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 Nov./December, 2004 Tasting Notes (click for detailed notes)
 Alsace (except dessert/sparkling)
1989 Gewurztraminer Vendange Tardive "Bergheim"
(Deiss); 1997 Gewurztraminer "Cuvée Théo--Clos des
Capucins" (Domaine Weinbach)
Australia (except dessert/sparkling)
1997 Shiraz
"Rayner Vineyard" (Brokenwood)
Bordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
1994 Chateau L'Angelus; 1996 Chateau Pichon Lalande; 1996
Chateau Pichon Baron; 1995 Chateau Pichon Baron; 1996 Chateau Lynch
Bages;1996 Chateau Calon Ségur; 1996 Chateau Lafon Rochet; 1995 Chateau Calon
Ségur;1996 Cos d'Estournel; 1996 Chateau Sociando Mallet; 1995 Chateau
L'Angelus; 1996 Chateau Latour à Pomerol; 1996 Chateau Léoville Barton; 1996
Chateau Lagrange; 1995 Léoville Las Cases; 1990 Chateau La Conseillante; 1990
Chateau Troplong-Mondot; 1987 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou; 1988
Chateau L'Eglise-Clinet;
1988 Chateau Domaine de Chevalier; 1988 Chateau
Léoville Las Cases; 1988 Chateau Rausan Segla
Burgundy (except dessert/sparkling)
2002 Chambolle-Musigny "Les Cras" (G. Barthod); 2002
Gevrey-Chambertin (Faiveley); 1990 Morey St. Denis "Clos de la
Bussière" (Roumier); 1995 Chambolle-Musigny "Les Sentiers" (R.
Groffier); 1999 Vosne-Romanée "Les Maizières" (A-F. Gros)
California/USA (except
dessert/sparkling)
1998 Cabernet (Jones Family); 1994
Cabernet Reserve (Fife); 1995 Cabernet Limited Edition "Tuthills
Lane Vineyard" (Paumanok); 1998 Petite Sirah "Frediani
Vineyard" (J.C. Cellars); 2002 Zinfandel "Ueberroth
Vineyard" (Turley);2001 Zinfandel "Atlas Peak Mead
Vineyard" (Turley);1996 Zinfandel "Aida Vineyard" (Turley);
2001 Zinfandel "Pringle Family Vineyard" (Turley); 2002
Zinfandel "Pagani Ranch Late Picked" (Ridge); 1999 Pinot Noir
"Carneros" (Saintsbury); 1999 Pinot Noir "Russian River
Valley" (Merry Edwards); 2000 Merlot "Mariage" (Martin Ray);
1999 Pinot Noir "Le Moulin Rouge" (Peter Michael); 2002 Pinot Noir
"Sonoma Coast" (Hirsch Vineyards); 2003 Pinot Noir "Estate Old
Vines" (Patricia Green); 1995 Syrah "Eisele Vineyard" (Araujo); 1994 Cabernet "Napa" (Turnbull); 1994 Cabernet "Special Selection" (Caymus); 1994
Cabernet "Napa" (Dunn); 1994 "Monte Bello" (Ridge); 1997
Chardonnay "Napa" (Stag's Leap)
Dessert / Sparkling wines
2002 Quarts de Charme (Baumard); 1988
Sauternes (Doisy-Vedrines); 2001 Sauternes (Clos Haut Peyraguey); 1997
Coteaux du Layon "Clos des Huttieres" (Montilet); 1989 Muskateller
Trockenbeerenauslese "Durkheimer Hochmess" (Vier Jahreszeiten);
2002 Gewurztraminer (Londer); 1988 Sauternes (Rieussec);
1988 Port Colheita (Rocha); 1990 Ravat
Blanc Eiswein (Wagner); 1996 Rosé Champagne "Extra Cuvée de
Reserve" (Pol Roger); 1996 Chardonnay Champagne (Pol Roger);
1996 Champagne "Fleur" (Perrier-Jouet); 1996 Champagne Brut
"Cuvée Sainte-Anne"(Chartogne-Taillet);
1996 Champagne Blanc de Blancs (Ployez-Jacquemart); 1996 Rosé Champagne
(Charles Heidsieck); 1996 Champagne "Grande Année"
(Bollinger); 1996 Champagne "Dom Perignon" (Moet et Chandon); 1963 Port (Croft=s);1949
Banyuls Grand Cru (Domaines Terroir de Sud);1998 Botrytis Semillon (Tim Adams)
Germany (except dessert/sparkling)
1993 Riesling Auslese "Urziger
Wurzgarten" (Merkelbach); 2001
Riesling Spatlese "Norheimer Kirschheck" (Donnhoff); 2001
Riesling Spatlese "Oberhauser Brucke" (Donnhoff); 1998 Riesling Spatlese "Haardter
Burgergarten" (Muller-Catoir); Riesling Spatlese "Gleisweiler
Holle" (Mingus); 1993 Riesling Spatlese "Winninger Uhlen"(Freiher
von Heddesdorff); 1988
Riesling Auslese "Trabacher Taubenhaus" (Conrad-Bartz); 2000
