Some wines from the WS Top 100 tasting!

#77-NV Duval-Leroy Brut.

Clover honey note from BS is spot on. Fine mousse, apple pear on finish. Good length, nice yeasty dough. Airline wine!

#30-Bryon Chardonnay Calif.

Spice on nose, caramel finish. "Chewing on a board", needs food, good with capicoli. Not too well received however.

#51-Felsina Berardenga CC, Tuscany.

Dry, needs time. Oaky nose, spice, blackberry aroma. No big fruit on finish yet....too young. Might be fun down the road.

#34-Condado de Haza, R del Duera.

Very good flew off the shelf. Tempranillo, smokey nose, blackberry. Great mid-palate, good tannins, creamy at back end. Chalky, needs 2 yrs. $27 Cdn, fair price up here.

#8-Ch de Beaucastel .

Available in split, 750 or magnum on the evening. Sold out fast of course. Tar and hot stone comments spot on again. Long dense finish, what else can one say?!!

#10-Seghesio Sonoma Co Zinfandel.

Right up there with the Condado but #10?? Different style from previous vintages. Light, soft, drink now style. Smiles from all at tasting, blueberry and brambleberry. Whats not to like from this Seghesio!

#4-`05 Ch Guiraud, Sauternes.

Dumb nose but oh the palate!! Lemon, botrytis, baked apple..its all there folks. Very long finish, why keep drink up and buy more!!

Which vintages, Bob?

[David M. Bueker]

If it's the exact vintages from the actual top 100 then the Seghesio is a 2007, the Beaucastel is a 2005, the Byron is another 2005, as is the Condado, while the Felsina is a 2006.

Thanks David. In my excitement, I forgot the vintages!

Thanks Bob. My wife bought the '05 Guiraud for me as a Christmas gift. I was thinking about letting it rest for a year, or two, but perhaps that is not needed. She was also able to get me a bottle of the '05 Clos Apalta. I'm itching to drink that one as well.