ChTR kokous 13.05.2015

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Tasted Wednesday, May 13, 2015 by NiklasW with 396 views

Introduction

The last event of the season, our Spring Party. This time I wanted to bring a selection of wines from my cellar, 10 bottles and 10 stories. The stories are too long to write here, but here are the bottles. Each one has a special memory associated with it, it was a great pleasure to share these with the others.

Flight 1 - Starting with two South American wines, but not typical! The first was a garage wine made by a colleague's brother, amazing stuff! (2 Notes)

  • 2008 Arte Da Vinha Benedito Fitarelli 92 Points

    Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Serra Gaúcha

    Decanted for about 40 mins. Wow, this wine made an impression! A garage wine from southern Brazil and what a wine! Strong barnyardy dark berries, very complex on the nose. The palate was quite austere, elegant, with medium tannins, but with good dark fruits. A surprise and well received by everybody!

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  • 2009 Don Pascual Tannat Edicion Limitada-Single Barrel 89 Points

    Uruguay, Canelones, Juanicó

    Decanted for about 40 mins. The nose showed sweet strawberry, gave a clean feeling, very enjoyable. The palate had lots of tannins, the fruitness tended towards austere, very tasty, with a finish of roasted coffee. A very nice wine and in a good spot now.

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Flight 2 - Then on to the region that got me into wine, Languedoc. Superb examples here. (2 Notes)

Flight 3 - Next up my current region of interest, Croatia. One wine was a flop, previous vintages were good. But the other wine was great! (2 Notes)

Flight 4 - A couple of heavy hitters from the cellar, and both made their weight known. (2 Notes)

  • 2004 Château Pontet-Canet 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Decanted for an hour. Quality shines through here, elegant cassis, good tannins, a touch of barnyard. Made an impression on several tasters.

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  • 2005 Chateau Musar 90 Points

    Lebanon, Bekaa Valley

    Decanted for an hour. Seems to be a very typical Musar, with barnyard and VA, feels very young with some sweetness and lots of tannins. I think this will age well.

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Flight 5 - Ending on the fruits of conference trips. Good memories from these bottles! (2 Notes)

Closing

There were 25 of us, so tiny portions of each bottle, but still enough to taste and enjoy each wine!

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