettweig)

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KBordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)

1995 "Prestige" Chateau Tayac; 1982 Forts de Latour

 

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KBurgundy (except dessert/sparkling)

1999 Givry "Clos du Cellier Aux Moines" (Joblot); 1999 Meursault "Rougeot" (Coche-Dury)

 

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KCalifornia/USA (except dessert/sparkling)
 2001 Zinfandel "Pagani Ranch" (Ridge); 2003 "Hard Core" (Core); 2009 Viognier "Estate" (Clos LaChance); 2004 Syrah "Keltie" (Pax); 2005 "Venus" (Pax); 2007 Pinot Noir "Biagini Vinyeard" (Clos LaChance); 2008 Chardonnay "Liebeler Vineyard" (Clos LaChance); 2008 Chardonnay "Biagini Vineyard" (Clos LaChance); 2005 "The Petition" (Sine Qua Non); 2005 Chardonnay "Stone Flat" (Kistler); 2006 Chardonnay "Kistler Vineyard" (Kistler); 2009 Trousseau Gris (Wind Gap); 2005 Pinot Noir "Over and Out" (Sine Qua Non); 2001 "Lytton Springs" (Ridge); 2003 Zinfandel "Dogtown Vineyard" (Turley)

 

 

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2004 Brut Rosé "Beacon Hill" (Soter)

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KGermany (except dessert/sparkling)

2002 Riesling Spatlese "Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg"(Schloss Schoenborn); 2005 Riesling Auslese "Urziger Wurzgarten" (J.J. Christoffel); 2008 Riesling Auslese "Platinum" (Peter Mertes); 2001 Riesling Spatlese "Rudesheimer Berg Schlossberg" (Leitz); 2006 Riesling Spatlese "Norheimer Kirschheck" (Donnhoff); 2001 Riesling Kabinett "Trittenheimer Apotheke" (Ansgar Clusserath); 2001 Riesling QbA (Maximin Grunhaus / Von Schubert)

 

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KItaly (except dessert/sparkling)
 2004 Kerner "Praepositus" (Abbazia di Novacella); 1999 Barolo  "Pi' Vigne" (Silvio Grasso); 1999 Lupicaia (Castello del Terriccio)

 

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KRhone/South/SW France (except dessert/sparkling)
1989 Hermitage (Chave); 1994 Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Beaucastel)

 

 

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March/April, 2010 Tasting Notes

yellball.gif 0.1 KBordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
 1966 Chateau Latour; 1990 Chateau Lagrange, 1995 Chateau Latour à Pomerol; 2000 Chateau Lagrange

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KCalifornia/USA (except dessert/sparkling)

1999 Pinot Noir "High Plains" (Dehlinger); 2002 Chardonnay "Sleepy Hollow" (Arcadian); 1991 Cabernet Sauvignon (Chateau Montelena); 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon "Oakville" (Miner)

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KDessert/Sparkling
 2006 Riesling Late Harvest (Greenwood Ridge);NV Old Tawny Port (Jonesy--Trevor Jones)
 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KGermany (except dessert/sparkling)

2001 Riesling Kabinett "Raventhaler Baiken" (Kloster Eberbach)

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KItaly (except dessert/sparkling)

2001 Barbaresco Reserva (Rizzi); 2001 Roero “Roche d’Ampsej”(Correggia); 1997 Barolo "Bricco Rocche" (Ceretto); 2003 Barolo "Costa di Rose" (Bric Cenciurio-Pittatore Sacchetto Fiorella)

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KSpain (except dessert/sparkling)

2007 Tempranillo (Volver); 2004 Rioja (Remelluri)

 

 

 

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January/February, 2010 Tasting Notes
yellball.gif 0.1 KBordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
 1995 Chateau Potensac; 1998 Chateau Faugères

 


yellball.gif 0.1 KBurgundy (except dessert/sparkling)
 1996 Vosne Romanée (Dominique Laurent); 1990 Chassagne-Montrachet (Ramonet); 1990 Nuits St. Georges "Les Damodes" (Lecheneault); 1999 Volnay "Champans" (Girardin)

 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KCalifornia/USA (except dessert/sparkling)
 1997 Insignia (Joseph Phelps); 1997 Chateau Montelena; 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon "Tychson Hill Vineyard" (Colgin); 2006 Pinot Noir "Summa Old Vines" (Rivers-Marie)
 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KDessert/Sparkling
 2007 Port "Pintas" (Wine & Soul); 2007 Port "Quinta Vale D. Maria (Lemos & Van Zeller); 2007 Port (Quinta do Passadouro); 2007 Port (Duorum)

yellball.gif 0.1 KGermany (except dessert/sparkling)
 2007 Riesling "Dhron Hofberg Grosses Gewachs" (A.J. Adam); 2004 Riesling Spatlese "Ohligsberger" (R. Haart); 2001 Riesling Kabinett "Johannisberger Goldetzel" (Johannishof)
 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KRhone/South/SW France (except dessert/sparkling)
 2004 Condrieu  "Les Chaillets" (Cuilleron); 1994 Coteaux du Languedoc "Cupa Numismae" (Chateau La Roque)
 

 

yellball.gif 0.1 KSpain (except dessert/sparkling)

2001 Aalto PS; 2001 Mauro Vendimia Seleccionada; 2001 Palomero (Bodegas Uvaguilera)

 

 

 

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