The place held:

Restaurant Budo-ya

OAG House (German Cultural Institute or Goethe Institute)
7-5-56 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107

Tel: 03-3583-8263

Comments;
The big surprise was the Canadian Pinot, which came to the top. The color is relatively dark and murky. The taste is elegant, and has silky tannin. Calera turned out to be a disappointment, but the wine in one bottle was probably damaged. It was not oxidized, but somehow it was a wine different from what we normally associate with Calera. The other bottle was OK, but still no one ranked Calera high (no firsts and no seconds).

No

Wine

Year

Grape

Region

Yen

Shop

Points

Rank

1s

2s

Ls

A

Calera Mt. Harlan Cuvee

2006

Pinot Noir

California

4500

Tokyu Honten

68

5

2

3

3

B

Cullen Margaret River

2005

Pinot Noir

Australia (Western Australia)

3480

ワイン＆WINE

88

9

0

0

3

C

Bindi Composition

2006

Pinot Noir

Australia (Victoria)

7665

Tokyu Honten

73

7

1

1

1

D

Curly Flat

2005

Pinot Noir

Australia (Victoria)

5980

ワイン＆WINE

59

2

2

3

1

E

Grove Mill

2007

Pinot Noir

New Zealand

5000

Pieroth

77

6

1

0

2

F

Sokol Blosser Dundee Hills

2006

Pinot Noir

Oregon

3750

Orca

60

3

3

1

0

G

Torii Mor, Deux Verres Reserve

2005

Pinot Noir

Oregon

5000

Orca

65

4

1

1

0

H

Le Clos Jordanne Village Reserve

2004

Pinot Noir

Niagara, Canada

3000

Yamaya

52

1

3

2

0

I

Meditrina, Sokol-Blosse

-

Pinot Noir, Syrah and Zinfandel

Oregon

2500

Orca

80

8

0

1

3