The Date and Time: Monday October 7, 2019 1:30 PM to 8PM
The Event: Rogers & Company Portfolio Trade Tasting
The Venue: George
The Target Audience: wine trade sommeliers and media
The Availability/Catalogue: New wineries this year include Tenuta Cocci Grifoni (Le Marche), Vignerons de Bel Air (Burgundy), and Tenute Falezza (Valpolicella). The catalogue was re-sorted this year by winery in alphabetical order, for the most part.
The Quote/Background: The catalogue had much info about each wine, including wine press scores, size and number of wines per case, and space for notes.
The Wines: I did not taste every wine, preferring to be eclectic. Prices include HST but not bottle deposits.
**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Altesino Brunello di Montalcino 2013 $50.95
-Altesino Brunello di Montalcino "Montosoli" 2014 $109.95 [my fave red]
-Barbour Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 Napa $223.95
-Bevan Cellars Tench Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 $274.95
-Bull & Gine Pieret DOQ Priorat 2013 $85.95
-Cain Five 2013 Napa $168.95
-Champagne Delamotte Bruct NV $60.95
-Champagne Gaston Chiquet Blanc de Blancs d'Ay Grand Cru Brut NV $59.95
-Chateau Montelena Napa Chardonnay 2016 $75.95
-Chateau Montelena "The Montelena Estate" Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 $137.95 [value]
-Continuum Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 Napa $357.95
-Domaine Christian Moreau Pere et Fils Chablis 1er Cru Vaillon 2018 $54.95
-Domaine Christian Moreau Pere et Fils Chablis Grand Cru Vaudesir 2017 $97.95
-Dominus Estate Napanook 2015 Napa $133.95
-Dominus Estate 2015 Napa $391.95
-Duckhorn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 Napa $130.95
-Duckhorn Napa Merlot "Three Palms" 2016 $130.95
-Chateau Corbin Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2010 $71.95
-Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve IGT 2015 Tuscany $131.95
-Forman Vineyard Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 $144.95
-Grgich Hills Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 $87.95
-Mas Doix "Salanques" 2016 Priorat $67.95
-Mas Doix "Doix" 2015 Priorat $152.95
-Marques de Murrieta Castillo Ygay Rioja Gran Reserva Especial 2009 $175.95
-O'Shaughnessy Estate Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 Napa $154.95
-Paul Hobbs Russian River Valley Chardonnay 2016 Sonoma $66.95 [my fave white]
-Paul Hobbs Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 $132.95
-Pazo Senorans Albarino 2018 Rias Baixas $27.95
-Pio Cesare Barolo 2015 Piedmont $71.95
-Produttori del Barbaresco DOCG 2015 $54.95
-Quintessa Napa 2016 $212.95
-Red Cap Vineyards Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Napa $138.95
-Ridge Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley 2016 Sonoma $66.95
-Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay 2017 Napa $76.95
-Shafer One Point Five Stags Leap Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 $136.95
-Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon Napa 2015 $423.95
-Ulysses Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 Napa $280 LCBO Classics+478800
-Cobos Marchiori Estate Malbec 2016 Mendoza $266.95
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Brigaldara Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2013 $50.95
-Cain Five 2007 Napa $336.95
-Domaine des Hates Chablis 2018 $29.95
-Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc 2018 $41.95
-Duckhorn Decoy Sonoma County Merlot 2017 $32.95
-Dickhorn Napa Chardonnay 2017 $44.95
-Flowers Vineyard Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2016 $54.95
-Frog's Leap Napa Chardonnay 2017 $43.95
-Mas Doix "Les Crestes" 2018 Priorat $39.95
-Mas Doix "1902" 2015 $379.95
-Marques de Murrieta Rioja Reserva 2014 $31.95
-Marques de Murrieta Capellania Rioja 2014 $43.95
-Marques de Murrieta Rioja Gran Reserva 2012 $77.95
-Mount Eden Domaine Eden Chardonnay 2015 Santa Cruz $48.95
-Paul Hobbs CrossBarn Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2017 $32.95
-Paul Hobbs CrossBarn Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 $64.95
-Ridge Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 Santa Cruz $97.95
-Ridgeview Bloomsbury Brut NV Sussex $49.95
-Robert Craig "Affinity" Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 $105.95
-Santa Barbara Winery Central Coast Chardonnay 2017 $22.95
-Tenuta Cocci Grifoni Tara Falerio DOC Pecorino 2018 $16.95 [value white]
-Terra Costantino "deAetna" Etna Bianco 2017 Sicily $30.95
-Truchard Carneros Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 Napa $39.95
-Tr3smano "Vendimia" Ribera del Duero 2016 $76.95
-Vina Cobos Bramare Lujan de Cuyo Malbec 2016 Mendoza $42.95
-Vina Cobos Bramare Rebon Estate Malbec 2016 Mendoza $88.95
-Vina Cobos Felino Chardonnay 2018 Mendoza $18.95
The Food: server platters of green figs, skewered chicken breast, and arancini. There were stationary platters of cheeses and biscuits.
The Downside: there was a hectic lineup to get in, but then this was 1:30 starting time.
The Upside: a great opportunity to speak with many principals.
The Contact Person: s.stoddart@rogcowines.com
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 90
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