A. Capitel San Rocco Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso 2005 14% alc $20.95
B. Synthesi Agliancio del vulture 2004 Paternoster Barile, Italy 13% alc $15.20
C. Nemea Driopi 2005 Greece 13% alc $17.90
D. Castello di Fonterutoli 2001 Chianti Classico 13.5% alc $44.00
E. Duca di castelinmonte Cent'are 2005 Nero d' Avola Sicilia 13% alc $13.70
F. Azelia Barolo Bricco Fiasco 1998 di Luigi Scavino 14% alc $88.00
And oh yes we welcomed a new member to our group Chianti Kev. We call him "Father" :
And oh yes! we are now a wine "league" and no longer a "club": we don't mind a bit of competition do we?
Now as for the tasting. What can be recalled?
Well, I am digressing here but I am now recalling that Cabernet Chris brought the best cheeses we have had to date: Truffle Molinaro, Testun Capra, Valedon, Pied de Vent. Excellent, just excellent. Chris, is now the "cheese guy".
But the wine, the wine.
Oh, I'm remembering that I vowed to fall on my corkscrew if I didn't guess the $88 Barolo. And sure enough I confused it with the very lovely Chianti.
Can you imagine falling on this?
Well I almost did it but one of the boys saved me from a painful death.
I remember that moment but I can't remember the wine. Damn. Let's look quickly through the notes to atleast see how we ranked the wines as a group:
1. Azelia Barolo Bricco Fiasco 1998 di Luigi Scavino 14% alc $88.00
2. Castello di Fonterutoli 2001 Chianti Classico 13.5% alc $44.00
2. Capitel San Rocco Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso 2005 14% alc $20.95
3. Synthesi Agliancio del vulture 2004 Paternoster Barile, Italy 13% alc $15.20
4. Nemea Driopi 2005 Greece 13% alc $17.90
5. Duca di castelinmonte Cent'are 2005 Nero d' Avola Sicilia 13% alc $13.70
Interesting that the rankings pretty closely followed the prices of the wines. As a group we ranked the $88 Barolo number one. Though I clearly did little to help with the ranking.
It's a mystery to me how I can have had so many bottles of Barolo over the years and not been able to pick one out in a blind tasting.
Don't know what that says about me. But maybe that's one of the many things that make doing tastings such fun: they are challenging and bit like a game - like hockey.
So perhaps it is a good idea after all that we have moved from being a wine club to a wine "league".
But if this is going to be a league, I'm going to have to be better at blogging. Otherwise...someone might take my spot in the line-up...
