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Tasted Monday, December 13, 2004 by jamiekutch with 1,394 views
Fellow Board member Alan Rath came to town on Monday and a few of us managed to get together during the busy holiday season to share some wines with out fellow Oenophile. The venue was Triomphe in NYC and with the back private room to ourselves on 4 days notice - an offline materialized. There were 7 who turned up and the theme was California. The Oenophiles who attended were:
Alan Rath (Guest of honor)
Victor Hong (Wine Hunter)
Holt Goddard (Octavious)
Holt's Fiance (I am drawing a blank on her name - I appoligize)
Tim Fetter (Trader by day Wino by night)
Asher Rubenstein (Lawyer by day Wino by night)
Jamie Kutch (Narrator)
Another bad bottle from Queens.. What a shame...
Here we go - right out of the gate these two wines performed beautifully.
I was itching for the combo for the last 2 days. Wonderful tasting them side-by-side. Whats your fancy? 01 Big Brawny Beast? or 02 The Beast's Little Brother?
Califonians with a couple years under their belt. I think this was the first offline I have ever been to where Victor hasn't said "My wine I brought is my favorite"
The Dream team.. These two stacked up well against one another and when playing with the big boys its all about style.
Big Big Big - Go big or go home. This paired with the chocolate dessert perfectly.
A big thank you to Alan for bringing along MY Wine Of The Night.
At the conclusion of the evening we took a vote and had a 3 way tie - the wines were
01 Pride
02 Pride
99 Switchback
Anyone have a Switchback they want to trade? :)
1988 Wegeler-Deinhard Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Kabinett 84 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Dry Cork that broke as it was very brittle. Poor storage immediatly from the apple cidar color. Nose had a mulled cidar taste. Fruit was still evident but this bottle was a one sip wonder. Too bad as I poored the rest.
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