NYC Shafer Weekend
New York City
Tasted March 14, 2005 - March 15, 2005 by tconcilio with 753 views
Introduction
Misc bottle consumed prior to and including NYC Shafer dinner.
Flight 1 - Dinner at Tartine with Brent Clayton Sunday 3/13/05 (1 note)
For those New Yorkers that haven't tried this place, do so. It is BYOB and serves some very good french cuisine. Brent brought a '98 Le Vieux Donjon CdP and I provided a '90 Beaucastel CdP. Brent will be able to post better notes than I for the Donjon, but this was very good. Still a bit young with primary characteristics of barnyard, hay, and spice. It opened up nicely with a couple of hours of air. I will need to add this producer to my cellar.
Flight 2 - Shafer dinner at the Post Restaurant Monday 3/14/05 (3 notes)
These notes are for the wines that I brought. While I brought the weakest HSS of the night, it is a testament to Doug Shafer and Elias Fernandez that it still was a weak 91 pts for an off '98 vintage. Way to go guys!
Closing
I am very honored to have dined with a great group of oenophiles at table 2. It was nice to see so many people with similar passions in one place. While I provided the weakest vintage of HSS, it was my honor and privilage to provide the '01 Shafer Port and '01 Chateau Rieussec. I was able to get a small taste of the '01 Rieussec before I made the rounds from table to table. That was almost as much fun as the taste that I had. I love to share with others that have the same love of wine. This was one of the best wine experiences of my life!