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It looks and sounds great. I want details on the wines! Notes! You can't allstill be hung over


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Whiner it's a proven fact the older you get the longer it takes you to recover!!!

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The sad part of the entire night was that we neglected to serve Mrs. TJ's cookies. They are to die for! The family talks of nothing else and they have made short work of them this week.

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No worries. I think that Corkage & Mrs. and JohnnyB have tried these (so too, Jaimetown? I can't remember). Besides, they were for you and your family as a host/hostess/host-jr./hostess-jr. gift. If you felt like sharing that would have been just as cool as you not. Besides, there are more of these kinds of events to come, right?

• 1996 Pol Roger Champagne Brut - France, Champagne, Epernay, Champagne
  Really refreshing! I liked this a lot. (90 pts.)
  
• 1996 Pol Roger Champagne Blanc de Blancs - France, Champagne, Epernay, Champagne
  Excellent, I think I gave the edge to this over the Brut, but just by a hair. (91 pts.)
  

• 2003 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
  Cloudy and deeper gold, lemon vanilla sugar, tapioca pudding, orange essence & nice acidity keeping this nicely in balance. 93+ (93 pts.)
  
• 2003 Peter Michael Chardonnay Ma Belle-Fille - USA, California, Sonoma County, Knights Valley
  Honeyed pineapple followed by melonballs 91 (91 pts.)
  
• 2003 Peter Michael Chardonnay La Carrière - USA, California, Sonoma County, Knights Valley
  Quite thick, pineapple, with floral elements and light toast; mineraly, sort of like a big rock with a waterfall hitting it but without any moss and maybe even a little hazelnusstorte. 93 (93 pts.)
  

• 2003 Alcina Cellars Pinot Noir Sangiacomo Vineyard - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
  Overripe strawberry & shallots, flinty, and a bit of foccacia 91 (91 pts.)
  
• 2003 W.H. Smith Pinot Noir - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
  Just ripe strawberry and light cherry, a bit of vanilla and then some charcoaled meat-fat 90 (90 pts.)
  

• 2001 Pride Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon - USA, California, Napa Valley, Spring Mountain District
  Quite wild with black fruits, spicebox, cotton candy, powder puff, follwed by some cherry bomb 92 (92 pts.)
  
• 2001 Bressler Cabernet Sauvignon - USA, California, Napa Valley, St. Helena
  An outrageous nose of juniper berries and oxygen, with layers of red and black fruits and a bit of powdered dirt, this wine had excellent balance. Super. 92+ (92 pts.)
  
• 2002 Pride Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon - USA, California, Napa Valley, Spring Mountain District
  Cigar, rich with orange zestiness, deep currant & a nice finish (one of Mrs. TJ's faves) 91+ (91 pts.)
  
• 2002 Harris Estate Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon VSR Very Special Reserve Treva's Vineyard - USA, California, Napa Valley
  A baby, very hard to evaluate. No rating at this time, this sucker needs time to think about what it wants to show IMO. N/R
  

• 1984 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Gravelly Meadow - USA, California, Napa Valley, Diamond Mountain
  Sour cream, Pine Sol, sage & tastes a bit like chalk -- these all sound 'bad', but these are all just things wrapped around the fruit core. It was good. 89 (89 pts.)
  
• 1984 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon Backus - USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville
  Chocolate bittersweet good, charred log with hunk of hatchet out of it that is then somewhat moistened as if drenched by a rainfall 92 (92 pts.)
  
• 1984 Ridge Monte Bello - USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Cruz Mountains
  A nose of Sharpie and a bit of stinky cheese, this settled down to reveal some wonderful spice and woodsy flavors. It then emerged to show loads of tobacco notes, sort of like a pipe. All of this nicely packaged around a nice velvety core of fruit. Very, very nice. 94 (94 pts.)
  

• 1983 Château Latour - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
  Grilled Guinea fowl, rough-hewn leather, followed by rose hips. Extremely supple and elegant, the finish on this wine was sublime. 94+ (94 pts.)
  
• 1982 Château Gruaud Larose - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
  Plum, oxygen, Scharffen Berger chocolate & cherry cobbler. Nice. 92+ (92 pts.)
  

• 2003 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Auslese - Germany, Nahe
  Appley good, Somewhat 'crisp' which I didn't expect. Very nice.90 (90 pts.)
  
• 1999 Sine Qua Non Sémillon Mr. K Vin De Paille - USA, California
  Honey love & Layer cake, I don't care what Pops says, it may be a sweet wine, but it is dessert in a bottle, at least in this case. Outstanding. 93 (93 pts.)
  
• 1997 Weinlaubenhof Alois Kracher Chardonnay Beerenauslese #6 Nouvelle Vague - Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee
  A thick and dark honey-bomb with some nice acidity to keep it all focused. Nice.92+ (92 pts.)