Last 2005 Excuse Club tasting with Mike Kwok of Boston, a true student of wine. 2005/12/17

Year	Wine	Price	Rating
2003	V. Sattui Marsangnier, Napa Valley Restrained nose, very jammy pineapple, apple, more like fruit punch than wine, high alcohol content, bitter finish kind of like ginger. Unbalanced. - so - ws	n/a	**
1989	Chasse-Spleen, Moulis cedar, berry, meat, smoke, earth, a touch of eucalyptus which is not a good sign, most likely due to aging. A bit tired. Green pepper. - so - ws	79.95	***
1997	Chateau Muscare Gaston Hochar, Bekaa Valeey, Lebanon Raspberry, plum, tart, lacking a good finish, good mid palate though, smoky, prune, yes lots of dried prune. Turning more concentrated with airing. - so - ws	n/a	***½
2003	Cakebread Rubaiyat, Napa Valley I am very sensitive to the taste of Zinfandel and I detected it instantly. What is surprising is the high percentage of pinot noir. Leaves, forest greens, concentrated, jammy, metallic, a bit of licorice. - so - ws	n/a	***
2003	Montes Alpha Syrah, Colchagua Valley Smoky sauage, cheery, very tannic, full body, exotic spice, almond amaretto, herbal, very complex, lacking evoluation in finish. - so - ws	n/a	****
2001	Grgich Hill Cabernet, Napa Valley jammy raspberry, vanilla, tannin starting to become mild for a 2001 vintage, mixed provencal herbs, strawberry, a bit of tar, long finish. - so - ws	42.00	****
2003	La Cerisiere, Nuit St. Georges 23.95 for K&L Wine Club members, this is a wine declassified from a Burdundy Domaine that usually costs $60. It has lots of cherry, olive, jamminess, med-full body, sugar cane, candy, and matches perfectly with a beouf bourgignon made with a $5 Lindeman's Pinot Noir. - so - ws	29.95	****
2003	Achaval Ferrer Guimera, Mendoza fish stock? metallic, infanmil, sea weed... perhaps I have drunken too much. Does turn jammy, plummy and has some olive notes to it. - so - ws	36	***