Introduction

All the wines were opened at the restaurant 90 minutes before we poured the first wine. None were decanted. As the wines were consumed one at a time, the last two wines were open for at least 2 and 1/2 hours before we poured them. We started with a white wine and a champagne before moving on to the reds. Only the red wines are listed here. The sequence of the wines was as follows: (all 2007 vintage) Anderson's Conn Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Reserve, Betz Family Cabernet Sauvignon Pere de Famille, O'Shaughnessy Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain, Andrew Will Sorella, Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine Vineyard and the Larkmead Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Solari.

This was a wine tasting group of 10 people, and we had the restaurant week menu for dinner, plus a plate of oysters as a starter.

Flight 1 (6 notes)

Closing

Hard to pick a favorite as they were all really good. I would probably say the Betz was the surprise of the night, but part of that was that no one in my group had ever had it before. The group seemed split between the Quilceda Creek and the Larkmead as the favorite. If push came to shove, I would vote for the Larkmead Solari. My least favorite wine was the Andrew Will Sorella. No to disparage Andrew Will, but something has to finish last. Maybe its too early in its drinking window? It just seemed a touch behind the other wines, maybe if Parker and WA hadn't rated it 96 points, I would have had less expectations and enjoyed it more.