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February 2005 Collector´s Club
1999 Chateau Gloria St-Julien
A Bordeaux? For $25.00? Why not - after all, we were able
to come up with a Grand Cru Burgundy, weren´t we? The
lovely thing about the great 2000 vintage is that there´s still
lots of the excellent 1999s in the pipeline, and the price is dropping
on ‘em. This cabernet sauvignon-based wine still has years left
to it - like, around twenty - and it is really just too tight to drink
right now. So please, give it some age! And would you
believe there´s a goodly amount left? Stock up - I did!
2001 Forgeron Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon
Winemaker Marie-Eve Gilla crafts excellent wines, and this Cabernet is
a great example. Her wines tend to be elegant, powerful, and
structured - something of a hat trick for winemakers! This wine
will age for another five years, and will go well with prime rib or
other hearty fare. It used to be $30; the winery dropped the
price as they´d really like to start selling the equally
excellent 2002! It´s $19.75, and at this price,
there´s not all that much left. We also have a bit of
their outstanding Chardonnay left, as well as several other wines.
2003 Clos Henri Sauvignon Blanc
2003 Henri Bourgeois Quincy
Now here´s something I don´t get to try every month: two
wines made from the same grape, by the same producer, from two
separate hemispheres! Now we can really see what difference
terroir makes. Sancerre-based winemaker Jean-Marie Bourgeois
told my wife of his New Zealand experiment several years ago (she
translates for him when he comes to town), and I´ve been eagerly
anticipating this first release of his Marlborough wine. He felt
that New Zealand Sauv blancs were of excellent quality, quite high
praise indeed, and wanted to see what he could do in the region; so he
bought vineyard land there about four years ago. He also makes
the Quincy, a small appellation just outside Sancerre. This will
be an excellent comparison. Both are ready to drink. The
Clos Henri is $25.00 with microscopic amounts left, and the Quincy is
$15.00, with a good quantity left around. Enjoy them with
shellfish.
2002 Mount-Saint-Vincent Vin de Pays d´Oc Syrah
I´m having trouble believing this outstanding wine is $7.00.
It is an excellent expression of Languedoc Syrah; earthy,
lively, and a great food wine. Pair it with game.
There´s not too much left, and we´ve got it.
It´ll hold for another three years or so, perhaps a bit
longer.
2003 Tres Ojos Calatayud Garnacha
Would you believe we go down a dollar for this outstanding Grenache
from Spain? We couldn´t at a tasting recently, and
I´ve heard reports that one person was fooled into believing it
was an $18.00 wine. It´s tasty, and, best of all,
there´s a ton of it available. It´s light, with
great fruit and spicy white pepper characteristics. Try with
roast chicken or tapenade. Or save it for a spring barbeque - it
goes really well with smoked meats.
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