Riesling Spatlese "Urziger Wurzgarten" (J.J. Christoffel); 1976
Riesling Auslese "Graacher Domprobst" (Von Schorlemer); 1976 Riesling
Auslese "Graacher Himmelreich" (S.A. Prum)
Italy (except dessert/sparkling)
2001 Vorsu Barbaresco
"Vigneto Gallina" (La Spinetta)
Rhone/South/SW France (except dessert/sparkling)
1996 Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Les Cailloux--Brunel); 1990 Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Beaucastel); 1994
Condrieu "La Doriane" (Guigal); 1998 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Crau de Ma Mere" (Domaine du
Pere Pape); 1999 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Cuvée Etienne Gonnet" (Font de
Michelle)
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Sept./October, 2004 Tasting Notes (click for detailed notes)
Alsace (except dessert/sparkling)
2002 Pinot Gris "Herrenweg" (Zind-Humbrecht); 2002
Pinot Gris "Clos Windsbuhl" (Zind-Humbrecht); 1994 Riesling
Vendange Tardive "Clos St. Theobald Rangen de Thann" (Schoffit)
Australia (except dessert/sparkling)
2001 Dry Red No. 1 (Yarra Yering)
Bordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
2000 Chateau Trotte Vielle; 2001 Chateau Trotte Vielle; 2000
Chateau Batailley; 2001 Chateau Batailley; 1995 Chateau Cos
d'Estournel; 1998 Chateau Cos d'Estournel; 1999 Chateau Mouton Rothschild;
1999 Chateau Quinault l'Enclos; 1982 Chateau Calon Segur; 1994 Chateau Pontet
Canet;
Burgundy (except dessert/sparkling)
1997 Vosne-Romanée "Les Hautes Maizières" (Robert
Arnoux); 2002 Corton-Charlemagne (Girardin);
2002 Nuits St. Georges "Les Perrières" (Forey); 1999 Nuits
St. Georges "Pruliers" (Lecheneaut); 1999 Clos Vougeot (Chantal
Lescure)
California/USA (except
dessert/sparkling)
2001 Cabernet Sauvignon "Peterson Family Vineyard"
(Switchback Ridge); 1999 Chardonnay
"Cuvée Cathleen" (Kistler);2002 Pinot Noir "Keefer Ranch"
(Failla); 2002 Pinot Noir "Savoy" (Radio-Coteau); 1994 Dominus;
1999 Cabernet Sauvignon "Georges de Latour Reserve" (Beaulieu);
1994 Cabernet Sauvignon "Rutherford Hill Reserve" (Flora
Springs); 2002 Pinot Noir (Adelsheim); 2001 Pinot Noir "Elizabeth's
Reserve" (Adelsheim); 2000 "Cain Five"; 2002 Pinot Noir
"Cohn Vineyard" (Kosta Browne); 2002 Pinot Noir "Sonoma
Coast" (Kosta Browne); 2002 Pinot Noir "Kanzler Vineyard"
(Kosta Browne); 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon "Signature" (Darioush); 2000
Cabernet Sauvignon "Estate" (Signorello); 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon
"Special Selection" (Caymus); 1994 Cabernet Franc (Horton);
2002 Cabernet/Chambourcin (Chaddsford); 2002
Cabernet Franc "Flying Fox" (Veritas); 2002 Cabernet Franc (Lang
& Reed); 1998 Cabernet Franc (Behrens & Hitchcock); 1999 Cabernet
Franc "Pritchard Hill" (Chappellet); 2001 Meritage (Wolf Family);
1995 Red Wine (Viader); 1997 Red Wine (Viader); 1997 Cabernet Franc
"Howell Mountain Third Century" (Beringer); 1995, 1996, 1998 and
2000 Cabernet Franc (Pride); 2001 "White Coat" (Turley);2000
"White Coat" (Turley);1999 Syrah "Eisele Vineyard"
(Araujo); 2001 "Ode to Picasso" (Behrens & Hitchcock); 2000
"Le Desir" (Verité); 2000 Lytton Estate "Late
Harvest" (Ridge); 1997 Zinfandel (Moss Creek); 1991 Zinfandel
"Belloni" (Ravenswood); 1999 Zinfandel (Saddleback); 2000 Zinfandel
"Dusi Ranch" (Ridge); Pleiades V "Old Vines" (Sean
Thackrey)
Dessert / Sparkling wines
2001 Monbazillac "Réserve du Chateau" (Chateau
Vari); 2001 Sauternes (Chateau Coutet); 1990
Rieslaner Beerenauslese "Mussbacher Eselshaut" (Muller-Catoir);
1998 Gruner Veltliner Beerenauslese (Brundlmayer); 2003
Pinot Noir "Deglacé" (Adelsheim); 2002 Cabernet Franc Ice
