3rd Man-man-has-wine-drink tournament at Brandywine 2003/8/23

Year	Wine	Price	Rating
1997	Spring Mountain Miravalle-LaPerla-Chevalier, Napa Valley KK's entry. Fruit spcy, extremely big, very well oaked. 16/20 - so - ws	45	****
2000	Haut-La Pereyre, Bordeaux Crystal's entry. Simple raspberry. 5/20 - so - ws	10	**
1999	Miner Cabernet, Napa Valley bigland's entry. Deep fruit, blueberry, long finish, multi dimensional. 19/20 - so - ws	50	*****
1999	Joseph Phelps Insignia, Napa Valley bryan's entry. Plummy dark, tannic, very conentrated, tea. Losing aroma in second round. 16/20 - so - ws	100	****
1998	Beringer Alluvium, Knights Valley kko's entry. Slight earth, overripe, better in 2nd round. Winner of the Best Buy Category. 14/20 - so - ws	15	***
1999	Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley average wine, soft, plummy. 13/20 - so - ws	33	***
1998	La Lagune, Haut-Medoc tony's entry brought back from France. Coffee, currant, pleasant but does not stand out. I knew it's Haut-Medoc. 12/20 - so - ws	40	***
2000	Kim Crawford Tane, New Zealand dominique's entry. simple, juicy, chalky. 6/20 - so - ws	17	**
1999	Girard, Napa Valley ben's entry. tea, plum, overripe. 9/20 - so - ws	30	***
2000	Bonalgue, Pomerol Lim's entry. ripe plum and tea, merlot based. Marginally 4-star. 13/20 - so - ws	35	****
2001	Escudo Rojo, Chile vincent's entry. licorice, pepper, not pleasant. 7/20 - so - ws	12	**
2001	Val d'Orbieu Reserve St. Martin, France Vins de Pay Mr. So Kit's entry. This wine costs HK$24. Contains some amount of Carignan, a grape varietal that is not typical Bordeaux, therefore disqualified. If it were qualified, then it would win the Best Buy award. Bay leave, pepper. The bay leave feel gives away the Rhone (actually Languedoc) varietal. 4/20 - so - ws	3	*