Hong Kong Day 17 - HK Man Man Has Wine Drink 2008/03/09

Year	Wine	Price	Rating
2000	Leoville Poyferre, St. Julien Bag A. Owner Ling. #8. older vintage, berry, tight, flavor not coming out but wine seems tired. - so - ws	200	***
2003	Clos Fourtet, St. Emilion Bag B. Owner Dfung. spicy, plum, coffee, pleasant, vanilla, nice body, nice finish. This will be disqualified as it is not one of the 1855 classified growths. But it would have been #2. - so - ws	200	****½
2003	Giscours, Margaux Bag C. Owner Lok. #4. mushroomy, blackberry, well integrated, has a hint of herbal finish. This is an identical wine to Bag D below but the latter will rank #1. The aroma and flavor of this wine is clearly stunned or flattened. This wine has been decanted (duration unknown) before being served. - so - ws	50	***½
2003	Giscours, Margaux Bag D. Owner Venessa. #1 Champion Wine. ginger spice, blackcurrant, cassis, vanilla, long long finish. This wine was opened at my home and served immediately without decanting. Can this wine because of the high no. of new world wine lovers in attendance? - so - ws	80	*****
2001	Pichon Lalande, Pauillac Bag E. Owner Dom. #9. Gamy, leather, incense, grilled onion. The flavor is quite good but the aroma is not pleasant. - so - ws	67	***½
1997	Lascombes, Margaux Bag F. Owner Janine (proxy). #7. Blueberry, well aged garnet color, plum, very pleasant, short finish - so - ws	64	***
2003	La Tour Carnet, Haut Medoc Bag G. Owner Albert. #2. MVP Winner. Chocolate, blackberry, new world style, dusty, jammy, slightly less elegant than Bag D. - so - ws	42	*****
2003	Lascombes, Margaux Bag H. Owner Bryan. #3. jammy, meat, plum, sage, chocolate, coffee, complex, med finish - so - ws	64	*****
2001	Leoville Poyferre, St. Julien Bag I. Owner Sammy. #5. vanilla, plum, tannic, astringent, acidic, licorice - so - ws	96	***
2003	Kirwan, Margaux Bag J. Owner Dad. #6. deep purple color, vanilla, ink, licorice, rather simple. - so - ws	52	***