Wine (Inniskillin); 1991 Muskateller Eiswein
"Durkheimer Hochbenn" (Muller-Catoir); 1989 Sauternes
(Raymond-Lafon); NV Champagne Blancs de Blanc "Cuvée des Caudalies"
(DeSousa et fils); 1997 Riesling Beerenauslese "Geisenheimer
Rothenberg" (Schumann-Nagler); NV Zinfandel Port (Rombauer)
Germany (except dessert/sparkling)
1971 Riesling Auslese "Urziger Wurzgarten"
(Christoffel-Berres); 2001 Muskateller Kabinett "Durkheimer
Steinberg" (Darting); 2003 Riesling Spatlese (Wegeler); 2001 Riesling
Spatlese "Wachenheimer Belz" (J.L. Wolf); 1998 Riesling
Spatlese "Koberner Weisenberg" (von Schleinitz); 1993
Riesling Kabinett "Brauneberger-Juffer" (Willi Haag); 1989 Riesling
Auslese "Abtsberg" (Maximin
Grunhaus)
Italy (except dessert/sparkling)
2003 Falanghina (Feudi di San Gregorio); 1999 Brunello di Montalcino (Altesino); 2000
Rosso del Salento "Notapanaro" IGT (Taurino); 1999 La Poja IGT
(Allegrini); 1998 Barbaresco "Bric Turot" (Prunotto); 1997 Barbaresco
"Bric Turot" (Prunotto); 1999 Barolo (Prunotto); 1996 Barolo
"Cannubi" (Prunotto); 1998 Barolo "Bussia" (Prunotto);
1999 Barolo "Bussia" (Prunotto); 2002 Costera IGT (Argiolas); 2002
Korem IGT (Argiolas); 1999 Turriga IGT (Argiolas); 2003 Vitiano Rosso IGT
(Falesco); 2001 Montiano IGT (Falesco); 2001 Cabernet Marciliano IGT
(Falesco); 2001 Nero d'Avola "Don Antonio IGT" (Morgante);
2001 Rosso IGT "Campoleone" (Lamborghini); 2002 Montevetrano
IGT; 1992 Valpolicella Classico Superiore (Quintarelli); 2003 Rosso di Notri IGT (Tua Rita); 2002 Perlato
del Bosco IGT (Tua Rita); 2002 Guisto di Notri IGT (Tua Rita); 1998 Barbaresco "Gallina" (Giacosa);
1999 Barolo (Giacosa); 1999 Barolo "Falletto" (Giacosa); 2002 Rosso
Nero d'Avola (Tasca d'Almerita);2001 Nero d'Avola "Cygnus"
IGT (Tasca d'Almerita);2001 Rosso del Conte (Tasca d'Almerita); 1999 I
Sodi di San Niccolo' IGT (Castellere); 2001 Barbera "Ciabot du
Ré" (Fratello Revello); 1999 Syrah "Casa Via" (Fontodi); 1998
Pergole Torte (Montevertine); 1999 "Alleanza" (Castello di
Gabbiano)
Loire (except dessert/sparkling)
1995 Savennières "Clos de Saint Yves (Baumard); 2002
Sancerre (L. Crochet);
1990 Chinon (Spelty); 1990 Chinon "Clos de la
Dioterie" (Joguet); 1996 Chinon "Vielles Vignes Cornuelles"
(Sourdais)
Rhone/South/SouthWest France (except dessert/sparkling)
1995 Gigondas (Les Gouberts); 2001 Gigondas (Chateau de Saint
Cosme); 2002 Cotes du Rhone "Les Deux Albions" (Chateau de Saint
Cosme); 1990 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Cuvée Laurence" (Domaine
Pegau); 1990 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Cuvée Chaupin" (Domaine de
la Janasse); 1989 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Generations" (Chateau de la
Gardine Brunel); 1990 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Les Cedres" (Jaboulet);
2001 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc (Vieux Telegraphe); 1997
Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc "La Bernadine" (Chapoutier)
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July/August, 2004 Tasting Notes (click for detailed notes)
Alsace (except dessert/sparkling)
2000 Gewurztraminer "Harth Vielles Vignes" (Schoffit);
1998 Gewurztraminer "Heimbourg" Vendange Tardive (Zind-Humbrecht);
2000 Gewurztraminer "Herrenweg" (Zind-Humbrecht); 1999
Gewurztraminer "Heimbourg" (Zind-Humbrecht); 20002 Gewurztraminer
"Furstentum Vielles Vignes" (Albert Mann); 2000 Gewurztraminer
"Bergheim" (Marcel Deiss); 2000 Gewurztraminer
"Sonnenglanz" Vendange Tardive (Bott-Geyl); 1995 Gewurztraminer
"Cuvée Maxime'
(Barmes-Buecher); 2001 Pinot Gris "Cuvée Ste. Catherine Clos des
