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10/28/2004 2:55 PM
Very well organized event. At 11am until 2:30pm. Plenty of space. Excellent temperature. Many wineries had 2 or 3 wines. RP was at the entrance to receive everyone. Good food table, good chesses. Wines: 01 Gemstone: Very good length, fruity, needs about 5 years. 01 Shafer 25th Anniversary Sunspot vineyard Magnum: Very big wine in need of many years, slightly bitter/close. Not close to the flavor profile from the Hillside. 01 7 Vineyard Red: Close nose, a lot of tannins but low in fruit 01 8 Vineyard Chardonnay: good fruit, butgundy style, very good 01 ZD CS: too acidic 01 Rudd Estate:Full body with plenty of fruit 02 Rudd Chardonnay Bacigalupi: soft in style 01 Cloud View: 57%merlot, 43%CS Excellent nose, tasty, good body and complex 01 Clark Claudon: 100%CS Very strong tannins 00 Clark Claudon: more approachable, less fruit than the 01 01 Montelena CS: typical Napa Cab, well balance 03 Leeuwin Riesling: too light and dry 01 Leeuwin Chardonnay Art Series: light but very good 03 D'Arenberg Laughing Magpie: 94% shiraz, 6% viogner. Light but good taste 00 E&E Black Pepper shiraz: close nose, full body, not very peppery 02 Reynalla Basket Press Shiraz: med body 01 O'Shaughnessy: 94%CS. 6% merlot. Estate. Good body and balance $55 01 Marston CS: 100%CS full body, good flavors 01 Hendry Block S CS: high tannins 01 Hendry Red: 38%malbec, 42% merlot, 8-10% CS, 8-10% CF, 4% petit verdot. Good wine, complex 01 Parry CS: 100% CS estate. 190 cases. Goof fruit. Located about 1.5 N of Deer Park Road on Silverado 01 Sbragia CS Rancho del Oso: very good 02 Sbragia Chardonnay Gamble? Ranch: 100%new oak. Tastes with much oak 02 Beringer Chardonnay Private Reserve: smokey nose, good flavor. 00 Beringer Bancroft CS: from Howell Mt, close nose, good tannins, some fruit 00 Beringer Chabot CS: much more fruit than Bancroft 01 Merryvale Beckstoffer 10 Oakville: good fruit 01 Merryvale Clone 6 Rutherford: tight 01 Merryvale Profile: 65%CS, 25% merlot, 10% CF and PV. More tannins, with less fruit 02 Downing Family Zinfandel: very good fruit and flavors 01 Downing Family CS: 97% CS, 3% petit syrah 02 Downing Family CS barrel sample: good flavor and good potential. 01 Hartwell merlot: good fruit, good taste 01 Hartwell CS: Full body with high tannins, need about 4-5 years. 01 Corison: good 01 Jocelyn Lonen CS: 75%CS, 25% merlot 02 Jocelyn Lonen CS: 100% CS closed nose, good flavors 02 Jocelyn Chardonnay: $25 02 Jocelyn Lonnen Chardonnay: better, more buttery $45 01 Ch St. Jean Cinq Cepages 01 Ch St. Jean Chardonnay, Robert Young: non malolactic 01 Landmark Dameris Chardonnay: too light 01 Numanthia: 70-100 years old vines. Light in body if compared to Termanthia 01 Termanthia: very ful body and complex 01 Allende: typical tempranillo 01 Calvario: Very good 01 Halo (Allende): good 01 Finca Sandoval: very good 02 Finca Sandoval: bitter, less fruit than 01 00 Diamond Terrace CS: good but light 01 Diamond Terrace CS: very good 02 Diamond Terrace CS: very good, 400 cases. All are 100%CS Overall, an excellent tasting and for a good cause. ----------------- Orlando

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