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Saturday, December 1, 2018

The Event: Select portfolio tasting of 18 wines from CGU Fine Wines November 20

The Date and Time: Tuesday November 20, 2018   2PM  - 4PM
The Event: Select portfolio tasting of 18 wines from CGU Fine Wines
The Venue: Fine Wine Reserve
The Target Audience: wine media and licensees
The Availability/Catalogue: what we tasted is available now, more different wines will be available in the spring 2019.
The Wines:
 
**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Domaine Trapet Pere & Fils Gevrey-Chambertain 2015 $116.08
-Domaine David Duband Cote de Nuits Village 2016 $50.21
-Domaine Dublere Savigny-Les-Beaune Villages Les Planchots du Nord 2015   $48.80
-Domaine Dublere Chablis Valmur Grand Cru 2013 $111.16
-Domaine Heitz-Lochhardet Pommard 1er cru Monopole Clos des Poutures 2016  $125.32
-Domaine Francois Mikulski Meursault 2016 $94.63
-Domaine Guillemot-Michel Vire-Clesse Quintaine 2016  $46.84
-Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne-Montrachet Village Ancegnieres  $104.47
-Weingut A. Christmann Pfalz Reiterpfad-Hofstuck GG 2016  $74.98
 
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Domaine Trapet Pere & Fils Alsace Ox Pinot Auxerrois 2016 $27.23
-Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux Nuits Saint Georges 2016 $90.58
-Domaine Gerard Julien & Fils Aloxe Corton Les Valozieres 1er Cru 2015 $72.26
-Domaine David Duband Nuits Saint Georges 2016 $88.22
-Domaine R & P Bouley Volnay 2016  $66.99
-Domaine Francois Mikulski Cremant de Bourgogne NV  $28.95
-Weingut A. Christmann Pfalz Riesling Trocken 2016  $24.21
-Weingut Schloss Lieser Mosel Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett 2017  $32.27
-Julia Bertram Ahr Handwerk Spatburgunder 2016  $32.16
 
The Food: no food
The Downside: this was the second of three tastings I was at today, quite a bit of running around.
The Upside: a chance to re-connect with CGU
The Contact Person: cgufinewines@gmail.com
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 87
 
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