Capucins (Domaine Weinbach)
Australia (except dessert/sparkling)
1998 Cabernet Reserve (Fox Creek); 2002 Merlot
(Craneford); 1997 Shiraz
"The Freedom" (Langmeil);2001 Shiraz
Reserve (Henry's Drive)
Austria (except dessert/sparkling)
2000 Gewurztraminer "Gamitzberg" (Gross)
Bordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
2000 Haut Bergey; 1999 Chateau Pichon Baron
Burgundy (except dessert/sparkling)
1999 Clos de la Roche Vielles Vignes (Domaine Ponsot)
California/USA (except dessert/sparkling)
1998 Pinot Noir "Kistler Vineyard" (Kistler); 1996
Pinot Noir (Drouhin); 2001 Cabernet "Napa" (Clos du Val); 1999
Pinot Noir "Beacon Hill" (Tony Soter); 1999 Pinot Noir
"Russian River Valley" (Dehlinger); 2003 Gewurztraminer (Handley);
2003 Gewurztraminer (Little Valley Wine Company); 2002 Gewurztraminer Late
Harvest "Biscuit Ridge Vineyard" (Three Rivers); 2002
Gewurztraminer "Dragonfly" (Francis Tannahill); 1997
"Beckstoffer" (Merryvale); 2001 Syrah "Dreaming
Detective" (Red Car); 2001 "Cardinale" (Kendall-Jackson); 2001
Pinot Noir "Moonshine Ranch" (Martinelli); 2002 Pinot Noir "Clos
Pepe" (Loring Wine Company); 2002 Pinot Noir "Balcome"
(Patricia Green); 1997 Pinot Noir "Cuvée Catherine"(Kistler); 2002
"White Coat" (Turley); 2000 Syrah "Eisele Vineyard"
(Araujo); 1990 Chardonnay Reserve (Chalone); 2000 Zinfandel "Sonoma
Station" (Ridge); 2000 Zinfandel "Old Vines" (Turley); 2002 Syrah
(Rock Rabbit);
2000 Chardonnay "Overlook" (Landmark); 2001
Merlot (Madrigal); 1999 Sangiovese Family Reserve "Penny Lane
Vineyard" (Venge-Saddleback); 2000 Cabernet "Beckstoffer"
(Schrader); 2002 Syrah (Pride); 1998 Syrah (Behrens & Hitchock); 1999
Lytton Springs (Ridge); 1999 Monte Bello (Ridge); 2000 Monte Bello
(Ridge)
Chile (except dessert/sparkling)
1999 Carmenere "1810" (Casa Donoso)
Dessert / Sparkling wines
2000 Gewurztraminer Late Harvest (Navarro); 1989
Gewurztraminer "Altenberg" Selection des Grains Nobles; 2001
Gewurztraminer "Passito" (Tannahill); 2002 Gewurztraminer Cluster
Select Late Harvest (Navarro); 1996 Gewurztraminer "Quintessence"
Selection des Grains Nobles (Deiss); 2001 Petite Sirah "Essence"
(Ridge); 1992 Port (Quinto do Vesuvio); 2002 Beerenauslese (Gunderloch); 1990
Sauternes "Crème de Tête" (Chateau Filhot); 1999 Port (Quinta do Vesuvio)
Germany (except dessert/sparkling)
1990 Riesling Auslese "Scharzhofberger"
(Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt); 2001 Riesling Spatlese "Wehlener
Sonnenuhr" (J.J. Prum); 1990 Riesling
Auslese "Brauneberger-Juffer-Sonnenuhr" (Willi Haag); 1989 Riesling
Auslese "Oberhauser Brucke" (Donnhoff); 2002 Riesling Spatlese
"Schlossbockelheimer Felsenberg" (Donnhoff); 1997 Riesling Spatlese
Abtsberg (Maximin
Grunhaus)
Georgia (except dessert/sparkling)
2001 "Grammy Collection" Alazanis
Valley
Italy (except dessert/sparkling)
2000 Gewurztraminer (Elena Walch); 1998 Gewurztraminer
"Kolbenhof" (Hofstatter); 1999 Cepparello (Isole e Olena); 1990
Brunello di Montalcino (Fattoria dei Barbi); 1990 Brunello di Montalcino
(Altesino); 1997 Balifico (Fattoria Castello di Volpaia); 1999 Campoleone
(Lamborghini); 1996 Solengo (Argiano); 1997 Guado al Tasso (Tenuta
Belvedere-Antinori); 1999 Ceuso Vigna Custera; 2002 Barbera (Pio Cesare);
1995 Cremes (Gaja); 1993 Barolo "Cannubi Boschis" (Sandrone); 2001
Rosso "Fabius" (Ciacci Piccolomini); 1997 Barbaresco
"Sori'Paitin" (Paitin); 1998 Morellino di Scansano Reserva
(Fattoria le Pupille); 1999 Brunello di Montalcino (Siro Pacenti)
Portugal (except dessert/sparkling)
2000 "Incognito" Syrah (Cortes de Cima); 1998 Branco
Evora (Pera-Manca); 1997 Tinto Evora (Pera-Manca); 1998 Reserva Reg.
