tasting - sacramento - spingtime - details tbd

[AKR]

I'm thinking of pulling together a tasting this spring, in the greater Sacramento area.

Most likely would be on a Saturday, at my place. Couples friendly.

Details (wine theme, food, dates) to be worked out once we get some (or any!) critical mass.

If you're interested, just chime in.

[Claret]

I'm game.

[Michael-P]

Depending on the date, Nalan and I are interested.

Michael-P

[AKR]

cool, I'll send out an email to bill, maureen and matt too, see if we can't rustle up a small cluster.

[SF Ed]

Let me know - it has been a while

SF Ed

[AKR]

Basaed on what people have been getting back to me with availability, it's looking like late May. I will check my own calendar, confirm with the veto authority, and put something up.

Please chime in if interested, and you've not already nibbled

[AKR]

How does Sat May 30 sound?

[AKR]

How does Sat May 30 sound?

Just confirming Sat May 30 is the day.

Goat Ribs as appetizer.
Leg of Lamb as main.

[Claret]

Way to go Arv!

[Michael-P]

00 Le Moulin (pomerol)
00 La Tour Haut Brion
82 Ducru Beaucaillou
00 Branaire Ducru
89 Rausan Segla
70 LLC
01 Suduiraut

Arv and Jenn put on an amazing spread, with 5 wine glasses and a water glass each, multiple courses (my favorite was the goat ribs), lots of fancy cheeses and home made cheesecake from Linda.

My WOTN was the Moulin, which started out a bit of a flabby fruit bomb (I initially suggested it needed 10 years) but it slowly picked up lots of definition over the evening and good complexity.

And Arv seems to know a lot about everything, wine or otherwise, which makes for interesting and entertaining discussions. A great evening! Thanks Arv and Jenn!

Michael-P

[Claret]

What a great night. I grabbed the wrong bottle and the Rausan Segla was the 1988.

My favorites were 1970 LLC, 1982 Ducru and 2001 Suduiraut.

Time to stir the pot. I find the 2000's in general to be fruit bombs even at age 15. Am I an outlier?

[Tom In DC]

Much the same was being said about 1982's at that age, right AlexR? I'm still in the "2000 is a great vintage" camp, since I don't think fruit is a flaw in a wine.

[JCNorthway]

I just opened a bottle of 2000 Moulin St. Georges St. Emilion last night. Even though this is not a "high end" producer, I found it had a very solid structure with good balance - not at all out of balance with fruit. I have not dug very deep into my 2000 Bordeaux, but nothing I have had seems overly fruit oriented.

Though my experience is limited (as in saving them), my experience with the 2000 vintage has been very positive thus far.