Hong Kong Day 4 2007/03/17

Year	Wine	Price	Rating
NV	Blue Sky Restaurant, Happy Valley good pork chop rice with mushroom and red wine sauce, inexpensive - so - ws	n/a	***½
2005	Esser Cabernet, California Pieroth Wine Tasting Party. Boysenberry, red plum, long yet simple finish. - so - ws	n/a	***
2003	Swanson Merlot, Oakville Pieroth Wine Tasting Party. raspberry, tea leaves, herbs, some dark fruit, herbs, tannic and tight. Good potential. - so - ws	n/a	****
2003	Chateau de Francs "Les Cerisiers", Cotes-de-Francs Pieroth Wine Tasting Party. white pepper, blackcurrant, perhaps a bit off, toast, strangely unpleasant - so - ws	n/a	**
2002	Les Contes de Poyferre, St. Julien Pieroth Wine Tasting Party. Poyferre made this for Pieroth purportedly. Leather, blackberry, toasty oak, acidic, bitter, a little hint of violet in the beginning. - so - ws	n/a	**
2001	Les Gartieux, Pauillac Pieroth Wine Tasting Party. Pichon Lalande made this for Pieroth purportedly, although K&L has sent this as wine club shipment to me. Cassis, beef, sandalwood, pepper, pleasantly tannic, a hint of earth and tobacco - so - ws	n/a	***½
2002	Lamouroux, Margaux Pieroth Wine Tasting Party. spicy cherry, earth, leather, tight. Made by Rauzan-Segla - so - ws	n/a	***
2003	Tour Haut Caussan, Medoc Pieroth Wine Tasting Party. tobacco, tea, cedar, blackberry, new world style, astringent, full body - so - ws	n/a	****
2004	Chateaux de la Gardine, Chateauneaf-du-Pape Pieroth Wine Tasting Party. cherry, strawberry, mineral, pepper, forest floor, very pleasant, wild flower - so - ws	n/a	***½
2003	Carruades de Lafite, Pauillac Pieroth Wine Tasting Party. cedar, blackcurrant, vanilla, hint of coffee, simple - so - ws	n/a	***½
2004	Le Moulin, Pomerol Pieroth Wine Tasting Party. fragrance, mocha, earth, full body, plum, astringent - so - ws	n/a	****
2002	Pichon Lalande, Pauillac Pieroth Wine Tasting Party. green pepper, guava, very concentrated, blueberry, complex, leaves, finishing short - so - ws	n/a	****
2000	Chateaux Peyrabon, Medoc Pieroth Wine Tasting Party. Grilled green pepper, simple, cedar, cherry - so - ws	n/a	***
1998	Pavillon Rouge, Margaux Tasting with Dad, Dom, Stephenie at home: tobacco, toasty almond, leafy, beef, acidic, earth, mushroom, eucalyptus, mocha - so - ws	50	***
2002	Clarendon Hills Clarendon Vineyard Old Vines Grenache, Clarendon Tasting with Dad, Dom, Stephenie at home: chocolate liqueur, dried prune, cassis liqueur, blackberry, raspberry juice, sparkling mouthfeel, raisin, extremely unusual, with white flowers and black pepper after airing, very complex - so - ws	50	****½
2004	Caymus Cabernet, Napa Valley Tasting with Dad, Dom, Stephenie at home: blackcurrant leaves, plum, ultra concentrated, very balanced, cassis. very good Caymus vintage, a hint of special selection characteristics. - so - ws	65	*****