Community Tasting Note

Saturday, September 7, 2019 - Tasting among Napa giants consisting of 58 wines. No notes as spitting was frowned upon with my group... even punishable. Top wines 2018 Keplinger Oakville and Vine Hill Ranch Cabernet, Tusk, 2016 Colgin Tychson Hill, 2016 Vine Hill Ranch, Maxem Pinot and Chardonnay (tied for top QPR with La Pelle), La Pelle SB & Cabernet, 2012 Del Dotto Beast. Runner ups 2018 Memento Mori SVDs, 2018 Vice Versa, 2018 Keplinger Sumo and Lithic, 2016 Dana Hershey, 2016 Colgin Cariad and IX Estate.

Was super excited for the vertical tasting and dinner with Alfred Tesseron, owner of Château Pontet-Canet tasted with us on the following vintages: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016. Unfortunately for my palate, the 2015 I tried earlier this year and the 2016 were more towards my palate preference than the older vintages. Worth the freight but no need to purchase back vintages. Great experience!

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Comment posted by Juliansi:

11/10/2022 6:44:00 PM - Amazing... congrats on meeting Alfred Tesseron!!
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:

11/10/2022 10:28:00 PM - Thank you. Great man. Have since been able to revisit with a renewed appreciation. 2009 is fanatic along with the more recent vintages (sans 2021). Cheers
Comment posted by Juliansi:

11/17/2022 10:30:00 PM - LiteItOnFire, thanks for the reply - I hope to meet Alfred one day too :-)
Yes, I just did a vertical as well in Switzerland over the past week, 2005-06-08-09-2010 and it was amazing. The 2008 is superb and "most ready" but the 2009 is likely to be the BEST in the long-run!
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:

11/18/2022 11:38:00 AM - Love the 2009!!