Tasting Summary: 2016-0617

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

A light raid of Steve's cellar in celebration of the completion of his 60th trip around the sun.

Steve says, "I don't think I'll have another tasting like this for a while.
Like another 60 years. Which gives me a few decades until I have to start buying for it."

Hosted by: Steve and Robin

Notes (from Steve):

I've had most of these a long long time. Some are probably over the hill. Oh well.

On the Scheurebe grape.. Terry Theise writes, "Scheurebe (shoy-ray-beh), often shortened to 'Scheu,' is Riesling just after it read the Kama Sutra. Put another way, Scheu is what Riesling would be if Riesling were a transvestite. If Riesling expresses all that is Noble and Good, Scheu offers all that is Dirty and Fun. It is Riesling's evil, horny twin."

The rieslings aged beautifully. Don't turn down a 30 year old riesling.

Some wines are "drink after X years", some are "drink youngeset available". We all agreed the Ch. Gilroy was "drink never".

This is what a 30-year-old dessert riesling can look like. When young, it was a golden yellow.

Wines Tasted:

Wine	Region	Grape
Some Whites
Kerpen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 1990	Mosel, Germany	Riesling
Rheinhessen Ulsheimer Scuhmelle Scheurebe Spatele-trochen1985	Rheinhessen, Germany	Scheurebe
Some Reds
Testarossa Pinot Noir, Gary's Vineyard 2000	Los Gatos, California	Pinot Noir
Corton Clos Rognet 1986	Burgundy	Pinot Noir
Storybook Mountain Vineyard Zinfandel 1984	Calistoga, California	Zinfandel
St. Francis "Old Vines" Zinfandel 1998	Sonoma, California	Zinfandel
Another White
Rapazzini Chateau de Garlic NV	Gilroy, California	?
Some More Reds
Ridge Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1982	Monte Bello, California	Cabernet Sauvignon
Chateau Lynch Bages 1993	Bordeaux	Cabernet Sauvignon
Dessert Whites
Chateau St. Jean Alexander Valley Johannisberg Riesling Special Select Late Harvest 1985	Alexander Valley, California	Riesling
Chateau d'Arche Sauternes 1986	Bordeaux	Semillion