Hong Kong Day 6 Zero Tax Day 2008/02/27

Year	Wine	Price	Rating
NV	Padong Restaurant, Causeway Bay Excellent curry... almost 5 stars except for salty ox tongue. Pork Satay super tasty. - so - ws	n/a	****½
NV	Red Cafe, Happy Valley OK hong kong western restaurant ... hard to judge food as the room temperature is too cold with the door wide open... may upgrade after revisiting. - so - ws	n/a	***
1982	Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac 2nd bottle. 1st one has a shrunken cork and was oxidized completely. Brownish color. Extremely elegant nose of cedar, tobacco, "wine shop", with a second note of smoky sausage. Dusty, acidic, cassis, mildly hollow in back palate at this time that will hopefully improve in time. 1 hour later, silky, "Tofu Flower", silky, med to long finish. Another 1 hour later, berry, floral, somewhat over the peak. - so - ws	1000	****½
1997	Paolo Scavino Carobric, Barolo Almond, tarragon, mussel juice, lobster bisque (are you kidding? no. but this is the first nose after opening, not a true stable aroma), sweet, chalky. Later, berry, astringent, tannic long finish. Later, blueberry, mildly raisiny, cranberry, violet, long finish. Complex and playful. - so - ws	100	*****
1988	Clerc Milon, Pauillac green pepper, berry, very earthy, tobacco, moth ball, simple, med to long finish. - so - ws	n/a	***½
2003	Spring Mountain Vineyards Elivette, Napa Valley earth, very leather, may not be a true representation of Elivette, vanilla, cough syrup, astringent, much more pleasant in 2 hours, but leather taste increases, super long finish - so - ws	70	****½
2005	Quinault, St. Emilion cherry, ginger, grapy, completely indistinguishable from California Cab when first opened. More dusty, earthy profile emerges hours later evolving into blackberry, licorice and hint of chocolate. - so - ws	n/a	****