Theme: Judgement of Paris
Bring: Money to pay for the wine
Our hosts did their best to match a sampling of the wines from the same winemaker or winery;
or if this was not otherwise possible, the same terroir for our tasting tonight.
Food: The food was catered by Chef Raymond Griffin of Art of Cuisine Catering. We dined on tuna tartare with ginger and guacamole, assorted cheeses and fruits, oysters Rockefeller, brie & berry mini puff pastry, peach & goat cheese tarts, black olive tapanade with sun dried tomatoes on French bread, dark and white chocolate, smoked salmon mousse bruschetta, charcuterie, melon wrapped proscuitto, marcona almonds, caramels, yummmmmmy!
Tasting Notes:
In the order we tasted them in with tasting notes:
WELCOME WINE (not part of the Judgement of Paris):
Schramsberg Blanc de Noirs ~ $35 @ Total Wine
12.8% alcohol
WHITE WINES
1) 2011 Domaine Jean Monnier & Fils Mersault-Charmes - $74
Aromatic, oak, golden apple, peaches, CA, viscosity, viscous, apricots, green apricot, Bojangles Biscuit, new world, pith, stone fruit, nuts, toasted almonds, poignant, I like it a lot, good with the oysters.
2) 2015 Premier Cru Domaine Gerard Thomas & Filles Puligny-Montrachet - $65
stone fruit, light, herbacious, viscous, yellow green, straw, minerality, guessing French, old world, white flowers, tastes different than it smells, lemon, lime, sprite, burgundy style, Chateau Montrechet guess. good guess!
3) 2014 Freemark Abbey Chardonnay - $31
biscuits, pastry, flirt with no plans, minerality, golden luscious, weak on the palate, sweet then evaporates, buttery, cream, sugar, marshmallow, viscous, apple, high acidity, not dry, light sugar, fun wine, a carnival, new world, lemon meringue pie, Chateau Montelena guess?
4) 2015 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay - $50
MY FAVE (Abbie)
peach, peach compote, stone fruits, pith, cherries, chocolate, honey, coffee, weird for a white wine, sweet flowery garden, loverly, dessert wine, high alcohol, pith-love, melon, I like the way it feels going down.
RED WINES - note these were decanted in advance of the tasting.
5) 2014 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien-Medoc - $160
butter, cherries, plum, leather, eyes roll back in my head it's smells so good! oh that mouth is disappointing, thyme, rosemary, cinnamon, mind-f*ck, mushrooms, love the nose but the palate is weird, something is off, tart palate, unripe palate, undeveloped, not quite right, has grip, velvet, cranberries, its like 11am misty morning in Napa Valley, a cheating husband, when you're going down on a guy and it's a little small, unsatisfying palate,
6) 2015 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon - $49
musty, mushrooms, age, green, not so French, scrub brush, artichokes, CA AF, smooth, The Prisoner-like? port-like, green grapes on the nose, olive brine bitter finish, moss, mushrooms, algae, wet leaves, unrefined, thicc, soft palate, dry, guessing Artemis, German dungeon, damp basement, Rammstein?
7) 2011 Chateau Montrose Saint-Estephe - $110
French funk, dry as a bone, tobacco, guessing Las Cases, nice, good, beautiful bouquet, perfume, bell pepper, fennel nose, very dry, Rachel guesses CA, nice cigar, beautiful soft, delicate, mineral, pair with steak
8) 2009 Chateau Larrivet Haut-Brion Pessac-Leognan - $55
smells of charcuterie, minerals, gentile, sexy, savory, lovely, best wine all night, fleshy, lacks tannin structure, fan-F*CKing-tastic, best wine of the night, cheese, French AF, river rafting, olive brine, best of night, cassis, cigar box, beautiful, soft stroking kittens made of wine, my only regret is it's gone.
9) 2010 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon - $97
licorice, fennel, twizzlers, aMAHzing nose, musty, dark fruit, The Prisoner-like, more robust, bitterness, raisin, syrup, black currant, dark fruit, syrup, petrol, dirty martini, polyurethane nose, furniture varnish, old wood, arugula & burrata, Oh-face.
10) 2011 Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon - $110
pepper gorgeous, sweet, small, light, musty, elegant, acidity but love it, it's got grip, ah-maz-ing nose, syrupy fruit, makes me happy
FAREWELL WINE (not part of the Judgement of Paris):
2014 Amici Cabernet Sauvignon - $49.99 @ Total Wine
WINNERS ranked per TWITs scoring:
WHITE WINES:
1st Place: 2015 Premier Cru Domaine Gerard Thomas & Filles Puligny-Montrachet - $65
2nd Place: 2015 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay - $50
3rd Place: 2011 Domaine Jean Monnier & Fils Mersault-Charmes - $74
4th Place: 2014 Freemark Abbey Chardonnay - $31
RED WINES:
1st Place: 2009 Chateau Larrivet Haut-Brion Pessac-Leognan - $55
2nd Place: 2010 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon - $97
3rd Place: 2011 Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon - $110
4th Place: 2011 Chateau Montrose Saint-Estephe - $110
5th Place: 2015 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Artemis cabernet Sauvignon - $49
6th Place: 2014 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien-Medoc - $160
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