Joseph Bembry 
Advanced Sommelier
Posts: 9450
 | | 12-14-2002 05:35 PM |
| When a decision was made to have an organizational meeting on Dec. 13th, I had no idea it would be this much fun. Of course, we decided to include wine (and a lovely dinner prepared expertly by mrs. ojeffso) to our plans for the evening. In attendance were, Revlis and all the moderators: ShorttheWorld, ojeffso, lcc, seek1 and yours truly. Quite honestly, this is the best lineup of wines I have ever had in one sitting. Here are the list of dead soldiers w/ my rating included.
'96 J. Drouhin Chablis Les Clos - 94
'90 Ch. Montrose - 96
'90 Ch. Latour - 90
'97 Arrowood Reserve Cab - 98 (Yeah, you read that # right!)
'97 Etude Cab - 95
'97 Ch. Montelena Cab - 96
'85 Fonseca Vintage Port - 92
'91 Beringer Nightingale - 91
Unreal experience. TN's to follow in their proper place.
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts: 12777
| | 12-14-2002 06:11 PM |
| Yes, indeed.
1st & foremost. The Dinner/Food was unreal. As I mentioned to ojeffso (as good as any French restaurant). No exageration, @ all, folks. And, the hospitality of the hosts. What can I say. For those of you that know/met ojeffso. 'Nuff said.
...I did attend better line-ups, but this is up there. Way up there.
My ratings:
'96 J. Drouhin Chablis Les Clos - 94 (sounds good to me, my 1st White Burg., so have to reserve my opinion.)
'90 Ch. Montrose - 96+ (WOW).
'90 Ch. Latour - 90+ (with an explanation from me in the TN section).
'97 Arrowood Reserve Cab - 97+ (WOW).
'97 Etude Cab - 96+ (WOW).
'97 Ch. Montelena Cab - 95+ (with an explanation from me in the TN section).
'85 Fonseca Vintage Port - 92 (agree with j.b.).
'91 Beringer Nightingale - 91 (agree with j.b.). | | | |
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts: 12777
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ojeffso
warren, new jersey
Wine Lover
Posts: 4877
| | 12-15-2002 02:55 AM |
| a great line up.
96 drouhin chablis-les clos-92
90 chateau latour-93
90 chateau montrose-98+
97 arrowood reserve cabernet-97
97 etude cabernet-96+
97 chateau montelena-96+
85 fonseca vintage port-93
91 beringer nightingale late harvest-92 | | | |
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stemor
Collierville, TN
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5577
| | 12-15-2002 03:15 AM |
| I love the title of this junket ... "VinoCellar Organizational Meeting". Did anything get organized at this soiree, other than the lineup of empty bottles?  | | | Cheers, y'all | |
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Seek
Upstate NY
Wine Thief
Posts: 2772
| | 12-15-2002 03:21 AM |
| Having left my notes at ojeffso's place I do remember my ratings and order of preference (correct me if I am wrong ojeffso). They were a great lineup!
1990 Montrose 98 WOTN
1997 Arrowood 96
1997 Montelena 95
1997 Etude 93
1990 Latour 92 (something was up with this bottle)
1985 Fonseca 92
Beringer Nightangale 91
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ojeffso
warren, new jersey
Wine Lover
Posts: 4877
| | 12-15-2002 03:32 AM |
| seek-corrections
arrowood-97
etude-94
latour-93 | | | |
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ojeffso
warren, new jersey
Wine Lover
Posts: 4877
| | 12-15-2002 03:33 AM |
| the business end of the meeting began around midnight. | | | |
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stemor
Collierville, TN
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5577
| | 12-15-2002 04:00 AM |
| ojeffso, I can only imagine. All those guys distracted from business, frolicking around your cellar, tripping over wooden cases of Bordeaux that is older than the meeting particpants, a belly full of great wine and gourmet food a la Gigi . Must have been one heck of a productive meeting.  | | | Cheers, y'all | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13802
| | 12-15-2002 05:34 AM |
| Oh show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
But I had a drink about an hour ago and it went straight to my head!
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts: 11429
| | 12-15-2002 02:52 PM |
| Those were some good dead soldiers! | | | |
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Budman
Philly Suburbs
VinoCellar.com Extraordinaire
Posts: 23752
| | 12-15-2002 04:34 PM |
| ojeffso, If the business portion began around midnite, when was it over? My guess would be around 12:05!  | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts: 11169
| | 12-15-2002 04:39 PM |
| Outstanding line-up. According to Parker, the '90 Montrose, a 100 point wine, won't be ready for years. I have three mags of it and don't plan on opening one anytime soon unless any of you feel it's anywheres near its peak. Btw, what delicacies did Mrs. OJEFFSO prepare? When I spent time preparing dinner a week ago, she kept me company in the kitchen. | | | |
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ojeffso
warren, new jersey
Wine Lover
Posts: 4877
| | 12-15-2002 05:12 PM |
| board-o-the montrose still needs time especially in mag. i have two bottles left. one will be revisted in about five years. the nose was huge and was still amazing six hours later. the finish of sweet tobacco was the longest of any wine we drank. in about five years the complexity should start showing.
menu
mesculan salad with goat cheese,carmelized onions,roasted almonds, golden raisins and raspberry vinaigrette
four mushroom risotto with gruyere
lemon sorbet
rack of lamb over demi-glaze,maple glazed baby carrots,asparagus,russian poatoes with fresh herbs
cheese-st.andre,taleggio,epoisses,roquefort
dome of chocolate mousse and pear tart
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Lee Ann
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1232
| | 12-17-2002 03:27 PM |
| Wow- sounds great! Great TN's. Hope you got a little "vino-cellar" work in! | | | |
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Seaquam
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1141
| | 12-18-2002 02:56 PM |
| So THIS is how my membership fee is being spent??? You boys are very, very corrupt! I may as well have invested in Enron.  | | | |
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