2005 Georis Sauvignon Blanc- It’s rounder than most Sauvignon Blanc’s and has a Bordeaux style with various different tropical fruit flavors. This palette-cleanser has a waxy body that might make people imagine bees buzzing over grapefruits. Last tasted 2007 Drink now
Hawkes Bay
2004 Sileni Semillon “The Circle” $15 – Canned asparagus and under ripe asparagus forced me to feel indecisive. “Should I drink it?” or “Should I pour it down the drain?” The wine was lean, but it had a nice fatness. I drank it all Last tasted 9/22/07 Drink now
Loire Valley
Pouilly-Fume
2005 Ladoucette Pouilly Fume, Loire Valley $65 – too fat and it lacks acidity. Not austere enough, it’s flabby and there’s no intensity. Last tasted 10/15/07 Drink now-2013
Loire Valley
Sancerre
2005 Domaine Vacheron– For someone that likes a lean, clean grapefruit flavored wine with steely qualities, give them this. This makes my tongue salivate just thinking about it. It’s a perfect counter to a bitter mixed greens salad. Last tasted 2007 Drink now
2005 Pascal Cotat "La Grande Cote", ($88) - I'm a rooky, but it's the best Sancerre I've ever had. I've tried a lot, I swear! Round but focused. It wasn't malic or hard and green like some other producers from this cool climate. Somehow it's viscous, silky and friendly too. It's like a young business woman in her mid-late twenties. It's smart and sexy. Last tasted 2007 Drink now-2013
Bordeaux
Pessac-Leognon
2004 Domaine de Chevalier -displays grapefruit and passion fruit qualities that blew the Carbonnieux out of the water. It was complex! It's not to be drunk for another 10 years, but pretty dam good right now. This was Gabe's favorite of the whole tasting. Last tasted 2007 Drink now-2015
Graves
2004 Ch. Carbonnieux - It was real round, but tasted sour after having those ripe strawberries near the cheese table. Last tasted 2007 Drink now
Pauillac
2005 Blanc de Lynch-Bages ($550 case) - exotic passion fruits congregated with coconut fragments. What am I on a dessert island? Last tasted 2007 Drink now-2012
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