Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2008: 2nd Annual Contest at domaine547
89 Project, Top 10 Wines of the Year, Wine Spectator
Okay, since the Spectator has slapped their ticking clock on their home page, the madness can officially begin. Oh joy! It’s time for annual guessing game!
Last year, we kicked off what we said we would make a tradition: a contest for our readers to select what they think the Spectator will choose as their top picks. Our winner, Hugh, received a six-pack of wines that scored 80 or below by the Spectator, including the 2003 Rioja Vega Crianza, the 2005 Finca Luzon Monastrell, and the 2004 Faiveley Mercurey Domaine de la Croix Jacquelet among other delightful but much maligned wines.
As with last year, the winner will receive a pack of wines that are challenged in the point-scoring department. We haven’t picked them out yet, but they will likely be wines in the 89 point or below category (with a shout-out to the 89 Project), with no hopes of making the Spectator list. As soon as they are selected, we’ll update this so you’ll know exactly the prize for which you’re competing. We’re fairly certain one of them will be the Tenuta di Valgiano Palistorti Red.
This year, we’re making a slight adjustment…we had you post your guesses in the comments last year. This year, we’d like the guesses emailed to us. We think this will foster more competition! Otherwise, the basic guidelines are as follows:
–Be specific. Don’t just say “something from Mondavi” in your official guess. Tell us which vintage, which bottling, etc.
–Make sure to include ten wines in the order you think they’ll place. Guesses with fewer than ten wines will not be counted.
–Vote only once.
–The deadline is November 9th: the day before the Spectator begins their top Ten countdown on their website. Anything entered through the 9th, the day prior to their announcement is fair game.
Cast your vote now! It’s the most important second most important vote you’ll cast in 2008. Submit all guesses to us via email: info@domaine547.com.
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2008 “Bebame” Red, El Dorado County, California
Cabernet Franc (65%) and Gamay (35%) from - gasp - California! And only 13% ABV, pretty modest by California standards. If I tasted this blind I would probably have said it’s from the Loire Valley. It has pretty much nothing in common with the full bodied iterations of Cab Franc coming out of Napa. Juicy, light, delicious quaffing wine.$18 a bottle
2006 Telegramme Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge
Really balanced and smooth, this is a bargain of a Chateauneuf. Yeah, the 07s are lauded but what would I prefer to drink? This! It’s the second label of Vieux Telegraphe, from the same property but from younger vines. And it’s a deal at $33 a bottle.2006 or bust!
NV Barcino Cava: LA Times Wine of the Week!
Delicious and just in time for New Year’s Eve…this is the LA Times Wine of the Week, and we have plenty in stock. Order online, pick-up in-store!$14 a bottle!
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3/8/10: First domaineLA Wine Tasting at Susan Feniger’s Street: 5 Wines, $15:
Just a quick note to let you know that a week from today, on Monday, March 8th, 2010, I’ll be hosting the first domaineLA wine tasting event at Susan Feniger’s Street, with the Manincor winery of Italy. The importer and winemaker will both be present to chat about the five wines being poured (including an unusual and delicious dry moscato), and the wines will be paired with light bites.
The best news is that the event will cost just $15 a person…a bargain! Swing by between 6PM and 8PM — I hope to see lots of you there!
Susan Feniger’s Street, 742 N. Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Oh, and you can buy tickets in advance, online by clicking here:
3/8/10: First domaineLA Wine Tasting at Susan Feniger’s Street: 5 Wines, $15
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Frizzante
From Wikipedia: Frizzante is an Italian wine term term for semi-sparkling wine (as opposed to Spumante, which is generally used for fully sparkling wines). Frizzante wines generally owe their bubbles to a partial secondary fermentation in tank. You might notice a light fizz or tingly sensation on the tongue with a Frizzante wine, compared to the more carbonated sensation that more fully sparkling wines yield.
Scorekage
Okay, so we made up this word yesterday after a great restaurant experience. We brought a bottle of wine with us, expecting to pay a corkage fee. But the restaurant either forgot to charge us the $15, or decided to be nice to us. We scored! Hence, “scorekage” has entered our lexicon. This can also refer to BYO friendly restaurants that don’t charge for corkage under any circumstances.
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