Swimming with Dolphins
I went to a casual Monday night tasting last night in Malibu. I'll skip the table talk and get right to the wine:

Chapoutier L'Ermite '99
Niellon Chass. Maltroie '04
Smith Haut Lafitte '98

Gevrey Chambertin Les Varoilles '85
Chauvenet Echezeaux '85
Lopez de Herediz Rioja Vina Bosconia '76 (*wine of the flight and surprise of the night)
Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino '95
Rostaing Cote Rotie Les Terroirs '02

Conterno Barolo Monfortino Riserva '95
Haut Brion '95 (*wine of the night)
Latour '95
Mouton '95
Sloan '03
Galardi Terra di Lavoro '04

Caprai Sagrantino di Montefalco 25 Anni '95
Feudi di s. Gregorio '97
Pahlmeyer Merlot '96
Anne Gros Clos Vougeot '00
Sine Qua Non Into the Dark Grenache '04
Norton Malbec

Yquem '86
- posted by Jeff Smith @ 9:38 AM