Alentejano (Cortes de Cima); 1999 Douro
Reserva Branco (Porca de Murça); 2000 Vinha da Nora Reserva (Qunta do
Monte D'Oiro); 2000 Vinho Reg. Alentejano (Cortes de Cima); 1999 Tinto
Reserva Quinta da Cortezia
Rhone/South/SouthWest France (except dessert/sparkling)
1998 Chateauneuf du Pape "La Reine des Bois"
(Domaine de la Mordorée);1998 Coteaux du Languedoc
"Grande Cuvée" (Chateau de Lancyre); 1999 Cote
Rotie (R. Rostaing)
Spain (except dessert/sparkling)
1999 Criança (Morlanda); 1999 Tinto (Pesquera)
Uruguay (except dessert/sparkling)
2002 Tannat Primeur "Canelones" (Filgueira)
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May/June, 2004 Tasting Notes (click for detailed notes)
Alsace (except dessert/sparkling)
1990 Riesling Vendange Tardive "Clos Hauserer"
(Zind-Humbrecht)
Australia (except dessert/sparkling)
2001 Shiraz
"The Footbolt" (d'Arenberg)
Bordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
1998 Chateau Barde-Haut; 1998
Chateau Haut Condissas; 1994 Chateau Pavie Maquin; 1986 Chateau Pichon
Lalande; 1989 Chateau L'Angelus; 1986
Chateau Cos d'Estournel; 1986 Chateau Talbot; 1995 Chateau Monbousquet; 2000
Chateau Olivier
Burgundy (except dessert/sparkling)
2002 Macon-Milly-Lamartine (Domaine des Heritiers du Comte
Lafon); 1999 Nuits St.
Georges "Les Pruliers" (Gouges); 1995 Volnay "Clos des
Chenes" (Caillot)
California/USA (except dessert/sparkling)
2002 Syrah (Rock Rabbit); 2000 Fumé Blanc To-Kalon Reserve
(Robert Mondavi); 2000 Syrah "Saralee's Vineyard" (Arrowood); 2001
Chardonnay Cuvée Michel Berthoud (Arrowood); 1999 Cabernet Reserve (Clos du
Bois); 2001 Chardonnay "Suscol Ranch" (Nickel & Nickel); 2001
Chardonnay "Damaris Reserve" (Landmark); 2000 Cabernet (Buena
Vista); 2000 "Crane Creek Cuvée" (Lambert Bridge); 2000 Syrah (La Sirena); 2001 Cabernet
(Steltzner); 1998 Cabernet (Screaming Eagle); 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon
"Herb Lamb Vineyard" (Colgin); 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon
"Eisele Vineyard" (Araujo); 1996 Estate Proprietary Wine (Harlan);
1997 Estate Proprietary Wine (Harlan); 1999 Cabernet "Hillside
Select" (Shafer); 1995 Pinot Noir "Cuvée Catherine" (Kistler);
1998 "Rouge"
(Tablas Creek); 2000 "Panoplie" (Tablas Creek); 2001 "Blend
541" (Core); 2002 "Elevation Sensation" (Core); 2002
"M5" (Margerum); 2002 "Hardcore" (Core); 1995
Cabernet "Napa" (Corison); 1995 Cabernet "Private
Reserve" (Beringer); 1997 Cabernet (Phoenix Vineyards); 2000 Cabernet
(Gamble Nelson); 2000 Syrah "Relentless" (Shafer); 2000 Pinot Noir
"Garys' Vineyard" (Loring Wine Company); 1988 Cabernet (Philip
Togni); 1993 Cabernet "Backus Vineyard" (Joseph Phelps); 2002
Merlot (Behrens & Hitchcock); 2001 Cabernet Franc (Crocker Starr); 2001
Cabernet Sauvignon "Stag's Leap District" (Chimney Rock)
Dessert / Sparkling wines
1996 Chardonnay Eiswein (Valckenberg); 2001 Riesling
Eiswein "Ockfener Bockstein" (St-Urbanshof); 2000 Scheurebe No. 9
(Kracher); 1970 Port "Boberg Library Reserve" (KWV); 2000 Gewurztraminer Late Harvest
"Vista Verde Vineyard" (Williams Selyem); 1985 Huxelrebe
Beerenauslese "Weinheimer Kappellenberg (Gysler); 2001 Riesling
Beerenauslese "Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr" (Paulinshof);
NV Port Solera "Fine" (Buller); 1993
Zinfandel "Essence" (Ridge Vineyards); 2001 Welschriesling
Trockenbeerenauslese (Zull); 1994 Late Harvest Riesling (Beringer); NV Sherry
"La Cilla" PX (Barbadillo); 1998 Riesling Eiswein "Kallstadter
Saumagen" (Kohler-Ruprecht); 1984 Chateau Yquem
Germany(except dessert/sparkling)
