TOKYO WINE SOCIETY TASTING
Wines from Alsatian Winery Zind Humbrecht
January 16, 2004
The theme was Alsasian Whites from Different Grapes focusing on Zind-Humbrecht. This is arranged by Mike-san, and he had a mixture of grape varieties, but intended to focus to dry ones. An Australian Riesling and a Pinot Gris from New Zealand were also included to cause confusion and complicate the tasting. The result suggests it looks like people prefers Liesling the best and PinotGris as the second then Gewurztraminer, relatively expensive thou, the worst. This might have effected by the setting which we put same grapes side by side. |
No | Wine | Year | Grape | Region | Yen | Shop | Rank | 1s | 2s | Ls |
A | Zind Humbrecht Vin de Table "Zind One" | 2001 | - | France | 3,000 | Ginza-ya | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
B | Zind Humbrecht Tokay-Pinot Gris | 2001 | PinotGris | France | 3,000 | Ginza-ya | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
C | Goldridge Estate | 2001 | PinotGris | NewZealand | 2,000 | Tokyu Toyoko | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
D | Leeuwin Estate "Art Series" | 2002 | Riesling | Australia | 2,200 | Tokyu Toyoko | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
E | Zind Humbrecht Riesling Thann | 2001 | Riesling | France | 3,900 | Ginza-ya | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
F | Zind Humbrecht Riesling Herrenweg Turckheim | 2001 | Riesling | France | 3,975 | Ginza-ya | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
G | Zind Humbrecht Riesling Rangen Clos St.Urbain | 2001 | Riesling | France | 7,475 | Ginza-ya | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
H | Zind Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Goldest | 2001 | Gewurztraminer | France | 6,050 | Ginza-ya | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
I | Zind Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Hengst | 2001 | Gewurztraminer | France | 6,850 | Ginza-ya | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
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
Place: at the restaurent Bon Chere, Shampia Hotel Akasaka
Appetizer Tuna and avocado with Spain sauce |
Appetizer White lever mousse of free range
chicken |
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Soup Consomme Potage of 9 vegitables |
Fish Fresh scallops and anchovy terrine
with sesami cracker |
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Meat The roast of a Japanese beef |
Desert Strawbery bavarois in shou and Tofu icecream with
beet sugar sauce |