REPORT ON CHARTON HOBBS/AUTHENTIC WINE TASTING September 2024
The Date and Time: Monday September 16, 2024 2P - 4:30P
The Event: Event for professionals: Family of Wines
The Venue: Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex
The Target Audience: wine trade, wine media, writers
The Availability/Catalogue: a selection of exceptional consignment wines available exclusively.
The Quote/Background: Family of Wines was an event with exclusive wines from Charton Hobbs Group and from Authentic Wines & Spirits. In the evening there was a luxury show of the wines being poured for a paying audience, beginning at 6P.
The Wines: I could not taste all the wines, unfortunately, due to a lack of time, even if I was attending both the trade show and the walk around afterwards. I concentrated mainly on sparklers and white wines. With some notes and scores below, these were the 14 corporate wineries involved:
Ginestet - Bordeaux,
MASI - Veneto, Italy
Champagne Louis Roederer - Champagne, France
Batasiolo - Piedmont, Italy
Famille Perrin (Château de Beaucastel) - Côte du Rhône, France
Michele Chiarlo - Piedmont, Italy
Sogrape - Portugal
Cakebread Cellars - Napa Valley, United States
Foley Family Wines - California, United States
Joseph Phelps - Napa Valley, United States
Collemassari - Tuscany, Italy
Bourgeois Family - Loire Valley, France
Cecchi - Tuscany, Italy
Bodegas Riojanas - Rioja, Spain
**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Henri Bourgeois Sancerre 2023
-Clos Henri Waimaunga Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
-Cakebread Chardonnay 2022
-Champagne Louis Roederer Brut Vintage 2015 $129
-Champagne Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Champagne 2015 $457
-Champagne Louis Roederer Rose 2016 $129
-Champagne Louis Roederer Collection 244
-Casa Canevel Prosecco Rose DOC Brut 2023
-Masi Serego Alighieri Belloville Vermentino Toscana 2022
-Michele Chiarlo Palas Gavi DOCG 2023
-Barolo Bussia Vigneto Bofani 2015 DOCG
-Bodegas Riojanas Monte Real Gran Reserva 2017 Rioja
-Famille Perrin Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge 2009
-Masi Serego Alighieri Vaio Amarone DOCG 2016
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (87 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Bishop Pine Wood Chardonnay 2022 $17
-Collemassari Melacce Montecucco Vermentino 2023
-Chalk Hill Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2022
-Silverado Miller Ranch Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2023
-Provia Regia Quinta do Romeira White 2023 Arinto
-Casa Ferreirihna Planalto 2023
-Bodegas Riojanas Monte Real Reserva Tempranillo Blanco 2022 Rioja
The Food: basic cheeses and meats platters with some sweetened walnuts, olive buns and breads.
The Downside: it was a smallish room, far away from the street
The Upside: there was a posh booklet which explained the participants and the showcased wines.
The Contact Person: contact.on@chartonhobbs.com
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 89
The Date and Time: Monday September 16, 2024 2P - 4:30P
The Event: Event for professionals: Family of Wines
The Venue: Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex
The Target Audience: wine trade, wine media, writers
The Availability/Catalogue: a selection of exceptional consignment wines available exclusively.
The Quote/Background: Family of Wines was an event with exclusive wines from Charton Hobbs Group and from Authentic Wines & Spirits. In the evening there was a luxury show of the wines being poured for a paying audience, beginning at 6P.
The Wines: I could not taste all the wines, unfortunately, due to a lack of time, even if I was attending both the trade show and the walk around afterwards. I concentrated mainly on sparklers and white wines. With some notes and scores below, these were the 14 corporate wineries involved:
Ginestet - Bordeaux,
MASI - Veneto, Italy
Champagne Louis Roederer - Champagne, France
Batasiolo - Piedmont, Italy
Famille Perrin (Château de Beaucastel) - Côte du Rhône, France
Michele Chiarlo - Piedmont, Italy
Sogrape - Portugal
Cakebread Cellars - Napa Valley, United States
Foley Family Wines - California, United States
Joseph Phelps - Napa Valley, United States
Collemassari - Tuscany, Italy
Bourgeois Family - Loire Valley, France
Cecchi - Tuscany, Italy
Bodegas Riojanas - Rioja, Spain
**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Henri Bourgeois Sancerre 2023
-Clos Henri Waimaunga Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
-Cakebread Chardonnay 2022
-Champagne Louis Roederer Brut Vintage 2015 $129
-Champagne Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Champagne 2015 $457
-Champagne Louis Roederer Rose 2016 $129
-Champagne Louis Roederer Collection 244
-Casa Canevel Prosecco Rose DOC Brut 2023
-Masi Serego Alighieri Belloville Vermentino Toscana 2022
-Michele Chiarlo Palas Gavi DOCG 2023
-Barolo Bussia Vigneto Bofani 2015 DOCG
-Bodegas Riojanas Monte Real Gran Reserva 2017 Rioja
-Famille Perrin Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge 2009
-Masi Serego Alighieri Vaio Amarone DOCG 2016
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (87 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Bishop Pine Wood Chardonnay 2022 $17
-Collemassari Melacce Montecucco Vermentino 2023
-Chalk Hill Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2022
-Silverado Miller Ranch Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2023
-Provia Regia Quinta do Romeira White 2023 Arinto
-Casa Ferreirihna Planalto 2023
-Bodegas Riojanas Monte Real Reserva Tempranillo Blanco 2022 Rioja
The Food: basic cheeses and meats platters with some sweetened walnuts, olive buns and breads.
The Downside: it was a smallish room, far away from the street
The Upside: there was a posh booklet which explained the participants and the showcased wines.
The Contact Person: contact.on@chartonhobbs.com
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 89
Dean Tudor, Prof Emeritus T'karonto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) School of Journalism
Treasurer of Wine Writers' Circle of Canada http://www.deantudor.comhttp://gothicepicures.blogspot.com
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