2002 Riesling Kabinett "Graacher Himmelreich" (J.J.
Prum); 2002 Riesling Spatlese "Forster Jesuitgarten"
(Basserman-Jordan); 2001 Riesling "Red Slate" (Heyl zu
Herrensheim); 2002 Riesling Kabinett "Scharzhofberger" (Reichsgraf
von Kesselstatt); 2002 Riesling Spatlese "Rudesheimer Berg
Rottland" (Johannishof--Eser); 2002 Riesling Auslese
"Herrenberg" (Maximim
Grunhaus); 2002 Estate Riesling (St-Urbanshof); 2003 Riesling
Kabinett "Ockfener Bockstein"(St-Urbanshof); 2003 Riesling Spatlese
"Ockfener Bockstein"(St-Urbanshof); 2001 Riesling Auslese
"Ockfener Bockstein"(St-Urbanshof); 2003 Riesling Kabinett
"Piesporter Goldtropchen"(St-Urbanshof); 2003 Riesling Spatlese
"Piesporter Goldtropchen"(St-Urbanshof); 2001 Riesling Auslese
"Piesporter Goldtropchen"(St-Urbanshof); 2001 Riesling Kabinett
"Erdener Treppchen" (Meulenhof);
1992 Riesling Auslese ** "Zeltinger
Sonnenuhr" (Selbach-Oster); 1994 Riesling Spatlese "Erdener
Treppchen" (Ehlen); 1992 Riesling Spatlese "Zeltinger
Himmelreich" (Selbach-Oster)
Italy (except dessert/sparkling)
1999 Barbera "Marun" (Correggia)
Rhone/South/SW France (except dessert/sparkling)
2000 Saint Joseph "Les Lauves" (Jean-Luc
Colombo); 1998 Gigondas (Les Pallières); 2001
Grange des Pères; 1994 Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Vieux Telegraphe); 1998 Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Beaucastel); 1990
Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Beaucastel); 1998 Chateauneuf-du-Pape
"Cuvée La Cote Ronde" (Paul
Autard); 1998 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Cuvée Chaupin" (Domaine de
la Janasse); 2001 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "La Crau" (Vieux Telegraphe);
1994 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Reine des Bois" (Mordorée); 1994
Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Barbe Rac" (Chapoutier); 1990 Hermitage
"la Sizeranne" (Chapoutier); 2003
Rosé (Mas de Gourgonnier); 2001 Plan de Pegau (Pegau)
Spain
2001 A Capella (Gratallops); 1998 Finca Dofi
(Palacios); 2000 6 Vinyes de Laurona; 1998 Cabrida (Capcanes)
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March/April, 2004 Tasting Notes (click for detailed notes)
Alsace (except dessert/sparkling)
1996 Gewurztraminer "Clos Windsbuhl"
(Zind-Humbrecht); 1991 Gewurztraminer "Heimbourg" (Zind-Humbrecht);
1990 Gewurztraminer "Heimbourg Vendange Tardive" (Zind-Humbrecht);
1983 Gewurztraminer "Hengst" (Zind-Humbrecht); 2001 Gewurztraminer
(Josmeyer); 2000 Pinot Gris Reserve (Trimbach)
Australia (except dessert/sparkling)
2001 "The Hattrick" (Australian Domaine Wines); 2002
Cabernet (Henry's Drive)
Bordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
2000 Chateau Fonplégade; 1989 Chateau Pichon Lalande; 1998
Chateau Haut Brion Blanc; 1982 Chateau Latour à Pomerol;1993 Chateau La Louvière Blanc; 1989 Chateau de
Fieuzal Blanc; 1993 Chateau Pape Clement Blanc; 1983 Chateau Meyney; 1983
Chateau Lascombes; 1983 Chatau Gazin; 1983 Chateau L'Evangile; 1983 Chateau
Clos René; 1983 Chateau Haut Brion; 1983 Chateau Margaux; 1983 Pavillon Rouge
de Margaux; 1983 Chateau Canon La Gaffelière; 1995 Chateau Petrus; 1998
Chateau Lafite; 1985 Chateau Margaux
Burgundy (except dessert/sparkling)
1991 Clos de la Roche Vielles Vignes (Ponsot); 1995 Echezeaux
(Rouget); 2001 Chambolle-Musigny "Les Sentiers" (R. Groffier); 2001
Morey St. Denis "Les Ruchots" (F. Mangien); 2001 Chambertin Clos de
Beze (F. Mangien); 1999 Givry "Cellier Aux Moines" (Joblot); 1990
Vosne-Romanée "Les Clous" (Prieuré-Roch); 1990 Clos St. Denis (G.
