Q1 2009 Is Almost Over...Your Thought So Far For WOTY?

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

For me:

N.V. Selosse Cuvee Substance
2001 Joseph Phelps Backus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
2005 Fleur Cardinale
2006 Jorge Ordonez Malaga Victoria #2

[Jody_Smith]

2004 Schrader CCS
2003 El Nido El Nido

Both solid, but still need to find my WoW.

*after seeing Brian’s post, how could I forget to include the 2005 Didier Dagueneau Blanc Fumé de Pouilly (I can only imagine what the Pur Sang and Silex are like!)

[Tyler_Rico]

Here are my top 5 contenders:

1974 Robert Mondavi Napa Cabernet
1994 Caymus SS
1997 Dominus
2002 Shafes HSS
2004 SQN Poker Face

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

@Tyler Rico

Here are my top 5 contenders:

1974 Robert Mondavi Napa Cabernet
1994 Caymus SS
1997 Dominus
2002 Shafes HSS
2004 SQN Poker Face

I have had the three bottom ones on your list, albeit not this year, and I would agree that they are all stellar wines. I would love to try the top two as well based on reputation alone.

[Tyler_Rico]

@Bill Tex Landreth

@Tyler Rico

Here are my top 5 contenders:

1974 Robert Mondavi Napa Cabernet
1994 Caymus SS
1997 Dominus
2002 Shafes HSS
2004 SQN Poker Face

I have had the three bottom ones on your list, albeit not this year, and I would agree that they are all stellar wines. I would love to try the top two as well based on reputation alone.

74 Mondavi was a nice treat. It came from a private cellar sale where the wines were all in professional storage and had not been touched for the past 15+ years. It was a perfect example of how a perfectly stored bottle can last.

[larry_schaffer]

91 Montelena . . . thus far . . .

[Dick_Krueger]

Not a clue, too much of the year to go and too many wines to have. Way too early to tell.

[Rob_MacKay]

My tops by “type” in no particular order.

Pinot

• 07 Kutch Sonoma Coast
• 06 Windy Oaks Reserve
• 07 AP Vin Garys’ Vineyard

Bordeaux

• 03 Pontet Canet
• 00 Pontet Canet
• 00 Cos d’Estournel

Cali Cab/Blend

• 94 Ridge Montebello
• 05 Insignia

[Josh_Beck]

Hard to say so far as it is very early, but I’ve had some good bottles, notably:

04 Caillou Les Quartz
01 Pertimali Brunello
99 Taurasi Piano di Montevergine
99 Lafarge Volnay 1er
02 M Colin Chassagne Champs-Gain
93 Cascina Francia

If I had to pick from these probably the M Colin Chassagne followed by the Les Quartz…

[Cris_Whetstone]

I’m sure I’m missing something but these come to mind:
1999 Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas
1990 Krug
1987 Chateau Montelena Estate
1983 Dominus
1996 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Chabot

[Rob_MacKay]

@Cris Whetstone

I’m sure I’m missing something but these come to mind:

just go into CT and sort your tasting notes by score, then by date.

[zachary_l_a_n_g]

@Tyler Rico

Here are my top 5 contenders:

1974 Robert Mondavi Napa Cabernet
1994 Caymus SS
1997 Dominus
2002 Shafes HSS
2004 SQN Poker Face

This is boring, but I might just have to pull a “DITTO” here! Funny that we were together for all of these! (also funny that other than one of them, it was the same weekend!)

[Brian_G_r_a_f_s_t_r_o_m]

2005 Château Lascombes
1990 Karthäuserhof Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg Riesling Auslese #13
1995 Zind-Humbrecht Gewürztraminer Goldert

[stop.gif] a white can’t possibly take my WOTY, can it ? the next 9 months shall tell …

[Cris_Whetstone]

@Rob MacKay

@Cris Whetstone

I’m sure I’m missing something but these come to mind:

just go into CT and sort your tasting notes by score, then by date.

That’s how I “remembered” a couple.

What I meant was that there are plenty of evenings where things are open, maybe late where I am taking no notes. Maybe I should write them down the next day for later reference but at the same time not everything is meant to be cataloged that way by some romantic notion I hold onto that I will never admit to in front of people.

[Jack_Bulkin]

@Bill Tex Landreth

@Tyler Rico

Here are my top 5 contenders:

1974 Robert Mondavi Napa Cabernet
1994 Caymus SS
1997 Dominus
2002 Shafes HSS
2004 SQN Poker Face

I have had the three bottom ones on your list, albeit not this year, and I would agree that they are all stellar wines. I would love to try the top two as well based on reputation alone.

I am out of the 74 Mondavi that was very good. I believe I still have a few of the 94 Caymus SS Tex. Maybe we can have a shrinp and chicken a thon next year.

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

@Jack Bulkin

@Bill Tex Landreth

@Tyler Rico

Here are my top 5 contenders:

1974 Robert Mondavi Napa Cabernet
1994 Caymus SS
1997 Dominus
2002 Shafes HSS
2004 SQN Poker Face

I have had the three bottom ones on your list, albeit not this year, and I would agree that they are all stellar wines. I would love to try the top two as well based on reputation alone.

I am out of the 74 Mondavi that was very good. I believe I still have a few of the 94 Caymus SS Tex. Maybe we can have a shrinp and chicken a thon next year.

You wouldn’t want me to get an upset stomach now would you?

[Jack_Bulkin]

@Bill Tex Landreth

@Jack Bulkin

@Bill Tex Landreth

I have had the three bottom ones on your list, albeit not this year, and I would agree that they are all stellar wines. I would love to try the top two as well based on reputation alone.

I am out of the 74 Mondavi that was very good. I believe I still have a few of the 94 Caymus SS Tex. Maybe we can have a shrinp and chicken a thon next year.

You wouldn’t want me to get an upset stomach now would you?

I assure you that all of the meat you eat would more than upset my stomach.

[Jorge_Henriquez]

According to my CT notes:

97 Pahlmeyer (which a lot of people think I underrated)

followed by 4 tied for 2nd place:

06 Mugneret-Gibourg Vosne-Romanée
98 Vieux Donjon
04 Carlisle Zin Rossi
02 La Sirena Syrah

[Michael_Bowden]

1985 Henri Jayer Echezeaux

[Phillip_F_r_a_n_k_s]

Easy call for me:

1970 Mayacamas Cab out of Mag during the Superbowl with some Snake River Farms “Kobe” Ribeyes. It was quite unbelievable how fresh that wine still was after all these years.