Pizza Wines - Campania - 4/23/09

WINE TALK
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Pizza Wines
2000 Pegau CDP Cuvee de Capo
2006 Terry Hoague Grenache “Skins”
1998 Bosquet CDP V.V. Cuvee Chantemerel
1996 Chateau Latour
1989 Brunel CSP Les Cailloux Cuvee Centenaire
2000 Paul Coulon Boisrenard CDP
Magnum – 1998 Michel Lucien CDP Le Vieux Donjon
2002 Turley Hayne Petite Sirah
2005 HL Cabernet Sauvignon
Magnum – 2002 Schramsberg Blanc de Blanc
Magnum – 2002 Dagueneau Silex
Magnum – 2002 Dagueneau Pur Sang
Magnum – 2002 Fox Creek Shiraz Reserve
1998 Pegau CDP Cuvee Reservee
2003 Braida Barbera d’Asti Bricco de Uccellone
1998 Pierre Usseglio CDP Cuvee de Mon Aieul
2004 P. Avril CDP Clos des Papes
2005 Lillian
1997 Flaccianello Della Pieve
Magnum – Carlisle Zinfandel Carlisle Vineyard
2002 Turley Zinfandel Dusi
2007 Peachy Canyon Zinfandel “The Vortex” X 2
2006 Alto Moncayo/Veraton
1995 Vieux Telegraphe CDP “La Crau”
2006 Andre Perret Condrieu Chery

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I thought you meant WINES from Campania, you had me excited there…

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Geez . . . couldn’t anyone come up with some good wines instead of all that plonk?

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Where are the tasting notes, including how they matched with he various pizzas??

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How many people? That’s the most important question to help me evaluate…

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21 People

32 Bottle Equivalents

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Did anyone take notes on either Dagueneau?

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Wetrock probably had his notebook, but it takes him 2-3 weeks to put them to the forum

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Whetrock wasnt there…so, it might take a touch longer than 2-3 weeks.

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Anyone remember how the 2005 HL Cabernet Sauvignon was? It’s rare to find TN’s on the HL

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Melissa,

I only tasted the Silex.
A perfect year for this wine (2002).
All about minerality. Big in the mouth but floats like a butterfly on the finish.
Excellent stuff.

I loved most of the wines I tasted. I was disappointed my da Capo was corked. [shrug.gif]

Nice place to get some pizza and get started.
Thanks for collecting the names of all the wines Michael.

Don

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At least you brought a good back up. [notworthy.gif]

How was the Latour at this stage? It is my daughter’s birth year wine so I have a couple bottles tucked away.

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The Latour is a rock star. I have no problem with drinking it now, but can see how it will hold on for many, many years. Thanks Don for it and the HL Cab.

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Thanks Bill. Good to hear since I plan to let them sit quite a while longer.

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how was the HL.

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I’ve had it twice before, the last time on 29th June 2008, blind amongst all the other 1855 first growths with 6 friends. My notes then were as follows:

Wine F - Approaching the generosity, weight and fullness of Wine C, but in a more somber, properly reserved manner. Masculine. Neither opulent nor flamboyant, the wine glares back at you, challenging, seemingly daring you to drink it. Layered dark fruit, minerals, graphite, cassis, earthy. There is red berry/fruit on the surface, to be sure, but seems to be wanting to sink deeper into the middle. More terroir driven than fruit, to me. No material chocolate notes noticed.

Again, being rushed, I couldn’t write down an educated guess but fleetingly thought it to be the Léoville las Cases. I was wrong. It was the 1996 Latour.

The afternoon before the dinner, I recalled, upon the Doc’s prompting, that we had this before at an IWFS Latour vertical held at Bianca’s a few years ago. Unfortunately, due to too much wine, I lost the notes I took of that evening. Good thing the Doc reminded me as I had forgotten that I ever had this wine before.

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Charlie,
This wine is such a big one but still seems to show grace and finesse. Young and all about the fruit at this point. I liked it quite a bit when I had it with Jennifer and Herb a year ago.
This was one of my two bottles I got from them. I think it has some room to improve.
FWIW
Don