Burg Dinner (CA and France--Served Blind!)--Part 2

The Macks In Bennett Valley
Tasted Saturday, April 7, 2012 by Frank Murray III with 772 views

Introduction

Another edition of the blind format, mixing CA and French pinot. I had some sense of what was coming to the event but very limited. We simply asked people to bring what they wanted to pour and get it on. We did the whites all non-blind, sitting outside with crackers, cheese and fruit. For the reds, we went inside and put the wines up against Rosso Pizza for the food, which based on what Rosse puts out, the flavors really matched well for me. We did 3-4 reds per flight, revealing the wines after all at the table had finished the flight and formed their impressions.

On this night, I preferred the French, finding most of the CA wines sweet or rich, yet with the wines like the Cortochot C-C or Grivot Richebourg really shpwing me what burg can do when it is on, especially that damn Grivot.

As for scoring, we did 5 points for 1st, 3 points for 2nd and 1 point for 3rd. Of the 12 people at the table, most voted their top 3, in order to create the scoring. I don't have time to do all that data here but I will simply list the reds:

3rd place--2 first place votes. 10 points. 2007 Ceritas Escarpa
2nd place--4 second place votes. 12 points. 2006 Cortochot Charmes-Chambertin
1st place--1 3rd place vote, 2 2nd place votes and a sweeping 7 1st place votes. 42 points. 1999 Grivot Richebourg

And for what it's worth, I thought the 2004 Davissat Les Clos was by far my white wine of the day.

So, Jim Mack wins with his Grivot (and he also put in the Dauvissat). Jim, you're the man. And, thanks to you and Gloria for hosting us all for the dinner and a great time!

Flight 1 (8 Notes)

Flight 2 (15 Notes)

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