Lignier)
California/USA (except dessert/sparkling)
2001 Cabernet (Mara); 2001 Merlot (Paloma); 2001
"Salus" (Staglin); 1992 "Cask 23" (Stag's Leap Wine
Cellars); 1990 Cabernet (Philip Togni); 1999 "Ne Cede Malis"
Reserve (Stag's Leap Winery); 2001 Cabernet
"Beckstoffer" (Schrader); 1997 Cabernet "Barelli" (Gallo
of Sonoma); 2001 Cabernet "Les Pavots" (Peter Michael); 2002
Gewurztraminer "Dragonfly" (Francis Tannahill Wines); 2002 Pinot
Noir "Pommard Clone" (Shea Wine Cellars);2001 Cabernet (O'Shaugnessy);
2001 Pinot Noir "Carneros" (Etude); 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon
"Kronos" (Corison); 2001 Cabernet
"Napa" (Karl Lawrence); 2000 Cabernet (Dalle Valle); 2001 Cabernet
(Dalle Valle); 2001 Zinfandel "Howell Mountain-Pringle Family"
(Outpost); 2002 Zinfandel "Old Vines" (Turley); 2002 Zinfandel
"Duarte" (Turley); 1983 Cabernet (Far Niente); 2001 Merlot (Lambert
Bridge); 1999 Chardonnay "Marcassin Vineyard" (Marcassin); 1999
Pinot Noir "Blue Slide Ridge" (Marcassin); 1999 Zinfandel
"Mendocino Ridge" (Mariah); 2000 Viognier (McDowell)
Dessert / Sparkling wines
1995 Port "Guimarens" (Fonseca); 1980 Banuyls
Vielles Vignes (Mas Blanc); NV Tawny Port "Old Codger" (Dutschke);
1999 Tokaji Aszu (6 puts) (Oremus); 2000 Semillon de Soleil (Stony Hill);
2002 Gewurztraminer Passito (Francis Tannahill Wines); 1997 Carbonifera
(Delesvaux)
Germany(except dessert/sparkling)
1990 Riesling Auslese "Lorenzhofer Maurerchen"
(Karlsmüle); 2002 Riesling Kabinett "Kaseler Nies'Chen" (Karlsmuhle);
2002 Riesling Spatlese "Kaseler Nies'Chen" (Karlsmuhle); 1989
Riesling Spatlese "Rauenthaler Baiken" (Von Simmern); 1989 Riesling
Kabinett "Graacher Domprobst" (Willi Schaefer); 2002 Riesling
Kabinett "Zeltinger Schlossberg" (Selbach Oster)
Italy (except dessert/sparkling)
2000 Ornellaia (Tenuta dell'Ornellai); 1990 Brunello Riserva
(Soldera); 1999 Vino Nobile "Riserva Bossona" (Dei); 1999
Brunello di Montalcino (Pertimali); 2001 Barbera Superiore (Parusso); 2002
Nebbiolo de Langhe (Parusso); 1999 Rosso "Bricco Rovella"
(Parusso); 1998 Barolo "Piccole Vigne" (Parusso); 1998 Barolo
"Bussia Fiurin" (Parusso); 1998 Barolo "Mariondino"
(Parusso); 1999 Barolo "Bussia Rocche" (Parusso); 1999 Barolo
"Bussia Fiurin" (Parusso); 1999 Barolo "Marenca"
(Luigi Pira); 1998 Barolo "Per Cristina" (Clerico); 1997 Montiano
(Falesco); 1997 Brunello di Montalcino "Le Potazzine" (Gorelli);
1997 Amarone Costasera (Masi); 1988, 1995, 1997 and 1999 Brunello di
Montalcino (Pertimali); 1995 Brunello di Montalcino (Valdicava); 1994
Brunello di Montalcino (Soldera); 2002 Merlot (Falesco); 2000 Chianti
Classico "Riserva Ducale" (Ruffino); 2000 Chianti Classico
"Peppoli" (Antinori)
Rhone/South/SW France (except dessert/sparkling)
1998 Cotes du Rhone "Coudoulet" (Beaucastel); 1996
Chateauneuf-du-Pape Reserve (Rayas); 1990
Cote Rotie "La Turque" (Guigal); 2001 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Mon
Aieul" (Pierre Usseglio); 1997 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Cuvée Marie
Beurrier" (Bonneau); 1990 Hermitage (Chave); 1978 Chateauneuf du Pape
"Les Cailloux" (Brunel); 2000 Cotes du Rhone "Cuvée
Pascal" (Gramenon); 2001 Grenache (The
Fifteen)
Spain
2001 Tinto (Finca Sandoval); 2002
Viura-Chardonnay (Ochoa); 2003 Muscat (Sumarroca); 2003 Albarino (As Laxas);
2002 Graciano-Garnacha (Ochoa); 2001 Garnacha (Lelia); 2003 Garnacha Rosé
(Ochoa); 2003 Tinto Vi Negre Jove (Arret); 2003 "Seleccio" (Arret);
2002 Tempranillo (Ramblilla); 2000 Tempranillo Crianza (Ramblilla); 2003 Tinto (Monte Negro); 2002 Semi-Crianza
(Monte Negro); 2001 Crianza (Monte Negro); 2001 Garnacha "Las Rocas
Vinas Viejas" (San Alejandro)
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Alsace (except dessert/sparkling)
2001 Gewurztraminer "Vielles Vignes
"Furstentum" (Albert Mann); 1995 Riesling "Brand"
Vendange Tardive (Zind-Humbrecht)
Australia (except dessert/sparkling)
2000 Cabernet/Merlot "Coonawarra' (Petaluma);
1997 Shiraz/Cabernets "J.S.M." (Fox Creek); 1998 Shiraz Reserve
