Minneapolis
Wine Club
Worldwide Grenache
Friday in January 16
7:00 to 9:30 PM
$30 FOR MEMBERS
$40 FOR NEW MEMBERS
Events are at Members Homes
THE LINEUP
Every day Wines (Under $15)
2006 Las Rocas de San Alejandro Young Vines Garnacha Spain
2004 Saint Cosme Cotes du Rhone Rhone, France
Mid Level Wines
2005 Clos des Brusquieres Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rhone, France
2002 Kaesler Avignon Barossa Valley Grenache Blend Australia
High End
Fifty dollar plus wines!
2001 Clarendon Hills "Old Vines" Clarendon Vineyard McClaren Vale Australia
*Extremely Rare Wine!
2005 Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe La Crau Chateauneuf du Pape
*Wine Spectator Number 5 Wine of the Year
2005 Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape
*Wine Spectator Number 8 Wine of the Year
WINE REVIEWS FROM THE EVENT:
Everyday wine
2006 Las Rocas de San Alejandro Calatayud Garnacha $
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Violets, cranberries, spice
Taste: Spicy with nice acidity and sour tastes
Finish: Medium and flavorful
Evaluation: This is one of the best everyday wines from Spain 87 points
2004 Saint Cosme Cotes du Rhone Rhone $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Pepper, spice, floral
Taste: Good intensity with earth, spice, floral, and pepper
Finish: Medium
Evaluation: Good everyday wine 85 points
Mid Level
2002 Kaesler Avignon Barossa Valley $$$
Blend of Grenache, Shiraz, Mouvedre, and Viognier
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Spice, plum, oak, smoke
Taste: Sweetness from the Viognier, and also has bitter and sour so all taste buds are working. Spice, oak, vanilla
Finish: Medium spice with oak, vanilla, sweet fruits
Evaluation: Hits 3 taste buds which is very rare. 90 points
2005 Clos des Brusquieres Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rhone $$$
Color: Light purple
Nose: Spice, mineral, cranberries
Taste: Light wine with mineral, floral and mild spices
Finish: Short to medium with good acidity
Evaulation: A starter CDP 87 points
2002 Joesph Phelps Le Mistal Monterey County $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Pepper, strawberries, spice
Taste: Well integrated blend of fruits and earth components
Finish: Smooth wine and medium finish
Evaluation: Drinking well now 89 points
High Level
2002 Clarendon Hills Clarendon Hills Vineyard Grenache $$$$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Raspberry, blackberries, pepper
Taste: Sweet fruits, eucalyptus, violets, pepper
Finish: Sweet fruits, pepper, eucalyptus, violets on this mutli layered medium finish
Evaluation: Solid wine 92 points
2005 Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe La Crau Chateaneuf du Pape $$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Much better then in December with cherry, floral, spice
Taste: Spice, floral, mineral, cherry, raspberry, not over powering
Finish: Medium without much heat. It certainly is not a massive CDP
Evaluation: Showed better then December but I don't see this as ever being a blockbuster wine 91 points
2005 Chateau Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape $$$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Wow cherry, smoke, very clean without funk
Taste: Smooth tannins with cherry, smoke, licorice, figs
Finish: Really nice and drinking well right now
Evaluation: Not an overpowering wine and everything was in perfect harmony 94 points