Berry Bros & Rudd, London
Tasted Wednesday, July 20, 2011 by Papies with 669 views
One of the nicest wine events we have been for a while. Hosted by BBR's education manager Rebecca Lamont and panelled by the amazing duo of Anne McHale (Wine education specialist) & Catherine Owen (BBR's fine wine expert)
Concept was to present a set of wines of unknown origin. Anne and Catherine would then proceed to describe the wines and give their verdict as what they thought the wines were. Then we had to decide who was right and who was wrong! Simple. not really..
First wines were offered one by one but from flight 4 onwards the wines were paired.
Choices given:
Anne said this was Cloudy Bay
Catherine said Pulenta
Our Vote: Pulenta as there was none of the asparagus nose we associate with CB. Well spoted by Nicol
The Correct One:
Choices given:
Anne : Picpoul-De-Pinet
Catherine :southern rhone marsanne
Our Vote: Picpoul as we noted none of the marsanne's "bitterness" in the wine
The Correct One:
Choices given:
Anne : Puligny Montrachet & Chile Chardonnay (given the pineapple notes)
Catherine : Chablis Grand Cru (Droin) & Meursault from Bouchard (hence the more exotic notes)
Our Vote: Andreas - Catherine ( thought it was meursault) / Nicol - Anne
The Correct One:
Choices given:
Anne : Young Battailley / Frogs Leap Cab Sauv
Catherine : Crozes Hermitage / Assie shiraz but not from the main big appelations like barossa
Our Vote: Andreas with Anne (tricked by the young BDX nose) / Nicol with Catherine
The Correct One:
Choices given:
Anne :Ottago Pinot / Latricieres Chabertin
Catherine : Good quality beaujolais / Rioja Alta 904
Our Vote: both went with Anne as the Burgundy GC was convincing!
The Correct One:
Choices given:
Anne : Primitivo from Puglia / Rioja
Catherine : Rioja Alta 904 GR / Primitivo
Our Vote: Both with Catherine as the rioja was a strong conviction
The Correct One:
Choices given:
Anne : 1996 Gruaud Larose / Ottago Red blend
Catherines : 2005 Gruaud Larose / St Emilion St George 2006
Our Vote: Both with Anne as the 90s Bdx was clearly there and no way it would have been an 05
The Correct One:
An excellent event. really enjoyable and tested our knowledge in a very nice way.
Final Scores........ Andreas 8/12 - Nicol 12/12
2006 Gramona Cava Argent Reserva Brut 91 Points
Spain, Cava
Biscuity, yeasty nose. Lots of ripe fruit to the point that we thought it was a blanc des noir champagne from cote des bar. Easy drinking beauty. Around 30£ a bottle so not cheap given its a cava but still a quality wine
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