Private in store tasting

After the last big blowout a week ago we hosted a small wine tasting for 8 people in our conference room. We did have a chance to try some very good wine. We started the evening with Dom Perignon 1990 that was very soft and floral. We followed that with a bottle of Cristal 1994. The difference was amazing. The Cristal was all mushrooms, yeast, cocoa and the Dom was crisp apples and fruit.

We followed that with Don Olegario Albarino from Spain. I have been a fan of albarino for a long time. This wine is all about soft almonds, and a lush roundness that doesnt have the heaviness of chardonnay. This is one of the priciest but the quality is there.

Far Niente Chardonnay from Napa . It tries to be more burgundian in style, more mineral less oak but it can not hide its origin. They do no Malolactic fermentation which keeps it from being over the top creamy but still... sweet fruit and lush flavors are traditional with Napa fruit.

Big reds
K Vintners Cougar Hills Syrah lots of beautiful syrah notes, lavender violet and dark cherry. a lighter body than expected but a long finish of earth and bacon fat. yumm

Green and Red Zinfandel Napa Chiles Valley 2005 Rich soft zin, not the heavy alcohol monster. The only red they do is Zin and it shows. mmore bordeaux style

Rutherford Hill Cabernet 2002 very pretty nose of cassis and pencil box, good fruit on the finish. maybe a little light but very drinkable.

Mount Veeder Cab 2004 Lots of lush juicy tannin with good acidity. I remember thinking this wine could age for some time.

Silver oak 2001 soft, a little subdued but it didnt get decanted so maybe suffering from body shock. the other thing that happened was we tried this after the.


ZD Abacus A cabernet of 8 different vintages blended together in the solera style. Probably one of the silkiest, most lovely wines I have had. But for $365 it better be. I decanted it for about 4 hours before drinking and the wine was perfect. Beautiful nose and cassis and dark cherry on the palate. Nice long finish too..


If you would be interested in a tasting like this contact me at the store. We can accomodate around 10 people in the conference room. That seems to be just the right number for this kinf of tasting. Salut