But wait! A problem! I still have the bottles here but no one managed to write the numbers on the f*cken bottles. Oh there's one numbered bottle. Oh yes - I numbered that one before I went outside to change the propane tank on the bbq for the delicious salmon we were cooking...
But digress. Without those numbers - this blog post may well be f*cked.
But here are the bottles anyways - and only one of them numbered:
x. Rully 2006 Montmorin by Jean Chartron Puligny Montrachet France 13% alc $26.95
2. Beringer Private Reserve Chardonnay 2005 Napa Valley St. Helena 14.5% alc $44.95
x. Reserva Chardonnay Santa Rita Valle de Casablanca Chile 2006 14.5% alc $13.50
x. Goldwater Chardonnay Marlborough New Zealand 2006 14% $19.95
x. Flat Rock Cellars Chardonnay 2004 VQA Niagara Peninsula 13.5% $16.95
x. Robert Young Chardonnay 2005 Alexander Valley California 14.3% $45.00
F*ck - I've just spilled some wine on my carpet here at the head office of Vinovich Cellars!
You snobs didn't finish off the $13.50 Santa Rita. Oh yes! It was corked! That's why. Atleast according to Pinot Paul. (We're such sheep - Pinot Paul says the wine is corked and we - bah, bah - listen - and now I've got wine on my carpet thanks to Pinot Paul. F*ck - that means that my office carpet is corked! When has that ever happened in the history of wine tasting?)
What a shambles of a tasting: numberless bottles and a corked carpet!
Pinot Paul will no doubt be quick to blame the pressence of Patrick The Piano Man (I understand he is not a full member of The League yet - is that correct Pinot? You da man, Pinot, You da man!) Couldn't we also blame the other new member - Languedoc Lloyd?
I'm pouring over the tasting notes now trying to deduce which wine is which.
On Pinot's scoring table I see that he went to the trouble of circling a couple of wines that Chianti Kev got right.
It looks like Kev guessed correctly that wine number one was from France and since we had only one Chardonnay from France that should settle that.
He also appears to have guessed correctly that wine number three was from New Zealand.
So here's how our list looks now:
1. Rully 2006 Montmorin by Jean Chartron Puligny Montrachet France 13% alc $26.95
2. Beringer Private Reserve Chardonnay 2005 Napa Valley St. Helena 14.5% alc $44.95
3. Goldwater Chardonnay Marlborough New Zealand 2006 14% $19.95
x. Reserva Chardonnay Santa Rita Valle de Casablanca Chile 2006 14.5% alc $13.50
x. Flat Rock Cellars Chardonnay 2004 VQA Niagara Peninsula 13.5% $16.95
x. Robert Young Chardonnay 2005 Alexander Valley California 14.3% $45.00
I think we can also deduce that wine number four must be from Chile - since that was the corked wine - but wait Pinot Paul has it rated as his number 5. Number 5? You've been found out Pinot! You are a sham! How can you have a corked wine at number 5?
But I shouldn't be so quick to hurl accusations should I? I should stop while the stopping is good.
Boys, I think we're going to have to re-taste the Chardonnays - and improve our record-keeping proceedures.
Yes, I know that could be painful - given how much we all hate drinking and tasting and all of the juvenile banter of the tasting room. But a small consolation could be some more of that fine salmon bbq-ed by Chianti Kev on those wonderful cedar planks.
Yes - a repeat of the Chardonnay tasting - that's what I say. How bad could that be?
The question is: should we invite The Piano Man?