(Fox Creek); 1998 Grenache "Cornerstone" (Greenock Creek); 1997
Shiraz "Balmoral" (Rosemount); 2000 "Eclipse" (Noon);
1997 Grand Merlot (James Irvine); 1998 Shiraz (Warrenmang); 1996 Grenache Old
Vines "Lalla Rookh" (Coriole)
Bordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
2000 Chateau Lafleur; 1996 Chateau Pichon Baron; 1989 Chateau
Lagrange; 2000 Chateau Pichon Lalande; 1989
Chateau Saint-Pierre; 1986 Chateau Poujeaux
Burgundy (except dessert/sparkling)
1992 Corton-Charlemagne (Ambroise); 1992 Chablis Montée de
Tonnerre (Raveneau); 1995 Pernand-Vergelesses "Ile de Vergelesses"
(Chandon de Briailles); 1988 Clos de la Roche "Vielles Vignes"
(Domaine Ponsot)
California/USA (except dessert/sparkling)
1995 Chardonnay "Cuvee Cathleen" (Kistler); 1995
Chardonnay "Gauer Ranch, Upper Barn" (Marcassin); 1996 Dominus;
1996 Cabernet ( Abreu); 1996 Cabernet " Hillside Select" (Shafer);
1997 Cabernet " Hillside Select" (Shafer); 1997 Cabernet
"Eisele Vineyard" (Araujo); 1997 Dominus; 1997 Zinfandel
"Hayne" (Turley); 1993 Petite Sirah "Hayne" (Turley);
1996 Pinot Noir "Riverblock" (Williams-Selyem); 1987 Cabernet
Reserve (Mondavi); 2000 Zinfandel "Paso Robles--Dusi Ranch" (Ridge
Vineyards); 1985 "Monte Bello" (Ridge Vineyards); 2002
Pinot Noir "Upper Terraces" (Beaux Freres);
1996 Petite Sirah "Aida" (Turley); 1991
Cabernet Reserve (Beringer); 1999 Chardonnay (Kongsgaard); 1993 Pinot Noir
(Beaux Freres); 2001 Zinfandel (Madrigal); 2000 Cabernet Reserve (Chimney
Rock); 1981 Cabernet Limited Cask Reserve (Inglenook); 1999 Cabernet
"Fay Vineyard" (Stag's Leap Wine Cellars); 2001 Merlot (Pride);
2001 Cabernet (Pride); 2001 Claret (Foley); 1998 Cabernet (Shifflet); 2000
Cabernet Reserve (7); 2000 Cabernet "Peterson Vineyard" (Switchback
Ridge); 2001 Petite Sirah (Madrigal); 2001 Syrah Russian River Valley (Novy);
1993 Cabernet Sauvignon (Dalle Valle); 1992
Syrah "Durell Vineyard" (Edmunds St. John); 2002 Viognier (Pride)
Dessert
/ Sparkling wines
1989 Riesling Beerenauslese "Forster Mariengarten"
(J.F. Kimich); 1983 Port (Graham's); 1985 Port (Graham's); 1997 Dolce (Far
Niente); 1994 Port (Niepoort); 1994 Late Harvest Riesling (Beringer); 1989 Lafaurie-Peyraguey;
1991 Port (Taylor Fladgate); 2000 Recioto della Valpolicella Classico
"BG"(Tommaso Bussola); 1997
Sauternes (Chateau Suduiraut); 1998 Riesling Botrytis Affected "(Tim Adams);
1997 Sauternes (Chateau Coutet)
Germany (except dessert/sparkling)
1995 Riesling Kabinett "Graacher Dompropst
(Friedrick-Wilhelm-Gymnasium); 1989 Riesling
Auslese "Wehlener Sonnenuhr" *** A.P. No. 2-576-562-1390 (Kerpen); 1998 Riesling Spatlese "Haardter
Burgergarten" (Muller-Catoir); 1990 Riesling Auslese "Forster
Ungheurer" (Egon Muller); 1999 Riesling Spatlese "Urziger
Wurzgarten" (J.J. Christoffel); 2000 Riesling Spatlese "Graacher
Domprobst" (Selbach-Oster); 2002
Riesling Auslese "Urziger Wurzgarten" (J.J. Christoffel); 1990
Riesling Spatlese A.P. 3 536 014 35 91 Valckenberg Edition (Maximin
Grunhaus); 1999 Riesling Spatlese "Wawerner Herrenberger" (Dr.
Fischer)
Italy (except dessert/sparkling)
1994 Ornellaia; 1999 Barbera
d'Alba"Affinato in Carati" (P. Scavino)
New Zealand (except dessert/sparkling)
1993 Cabernet/Merlot (Goldwater)
Rhone/South/SW France (except dessert/sparkling)
1990 Cote Rotie (Clusel-Roch); 2000
Cotes du Ventoux "Quintessence" (Chateau Pesquié); 1998 Coteaux du
Languedoc "Copa Santa" (Clavel); 1999
Chateauneuf du Pape (Beaucastel); 2000 Chateauneuf du Pape (Beaucastel); 2001
Chateauneuf du Pape (Beaucastel); 2000, 2001 Coudoulet de Beaucastel Cotes du
Rhones (Beaucastel); 1999 Chateauneuf du Pape "Hommage à Jacques
Perrin" (Beaucastel); 1999 Minervois La Livinière "Cuvée
Chandelière" (Domaine Combe Blanche); 1998 Coteaux du Languedoc
"Cote Rousse" (Domaine L'Aigulière); 1996 Coteaux du Languedoc
"Cote Dorée" (Domaine L'Aigulière); 1990 Hermitage "Monier de
la Sizeranne" (Chapoutier); NV Image du Sud (Pegau-Cailloux)
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