Wine Merchant St Louis Grand Tasting

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Just went to a large tasting. Wouldn't call it quite grand, as they did, but plenty of good things. I didn't take detailed notes, but did to some rough categorizations.

Outstanding:
2007 Beaucastel CdP. Just a baby, but not entirely unapproachable. Blew away some solid competition at the same table. $100

2006 A.P. Villaine Bourgogne Rouge "Le Fortune." Awesome Bourgogne Rouge. Very pure and delicious. $30

2006 Conn Valley Eloge: This rocked my socks $73

2005 Produttori Barbaresco Rio Sordo Reserve: This was JUST opened, and needs time open and in the bottle, but I think it'll be very, very good. $57


Very good:

2006 Catena Zapata Malbec "Adrianna Vineyard." This was Claire's wine of the day. Not really my thing, but hard to argue with how good it was. $100

2006 Serene "Evenstead Vineyard" Pinot Noir: First time I've had Domaine Serene, and I wasn't disappointed, but wouldn't buy for $50

NV Champalou Vouvray Brut: Delicious bubbly and $17.99

2007 Catherine le Goeuil Cairanne: Probably the wine I'll buy the most of from the tasting. Great Rhone for $16.49

2005 Ch Bellevue Lessac-St. Emilion: Really good and $30

2007 Conn Valley Cab Estate: Not my thing, but... I get it. Tasty. Needs time. $58

2007 Conn Valley "Prologue": I really enjoyed this at $20. Would buy if the right dinner was coming.

2006 Joguet Chinon "Petite Roche": Had a bit of animal funk. I really liked it. Claire HATED it [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img] $21

2008 Colosi Nero d'Avola: Always good $15

2009 Araldica Gavi Bianco: Better than the typical summer gulper. Green, green minerals. $13

Good, but...

2005 Silver Oak:
To be fair, it was a hard sell sandwiched between the Beaucastel and the Conn Valley, but I wouldn't buy this for $40, let alone $100

2006 BV Tapestry:
Again, a nice enough wine, but I preferred others that were significantly less than $45

Lots of other wines, but these were the most interesting.