See below for what happened.........

Tour of Bordeaux Tasting

Welcome to the Tour of Bordeaux! With the help of Rick at the Village Corner, we were able to put together a unique tasting from one of the greatest wine areas in the world. Enjoy and experience wines from one of the Best Bordeaux Vintages in the past 25 years--2000 and the last one from the previous Millennium.

The Wines

Aperitif: Veuve du Vernay

2000 Grand Cru Classé De Graves Chateau Carbonnieux

Pessac-Léognan (1959 Classified White Wine of Graves)

2000 Chateau Larruau Margaux Cru Bourgeois

2000 Grand Corbin-Diespagne Grand Cru Saint Émillion

2000 Malartic-Lagraviére Pessac-Léognan (1959 Classified Red Wine of Graves)

2000 Grand Cru Classé Chateau Cantemerle 5^th Growth Haut-Médoc

1998 Chateau Luduirant Grand Cru Classé Sauternes 1^st Growth

No smoking or strong fragrances--please. Attendees recognize they will consume alcohol and assume responsibility of having done so. Attendance will be limited to the first 32. Reservation deadline is Monday, May10, 2004. Phone reservations can not be accepted. Cheese and bread will be served.

Members  $30.00

Non-members $35.00

What Happened.........

Frank and Jackie Carson were the organizers for this tasting of a fine Bordeaux collection with expert Bernd Meuller contributing to the wine presentation. The wines were most impressive, as might be expected for this exceptional vintage, perhaps the greatest in nearly 20 years.

Wine scores were not collected, but there were many very high scores noted.  Judging of such wines is difficult, as one must anticipate the softening of the tannins and the mellowing that age provides, but there was no doubt that the 2000 vintage is well worth collecting.

Some very nice cheeses, St. Nectaire, Compte, and Brie, were served.

And we concluded with coffee and desserts.