Annual Tasting of Ports/Fortifieds and Sparklers by the WWCC Nov 23/12

The Date and Time: Friday, November 23, 2012 10:30AM to 1:30 PM
The Event: Annual Tasting of Ports/Fortifieds and Sparklers by the Wine
Writers' Circle of Canada
The Venue: LCBO Summerhill
The Target Audience: WWCC members
The Availability/Catalogue: all wines are in the LCBO system as
Vintages or General list.
The Wines: I did not taste every wine. There were 90 submissions.

**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Tarlant Zero Brut Nature NV 12% alc #996264 Vintages $44.95
-Cattier Premier Cru NV 12.5% alc #291781 $39.95
-Pol Roger Brut Extra Cuvee de Reserve NV #217158 $60.85
-Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV 12% #268771 Vintages $68.95
-Louis Roederer Cristal Brut 2005 12% LCBO #268755 Vintages $287.95
-Gonzalez Byass Nectar PX Sherry NV 15% alc #87577 $18.95 Vintages -
-Taylor Fladgate 10 Year Old Tawny NV 20% #121749 Vintages $34.95
-Taylor Fladgate 20 Year Old Tawny Port 20% #149047 Vintages $67.45
-Lanson Rose Label Brut Rose NV 12.5% alc #291856 $66.95
-Henry of Pelham Cuvee Catharine 2007 Blanc de Blanc 'Carte Blanche'
VQA Short Hills Bench #315200 Vintages $44.95
-Taittinger Brut Reserve NV 12.5% alc #814723 Vintages $59.95
–Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut NV 12% alc #155341 $65.95
-Mumm Napa Brut Prestige NV 13% alc #217273 $25.95
-Piper-Heidsieck Brut NV 12% alc #462432 $49.95

***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price
Rating terms):
-Segura Viudas Brut Reserva Cava #216960
-Peller Estates Ice Cuvee Rose NV Methode Classique VQA 12% alc
#113035 $34.95 Niagara Peninsula
-Codorniu Brut Classico NV, +215814, $12.85
-Graham's 20 Year Tawny Port 20% alc #620641 $36.95 500ml bottle
-Lanson Black Label Brut NV 12.5% alc #215962 $51.95
-Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Reserve NV 12% alc #537605 $44.80
-Colio Lily CEV NV 11% alc #509083 winery only $15.95 VQA
-Angels Gate Archangel 2010 Chardonnay VQA Niagara Peninsula
#227009 $21.95 Ont.
-Jackson-Triggs Entourage Methode Classique Brut 2007 VQA Niagara
Peninsula 12.5% alc #80008739 $22.95
-Henry of Pelham Cuvee Catharine Brut VQA Niagara 12% #217521 $29.95
-Henry of Pelham Cuvee Catharine Rose Brut VQA Niagara #217505 $29.95
-Alvear Fino 15% Alc Spain
-Alvear Amontillado 17% alc Spain

*** GOOD -- Three Stars (85 – 87 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Warre's Otima 10 Year Old Tawny Port 20% alc #566174 $21.95 500 ml
-Graham's 10 Year Tawny Port 20% alc #206508 $27.95
-Noval Tawny Port NV 19.4% alc #309765 $17.70
-La Rose No. 7 Domaine J Laurens NV Cremant de Limoux #297770 $19.95
-Cono Sur Sparkling NV 12% alc #215079 $13.95 Chile
-Flat Rock 2008 Riddled VQA Twenty Mile Bench 12% alc #187377 $24.95
-Flat Rock 2007 Brut VQA Twenty Mile Bench 12% alc $35.00
-Qunita de Ventozelo 2002 20% alc #286416 $42.95
-Freixenet Cordon Negro Brut NV Metodo Tradicional #216945 $13.95

The Contact Person: sdarby@rogers.com
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade):
90.

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