Thursday Night Tasting Group
Tasted July 7, 2005 by slmral with 1,019 views
Introduction
The monthly, first Thursday tasting group had it's meeting at Bela's home to taste 2002 white Burgandies. These tastings are done single blind, in one flight. The wines were served at whatever temperature the bottles arrived, meaning slightly too warm for my tastes. After everyone had tasted and rated them, the bottles were revealed and the scores tallied. "Yeagers" were awarded for differences between an individual's placement and the group's placement. Low Yeager's mean either good agreement with the group, or unimaginative, middle of the road sameness, to others. Bread was on the table, and various cheeses were available.
Flight 1 - "Starter" wines (2 notes)
In keeping with a summer night on the porch, two bllind roses were poured. Neither were outstanding
Flight 2 - The Main Event (8 notes)
Everyone else had been instructed that the "theme" for the night was 2002 white Burgandies. I was only told "white Burgandies". Therefore, I ended up bringing the "ringer", a 1998. Most of the people had a tough time ranking these wines. Not a lot of difference top to bottom. As is typical, the first, seventh, and eighth were easier to pick out. The middle five were a problem.
Flight 3 - Dessert Wines (1 note)
Two strange desert wines and a vintage Port were served blind. All provided lots of conversation, and a nice finish and match for the cherry cake.
One of the wines, Luva, was one with which I am completely unaware. The other, a Tokaji Aszu 3 Putts from 1979 was somewhat like drinking hard cider. It even looked like a hard cider in the glass. The port seemed to fit in with this odd mix. Sometimes those 100 pointers can be "foolers".
Closing
Lessons learned -- No "really" bad wines in the lot. White Burgandies from 2002 still need more time to come togeter. White Burgandies from 1998 may be past their prime. Great vintage Porto needs to be old enough!