Hong Kong Day 8 Hospices de Beaune Master Class 2008/02/29

Year	Wine	Price	Rating
NV	Harlan's Restaurant, IFC, Central Super nice lunch. Set lunch $268 HKD. Includes appetizer buffet, choice of entree, dessert, coffee. All very well made and super creative. Barramundi (a kind of fish) sauted and toped with celeriac cream sitting on red wine oxtail sauce blended with Chinese red bean... clever! - so - ws	n/a	*****
2006	Philippe le Bon, Meursault Genevrieres All prices are rough estimates given by organizer. apple pie, cinnamon, meyer lemon, mineral, acidic, full body, long finish - so - ws	80	*****
2004	Albert Grivault, Meursault Charmes ginger, spicy, tight, very very concentrated, mineral, creamy, oily, slight toasty oak finish - so - ws	70	****½
2004	Francois de Salins, Corton Charlemagne fragrant, channel #5, melon, citrus, finishing short, very shut down - so - ws	150	****½
2005	Dames de Flandres, Batard Montrachet very very elegant, floral aroma like "white orchid flower" (michelia alba), butter, mineral, vanilla, oak, long finish, yet still sleeping... mind boggling - so - ws	500	*****
2005	Dames Hospitalieres, Beaune incense, berry, leather, violet, astringent, elegant, med to long finish - so - ws	35	****½
2003	Blondeau, Volnay beefy, plum, soy sauce, licorice, orange peel, astringent, vanilla, long long finish - so - ws	35	*****
2002	Guigone de Salins, Beaune strawberry, grassy, astringent, orange peel, long finish - so - ws	25	***½
1999	Dames de la Charite, Pomard wet earth, nut, mushroom, raspberry, astringent, long finish, too much Brett. - so - ws	40	***½
2004	Charlotte Dumay, Corton grassy, acidic, raspberry, very mineral, astringent, simple but concentrated - so - ws	45	****
2001	Charlotte Dumay, Corton wet earth, sweet cherry, very pleasant, again simple - so - ws	45	****
2004	Madeleine Collignon, Mazi Chambertin beautiful deep nose of purple fruit, incense, sweet, slightly leathery, orange peel, very complex, strawberry, long finish - so - ws	180	*****
2002	Georges Kritter, Clos de la Roche wet earth, nutty, jammy, sweet, astringent, black cherry, strawberry, acidic, med to long finish - so - ws	180	****