TOKYO WINE SOCIETY TASTING

100th Celebration

May 23, 2003

　

We tasted big wines from six major regions: Bordeaux, California, Spain, Burgundy, California, Italy, and Australia for this 100th Celebration. Each wines' vintage was carefully chosen at their respective peak. 
36 attended. The result is shown below but we feel we should not have ranked these wines. These 6 wines are the best on its own group and we should respect that. However, we were not surprized by Opus one gained such a high preference among us. We should mention here scoring sheet was collected 1.5 hours after opening the bottles.

Special thanks to John, Mark&Sayako-san, Monty&Akiko-san, Nanri-san, Michael, Wakui-san and many other people participating this event from the planning, to the success.

　

　

Glass No. Wine Year Grape Region Yen Shop Rank 1s 2s Ls
A Gran Buig 1998 - Spain 30,000 Pieroth 4 4 6 5
B Solaia 1998 CS, Sangiovese Italy 20,000 - 3 6 5 4
C Opus One 1996 CS California - John's cellar 1 11 9 1
D Grant Burge Meshach 1995 Shiraz Australia - - 2 7 6 5
E Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 1990 CS, Merlot, CF Bordeaux 17,500 Printemp, Ginza 5 3 6 8
F Dujac Echezeaux 1995 Pinot Noir Brgundy 20,000 - 6 5 3 13
Dinner Wines;
Belcore IGT 2000
Dead Arm Shiraz 1999
St. Cosme Gigondas 2000
Domain Pegau CdP 1999
Yacochuya 1999
Arakoon and many more

Regends
Rank: 1=Most Prefered, 9=Worst,
1s:No of attendee prefered best,
2s: No of attendee chose second best,
Ls:No of atendee ranked worst

Dishes for tonight

Appetizer

Terrine Homard
オマール海老のテリーヌ

 Appetizer

Cow tongue, sauce moutarde
牛タンのムータルドソース
Soup

Consomme Royal, Burdock flavor
牛蒡風味のコンソメ、ロワイヤル

 Fish

Shurimp Potato Fritter, and Loup en Ayu
海老芋フリットと鮎のパートフィロ包み
Meat

Smoked Beef Filet
牛フィレ肉の燻製

 Desert

Chocolate Souffle and Pistachio Ice
チョコレートスフレとピスタチオのアイス　

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