The tasting at the Felton’s beautiful home provided the perfect setting with warm weather and a beautiful sunset.
This was a tasting of mature red Bordeaux wines that were currently available at retail with the hope of selecting one for this year’s Repast. Because we will be back at the French Club this year, we want to serve all French wine. The Bordeaux we have in the Cellar Society cellar was not yet ready to drink.
The wines were sourced from K&L, which had over 20 Bordeaux from the 2000 to 2010 vintages in the price range of $30 to $70.
The dinner was provided by Enrico Filippelli from Cerri Catering, which prepared “Fall Off the Bone” lamb shanks.
Click here for a copy of the handout describing the wines. The results are:
| Rank | Points | Wine | Price | Bottle |
| 1 | 69 | 2010 Balestard La Tonnelle, St- Emilion | $49.99 | 6 |
| 2 | 89 | 2009 Tronquov- Lalande, St- Estephe | $54.99 | 5 |
| 3 | 93 | 2010 Barde-Haut, St- Emilion | $64.99 | 3 |
| 4 | 96 | 2009 Les Ormes De Pez, St- Estephe | $69.99 | 4 |
| 5 | 98 | 2009 Potensac, Medoc | $48.99 | 8 |
| 6 | 99 | 2010 Lanessan, Haut-Medoc | $29.95 | 7 |
| 7 | 100 | 2007 Barde- Haut, St- Emilion | $34.99 | 1 |
| 8 | 112 | 2005 Coufran, Haut-Medoc | $29.95 | 2 |
The pre-tasting wines were three champagnes to get opinions for the Repast and two bordeauxes:
Gosset “Grande Reserve” Brut Champagne
Louis Roederer “Collection 243” Brut Champagne (chosen)
Pol Roger “Reserve” Brut Champagne
2009 Soudars, Haut-Medoc
2010 Soudars, Haut-Medoc
Individual votes:
| Rank | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Total Points | 100 | 112 | 93 | 96 | 89 | 69 | 99 | 98 |
| Your Name | Btl 1 | Btl 2 | Btl 3 | Btl 4 | Btl 5 | Btl 6 | Btl 7 | Btl 8 |
| Laura | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Jim felton | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| Karen C | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Vince | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Indra | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Suzi Mills | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| DeAtley | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Bette F | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Sandy | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Diane K | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Steve Shank | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Bob | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Richard Mills | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Marjie | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Diane | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| David H | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| Chris wood | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Susi E | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Andre solomon | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Rick | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Steven Smith | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
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