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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

The Event: Rogers & Company Chateau, Villa & Estate Wines annual portfolio tasting Oct 15/18

The Date and Time: Monday October 15 2018   1:30 PM to 4 PM
The Event: Rogers & Company Chateau, Villa & Estate Wines annual portfolio tasting
The Venue: George
The Target Audience: wine trade
The Availability/Catalogue: wines were available by the 3, 6, 12 pack case, but not in every label.
The Quote/Background: Every year Rogers & Co puts on probably the best show of Napa Cabernet Sauvignon wines. Plus, of course, cabs from other regions, and pinot noirs, and an equal section of white varietals. The reach is also Spain, Italy, France, plus emerging regions of Argentina and New Zealand.
The Wines: I did not taste every wine. Wines are not in any order. All prices are licensee.
 
**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Axial Vinos Lagar de Proventus Tr3amano 2016 Ribera del Duero $76.95
-Marques de Murrieta Rioja Reserva 2014 $31.95
-Marques de Murrieta Rioja Gran Reserva 2011 $69.95
-Marques de Murrieta "Castillo Ygay" Rioja Gran Reserva Especial 2009 $175.95 [my fave red wine of the tasting]
-Domaine de la Bretonniere Muscadet Sevre et Maine 2017  $16.95
-Masson-Blondelet Pouilly Fume Villa Paulus 2017
-Champagne Delamotte Brut NV  $60.95
-Clos Bellane Chateauneuf-du-Pape Urgonien 2015 $60.95
-Olivier Leflaive Meursault 2015 $111.95
-Olivier Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 2015 $124.95
-Olivier Leflaive Volnay 2014 $86.95
-Continuum Cabernet Sauvignon Napa 2015  $348.95
-Pio Cesare Barbaresco 2014 $82.95
-Castello di Volpaia Coltassala Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2015  $64.95
-Altesino Brunello di Montalcino 2013 Montosoli $109.95
-Shafer Vineyards Stags Leap District Napa Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 $423.95
-Shafer Vineyards Stags Leap District Napa One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 $134.95
-Forman Vineyard Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2014  $143.95
-Dominus Estate Dominus 2014  $385.95
-Dominus Estate Napanook 2014  $114.95
-Quintessa Rutherford Napa Red Wine 2015  $212.95
-Paul Hobbs Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2014  $132.95
-O'Shaughnessy Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 $205.95
-Share & Splash Wine Co. High Dive Napa 2015  $149.95
-Domaine Serene Dundee hills "Evenstad" Reserve Chardonnay 2016 $98.95
-Crossbarn Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2016 $32.95
-Paul Hobbs RRV Chardonnay 2015  $66.95
-Grgich Hills Napa Valley Chardonnay 2015  $62.95   [my fave white wine of the tasting]
 
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Astrolabe Province Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2017  $21.45
-Astrolabe Valleys Awatere Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2017  $21.45
-Buehler Russian River Valley Chardonnay 2016
-Brack Mountain Wine Company "Bench" Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016  $29.95
-Buil & Gine GineGine Priorat 2016  $27.95
-Terra Costantino deAetne Etna Bianco 2016  $30.95
-Fontodi Chianti Classico 2015  $37.95
-Fontodi  Fiaccianello della Pieve IGT 2015  $131.95
-Agricola Punica Montessu 2015 $29.95
-Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Mont Sec 2017 $64.95
-Domaine des Hates Chablis 2017  $29.95
-Chateau Vieux Lartigue 2011 Saint-Emilion Grand Cru  $37.95
-Graillot Crozes-Hermitage Rouge 2016  $39.95
-Pio Cesare Barolo 2014 $79.95
-Castello di Volpaia Chianti Classico Riserva 2015  $39.95
-Ovid Proprietary Red Wine 2015  $471.95
-O'Shaughnessy Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 $122.95
-Domaine Serene Dundee hills "Evenstad" Reserve Pinot Noir 2015 $116.95
 
The Food: cheeses, breads, crispy battered and fried green beans
The Downside: I had arrived late from another tasting
The Upside: my annual swing through Napa Cabs!
The Contact Person: s.stoddart@rogcowines.com or c.mclean@rogcowines.com
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 90.
 
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