The UDG scheduled tastings are daytime trade tastings. In some cities, retailers host another tasting in the evening, but not all of the UDG members might be in attendence.

I decided to open a bottle and I'm drinking it now. It has calmed down a bit from it's big upfront fruit, still plenty of structure though. Seems to be shedding it's baby fat and starting to show some earth. A few more years will be helpful, but it's still a nice quaff now.

Jim,

What do you consider 5 years old? Five years from the vintage, hence the '05's are just about to turn 5, or 5 years from release? I think that the '05 Cap de Faugeres will actually improve for a couple of more years and be in a sweet spot from 2012-2017. It was a nice QPR for $18.

I really liked the '06 at the Chicago Union des Grands tasting in Jan '09. Waiting for some sale pricing before buying though.