Saturday, March 16, 2013

2013 Taste of Hope

Tribeca- This year I'm only hosting one table of wine for "Taste of Hope" an annual event with the leaders of the Radio and Record raising money through a wine and charity auction for for City of Hope. And even though it will be cold, I'm looking forward to winter visit to New York City.

Here's the tentative list of wine for 2013: we'll pair up some of last year's favorites with some new challengers. (winners bold)
  • Champagne Toast (TBD)
  • Chardonnay: 2009 Lewis/Sonoma County - Russian River Valley vs. 2007 Chasseur/Sonoma Valley "Durrell" Chasseur stole the show - nice balance while the Lewis had more butter. 
  • Pinot Noir: 2007 Chasseur/Sonoma Coast vs. 2007 MacPhail/Sonoma Coast "Pratt Vineyard" Toss up these wines were so similar and amazing.
  • Cab Franc: 2007 Provenance/Napa vs. 2006 Jarvis/Napa Estate Cabernet Franc. Provenance was a table favorite!
2000's Cabernet Sauvignon:
  • 2000    Joseph Phelps Insignia & Silver Oak both were huge.
  • 2001    Whitehall Lane/Napa Valley
  • 2002    Robert Mondavi Reserve/Napa
  • 2003    Jarvis Estate Reserve/Napa really enjoyed this one - smooth.
  • 2004    Robert Mondavi/Stag's Leap District - 95pts
  • 2005    Flora Springs/Napa "Holy Smoke" Vineyard
  • 2006    Chappellet/Napa Pritchard Hill Estate Vineyard - this opened up and was killer!
  • 2007    Ladera/Napa Lone Canyon Vineyard - very nice
  • 2008    Ramey/Oakville Pedregal Vineyard
  • 2009    Melka/Napa "CJ" - early fave
  • 2010    Caymus Special Select - totally changed from espresso to smooth.
Table faves from the Cabs were Caymus, Melka, Chappellett, Jarvis and Insignia...it was hard to choose, there were no bad bottles at the table.

Here some of this year's favorites - can't wait until next year - Brian

 

 

 

 

1 comment:

BRIAN THOMAS said...

still looking for a good 2010 and 2000 to round out the decade of wine.