Another great tasting at the SF Wine Center. Remind me again why you don't store your wine there? The price of your rental gets you into tastings like the one on Friday night. And if there is something you want, they are all for sale because it is hosted by the Wine Center and a number of top local distributors (Martine's, Chambers, etc). Such a deal!
Here were some of my favorites: (there were probably 75 wines total)
2005 Paul Pernot Pommard Les Noizons - great and ready to drink. $52
2006 Gaja Sori San Lorenzo $450. Fantastic - some of the finest tannins I have ever experienced.
2000 Chateau Haut Batailley - Killer! $70
1985 Chateau Haut Brion $450 - beautiful cocoa overtones
2008 Hundred Acre Ark Vineyard - $275 - My favorite cult cab of the evening. Eucalyptus explosion.
2008 Chateau Lafleur-Gazin Pomerol - $40. - great deal
2004 Louis Roederer Vintage Brut Champagne - 50/50 Chard and Pinot. Very good buy at $54
2004 Louis Roederer Cristal - super fine bubbles distinctive Le Menil flavors -$190
2009 Joseph Drouhin Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatieres 1er Cru - awesome. Sexy. $80
2005 Chateau Rauzan Segla - great Cab Franc dominated Bordeaux. $125
2009 Holdredge Pinot Noir Russian River Valley - Classic RR Pinot great deal for $35
2008 Guigal St. Joseph Vignes de l'Hospice - Small batch St. Joe, delicious but pricey $99
2007 Verité Le Desir - lovely but scary price: $325 - but one of 3 100 point wines from Verité poured
2008 Domaine de L'Arlot Clos des Forets - $64 - I fell in love with this. One of my fav. burg's of the night
2008 Ramey Hudson Vineyard Chardonnay - $45 - Pegged this as classic Carneros from one sniff. Nice!
2006 Cassanova di Neri Brunello - great price from a great year $42
2005 Francois Jobard Meruseault Pourzots 1er Cru - $90. Really delicious
2004 Perrot-Minot Mazoyeres-Chambertin VV Grand Cru - beautiful lifted scents of violets. $150
2006 Michel Gay & Fils Corton-Renardes VV Grand Cru $85
2009 Gilles Robin Hermitage $85 - Great but so young!!
2005 Bonneaux de Martray Corton Charlemagne - tight but a real treat from another member's collection>
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