TRADE TASTING Best wines for November 2008

These are the best wines I tasted at November 2008 trade tastings in Toronto:

 

**** Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Banfi Toscana IGT Centine 2006  -- $17.95 Charton Hobbs
-Fatt. Dei Barbi Brunello di Montalcino 2003 -- $49.95 Noble Estates
-Biondi Santi Brunello di Montalcino 2003 Biondi Santi Tenuta Greppo --
$150  Symposium Imports
-Castello di Neve Barbaresco Riserva Santo Stefano 2003 - $59 Brunello
Imports
-Feudi di San Marzano Primitivo di Manduria Sessantanni 2005 - $35
Barrique Wine Imports
-Marchesi Antinori Bolgheri Il Bruciato 2006 - $27.95 Halpern
-Santa Barbara Salento IGT Barbaglio 2002 Puglia - $16.95 Vergina
-Villa Calcinaia Chianti Classico Villa Calcinaia Riserva 2005 - $33
Frati Estates
-Masi Amarone Riserva di Costasera 2003, $59.95 private order
-Poderi Colla Barolo Brolo Bussia 2004, $57.95, Vintages  +596890
-J&F Lurton Chacayes Mendoza 2004 - $77.95, Vintages pending
-J&F Lurton Rueda Cuesta de Oro 2006 Rueda Spain - $26.95, private
order
-KWV Paarl Mentors Chenin Blanc 2006 - $24.95, private order
-Louis Latour Corton Charlemagne 2005 - $179.95, Vintages Classics May
26, 2009 (2006)
-Sileni Estate The Lodge Chardonnay 2007 New Zealand - $16.95, private
order
-Simonnet-Febvre Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Milieu 2005 – $35.95 Vintages
Classics Jan 7 2009
-Simonnet-Febvre Cremont de Bourgogne Rose NV - $19.95 private order
-Vina Sena Arboleda Carmenere 2007 - $16.95 private order
-A. Lurton Divinus de Chateau Bonnet Blanc 2007 - $34.95 private order
-A. Lurton Divinus de Chateau Bonnet Rouge 2003 - $34.95 private order
-Bodega Del Fin Del Mondo Pinot Noir Reserva 2007 Patagonia - $19.95
Calibrium
-Luigi Bosca Gala 2 2006 Mendoza [Bordeaux-style blend] – Pacific Wines
and Spirits
-Familia Schroeder Pinot Noir Malbec 2004 Patagonia - $39 Connexion
Oenophilia
-Catena Zapata Chardonnay 2006 Mendoza - Calibrium
-Pascual Toso Pedregal Single Vineyard 2006 - $39 - Eurovintage
-Las Moras Reserve Chardonnay 2007 San Juan - $11.99 – Diamond Estates
-Trivento Golden Reserve Syrah 2006 Mendoza - $24.95 – Select Wines
-Trivento Golden Reserve Chardonnay 2007 Mendoza - $23.95 – Select
Wines
-Ogier Ted Red +665463, $9.95, 14.5% ABV

-Duca di Casalanza "Duchea" Pinot Grigio 2005 Veneto, $24.94
consignment
-Nichols Edna Ranch Pinot Noir 2001, $49.88
-DogRidge Cadenzia Grenache 2005 McLaren Vale, $29.93
-Senorio de P. Pecina Tinto Reserva 1999 Rioja, $31.45
-Ardent Estates Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 McLaren Vale, $25.51
-Fanti San Filippo Brunello di Montalcino 2005 Tuscany, $22.95.
-Poetica Cabernet Merlot "P.K. Page" 1998, magnum, $168
-Poetica Cabernet Merlot "Gwendolyn MacEwan" 2002, $72 750 mL
-Poetica Chardonnay "Sarah Slean" 2005, $53 (also in magnum at $106)
-Poetica Chardonnay "Martin Tielli" 2004, $56
-Poetica Chardonnay "bpNichol" 2003, $59 – my fave
-Poetica Chardonnay "Steve Venright" 2000, $136 magnum – also a fave
-Poetica Chardonnay "Charles G.D. Roberts" 1998, $148 magnum
-Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut
-Perrier-Jouet Belle Epoque 1999
-13th Street  Premier Cuvee  Traditional Method  Brut
-13th Street  2004 Cuvee  Traditional Method  Brut
-Taittinger  Brut Reserve   12.5% alc  Vintages   +814723   $63.95
-Henry of Pelham  Cuvee Catharine  Rose Brut  VQA  Traditional Method 
12% alc Vintages +83139  $34.95
-Chateau des Charmes  Brut  Methode Traditionelle  VQA    Vintages 
+207944  $22.95 
-Graham's  20 Years Old Tawny
-Taylor Fladgate  20 Year Old Tawny  20%  alc   Vintages Essentials
+149047  $68.95
-CORE Winery Hard Core 2006 $40 (Cynthia)
-White Rock Vineyards Laureate Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 $65 (C) –
organic, good value.
-Cedarville Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 $38 (Cynthia)
-Wedgetail Estate The North Face 2005 $27 (C) – Bordeaux blend
-Wedgetail Estate Pinot Noir 2004 $35 (C)
-Domaine des Quarres Anjou Blanc Sec Les Pierres Noires 2005 $23 (Ex)
-Domaine d'Orfeuilles Vouvray Les Coudraies 2005 Medium-Dry $22 (Ex)
-Chateau Sainte Eulalie Minervois La Liviniere La Cantilene 2005 $23
(Ex)
-O.Fournier Alfa Crux Tempranillo-Malbec-Merlot 2002 $38 (Ex)

-Lailey Sauvignon Blanc 2007 $20 (under priced) – some oak treatment.
140 cases.
-Lailey Chardonnay Old Vines $35 – 1200 bottles – best wine here, 35
year old vines
-Lailey Pinot Noir Old Vines $40 – 100 cases, extended toasted oak.

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