WineLA event: Bordeaux vs. Cabernet tasting

Los Angeles, CA
Tasted Saturday, April 22, 2017 by Keeping It Real with 466 views

Introduction

A tasting of some of today’s greatest references from Bordeaux and Napa - over $3000 worth of great wine - sit down tasting of great wines blind, tasted three at a time and revealed.

Crowd is 20 people and 21 different bottles are tasted in 7 flights (1oz pours).

Flight 1 (3 Notes)

Flight 2 (3 Notes)

Flight 3 (3 Notes)

  • 2012 Rang Dong Winery "66" Cabernet Sauvignon 93 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    Rang Dong is a new and small Chinese owned winery in Napa that is making some very impressive wines. This wine was recommended and added to the tasting by the host.

    Tasted blind. This one took the crowd by storm. Very sexy nose like a women's perfume. Lush lush fruit. Big as hell and also very smooth. The crowd did not seem that happy with themselves when the wine was revealed as that Chinese wine. Nevertheless, people could not doubt that it was a great wine.

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  • 2013 Del Dotto Cave Blend 88 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    Tasted blind. Nice dark color. Lush nose. Overall good but the finish was a bit bitter and astringent.

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  • 2003 Château Pape Clément 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Tasted blind. Slight browning at the rims but color is still very dense and opaque. Slight barnyard nose. On the palate, this wine was VERY big. Possibility the biggest wine of the night. Lots and lots of acidity, which some might not like. But this was very big and very good.

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Flight 4 (3 Notes)

  • 2000 Le Petit Cheval 85 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    Tasted blind. Slight bricking. The crowd was not pleased with this one. This seemed to be falling apart. Astringent and bitter. Few people said it needs more time, but I highly doubt that. This will just continue to get older and worse.

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  • 2012 Cade Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Howell Mountain 93 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley, Howell Mountain

    Tasted blind. This was by far the inkest wine of the night. Super dark and vicious. Tainting the glass like pen ink. Very good nose, reveals high end characteristics like a Schrader or Dominus. Palate is very silky and rich. Good one.

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  • 2003 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 88 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Tasted blind. Slight bricking. Little bit of burnt caramel on the nose. Kind of hot and astringent. Bitter. Crowd was not wowed by this at all.

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Flight 5 (3 Notes)

Flight 6 (3 Notes)

  • 2003 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Tasted blind. The nose is sneaky. Burnt caramel. Big wine. Off the bat, I thought this was a 2003 Bordeaux by its over ripeness and a slightly burnt caramel after taste. Something about this wine though. I really liked it.

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  • 2012 Seven Stones Cabernet Sauvignon 97 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley, St. Helena

    Tasted blind. Nose is very seductive. People thought this was the Harlan Maiden (which was the anticipated one in the line up). My note reads, "Motherf*ck is this the Harlan???" Anyway, what a surprise. Big wine with a hell of a finish. Seven Stones is so damn good...

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  • 2006 Château Léoville Barton 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    Tasted blind. Smells like lipstick. Nose is pretty unique: Crayons. A complete monster on the palate. Very young.

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Flight 7 (3 Notes)

  • 2012 Vineyard 29 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 96 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley, St. Helena

    Tasted blind. Scratch the previous notes. This nose is the most unique from the bunch. Damn good nose. On the palate, this is super tannic with some spice. So young and primary at this point but still so good. This was my WOTN and couple others as well. Robert Parker knows his stuff.

    I'm glad I gave this a blind score of 96. It was well deserved.

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  • 2000 Château Lynch-Bages 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Tasted blind. The crowd was really looking forward to this one. Barnyard nose. Very old world. Palate was just slightly bitter but still very good. I got this interesting aftertaste like BBQ... smoke... beef jerky?... Interesting.

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  • 2012 Harlan Estate The Maiden 94 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    Tasted blind. Sexy sexy nose. Wow. So elegant. On the palate... something about this is just screaming elegant to me. Lipstick lipstick lipstick. There it is... Lipstick. I liked this one a lot, although it was very primary and almost too closed to the point of being astringent, which turned some people off.

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Closing

Very educational and fun experience. The O'Shaughnessy took the crowd by storm with WOTN of almost 50% of the votes.

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