Minneapolis Wine Club
The Rhone
November 14
7:00 to 9:30 pm
The Results
2004 E. Guigal Condrieu $$$$
Color: Medium gold
Nose: Lemon, minerals, floral
Taste: Chalk, minerals, floral and shows good acidity
Finish: Medium and shows minerals, floral and lemons
Evaluation: Nice wine but a little too expensive 90 points
2007 Domaine Lafond Roc-epine Tavel $$
Color: pink
Nose: Intense with strawberry, floral, crushed rock, raspberries
Taste: Fresh mint, strawberry, floral, cherry
Finish: Medium and great acidity
Evaluation: Best Rose to date 90 points
2007 Chateau Pesquie Cuvee des Terrasses Cotes du Ventoux $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Spice, raspberry, floral
Taste: Spice, raspberry, floral, cherry, black pepper
Finish: Balanced and concentrated wine for this price point
Evaluation: Super wine and great value 89 points
CDP Vintage Comparison
1999 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Chateauneuf du Pape $$$
Color: Medium
Nose: A funk that blew off with shoe leather, figs and violets
Taste: Spicy with leather, violets and earth
Finish: Medium and earth dominated
Evaluation: Solid overall on this base bottling from Usseglio 89 points
2006 Pierre Usseglio Cuvee Tradition Chateauneuf du Pape $$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Strawberries, raspberries, smoke
Taste: Strawberries, raspberries, smoke, spices, simply delicious
Finish: Medium and full of flavors
Evaluation: 91 points
2005 Domaine du Pegau Chateauneuf du Pape $$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Pepper, spice, floral
Taste: Earth, pepper, spice, floral
Finish: Medium but a little on the light side
Evaluation: Needs some time 91 points
Cote Rotie
2002 Domaine de Bonserine "La Garde" Cote Rotie $$$$
Color: Light purple
Nose: Bacon, smoke, spices, white pepper
Taste: Mineral driven with smoke, bacon, floral, cranberry
Finish: Complex finish with layers of flavoring
Evaluation: Not the best vintage but this is a sleeper 91 points
1998 M. Chapoutier La Mordorée Côte-Rôtie $$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Grilled meat, white pepper, smoke, raspberries, floral, beautiful!
Taste: Grilled meats, smoke, white pepper, raspberries, cherry, floral and more...
Finish: Fabulous wine and balanced! One of the best Rhone's to date
Evaluation: 97 points