Another wonderful night at the Kitchen in Sacramento. If you haven't been, definitely check it out. I will make another post on the menu for the evening in the Dining and Cooking section.

DJ Hombre, ttepper, Mr. & Mrs. winebrat, Dom'n'Vin'sDad, Tastebuddy, CHICO, Randy Cunningham, stealthman_1 and friends were in attendance. A nice table of 12.

Here is the wine list to get started, I am sure all will get to chime in at some point. Some wine were purchased off the restaurant's wine list as indicated.

2000 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard
2003 Chateau Boswell Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay
2003 Peay Roussane/Marsanne Sonoma Coast ($42 from the wine list)
2003 Martinelli Woolsey Road Chardonnay ($48 from the wine list)
1996 Pahlmeyer Merlot
2002 Foley Claret (magnum)
1997 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon
2002 Neal Family Cabernet Sauvignon
1989 Krug Brut
2002 Sine Qua Non Just For the Love of It ($185 from the wine list)
2003 Saxum Syrah James Berry Vineyard Rocket Block
1995 Joseph Phelps Insignia
1995 Chateau Durcu Beaucaillou
1999 Ojai Syrah Roll Ranch
2001 Bond St. Eden
2000 Marcassin Marcassin Pinot Noir ($200 from the wine list)
2002 Shadow Canyon Paeonia Late Harvest Pinot Blanc Bien Nacido Vineyard
1975 Chateau Rieussec

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All I can say is not enough pinot
Yes it was a great evening.

One bottle wasn't enough, Chico?!?!?!

What an introduction into offlines . The food, the wine, and especially the people made for a fantastic experience.

Thanks to all!!!

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Originally posted by CHICO:
All I can say is not enough pinot
Yes it was a great evening.

Chico - I automatically assume that anything that pyang is involved with means "no pinot"... therefore, I didn't bring a Pinot.

However, since I now know you're into Pinot... I'll gladly pop a few the next time around.

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Originally posted by The Artist Formerly known as DJ Hombre:
Chico - I automatically assume that anything that pyang is involved with means "no pinot"... therefore, I didn't bring a Pinot.

For your information smart a$$, I am bringing a bottle of Pinot to the dinner tonight.

what, schoolhouse again?

your pinot collection is a collection of 1.

Looks like I am a week late.. I'll most likely see you Pyang next week with ttepper.

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Originally posted by whineguy2003:
Looks like I am a week late.. I'll most likely see you Pyang next week with ttepper.

When are you visting? The whole week?

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I am bringing a bottle of Pinot to the dinner tonight.

Blanc de Noir doesn't count.

DJ,
Yes I have become a pinot whore but I cant be bought cheap or with free bottle of School House

Nice list...how about some notes!

How was the Bond St. Eden? What were the highlights?

I took no notes big suprise there but my favorite was the 00' Marcassin then the 96 Pahlmeyer folowed by the 02' Foley Claret

My top five in no particular order, and no, I took no formal notes - just wrote some stuff down on the menu I took home with me:

'89 Krug, '95 Ducru, '02 SQN, '02 Foley, '00 Marcassin

Pyang, the Rocket Block is a grenache based wine (50%grenache, 40%mouvedre, 10%syrah). All the other wines are syrah based with 80-88%.

Any notes on the 03 Saxum James Berry Vineyard Rocket Block Grenache. Does it is ready to drink? Does it merits the 98 Parker rating?

Orlando,
I like the Saxum better than the Sine Qua Non myself. Dont know about the 98 points though. But Syrah is not really my style.

Chico, thanks. I had the SNQ 2 months ago with drab and like it, This must then be very good.
Orlando

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Originally posted by orlando:
Any notes on the 03 Saxum James Berry Vineyard Rocket Block Grenache. Does it is ready to drink? Does it merits the 98 Parker rating?

Few of us had a brief discussion on this. Thought there may be some RS, not intentional but perhaps never went dry?

Not my style, Parker rating of Australia and to a lesser extend of California is for the most part useless to me.

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Originally posted by orlando:
Chico, thanks. I had the SNQ 2 months ago with drab and like it, This must then be very good.
Orlando

Actually, a few of us also talked about the SQN. I brought a bottle to an off-line when kybo was in town. Tastebuddy, DJ and ttepper were also there that night if I recall correctly. Tastebuddy and I both thought the bottle we had from the Kitchen was not anywhere close to the bottle I opened.

pyang,

If that bottle wasn't anywhere close to the first one you had, holy shnikey!!!!!!

So, what was your WOTN or top 3-5?

Don't know about this one, DJ Hombre & Chico at the same table....ouch! Then as if that is not enough, you throw in Stealth. and Pyang as referee's .......oohh! I almost forgot, this is all happening at the Kitchen with all it's psycho bunch

I don't know what to say, other than (insert green with envy graemlin) glad you had fun and lived to talk about it!

How was the '89 Krug? Ready?....compare it to the '88.......please?


Salud!

The '89 Krug is a lot more ready than the '88 IMHO.
Top 5 for me
T-1 Marcassin, Marc
T-1 SQN JFTLOI
3 Ducru
4 Bond
5 Shadow Canyon
Worst
'75 Rieussec
Not quite as worst
'02 Foley
Suprise of the night
'02 Neal, don't know how long Pyang had it open, but it was much more drinkable than I expected at this stage.

I had a lot of fun and want to thank Pyang and Chico for making this happen!

I thought the SQN was a lot like the one we had a few months ago at Cook. One-Dimensional. The `99 Ojai Roll Ranch had a lot more going on - and definatly was the richer, more complex wine - but the alcohol really was a let down on it. The SQN was in perfect balance, it just happened to smell and taste like cranberry juice if you let it sit in the glass.

The Krug was AWESOME. I loved the `89, which I think is the 2nd time now I've had it.

The Boswell Ritchie was actually pretty similar to the `02 Aubert Ritchie. Wonder what the price differential is between the two?

Peay's Roussane/Marsanne is a good bottle of juice - though I thought it fell apart a bit when it got to room temp.

The Martinelli Woolsey Road was VERY Martinelli. Fat n' Oaky. I did like it a little bit though. Was pretty good.

Pahlmeyer I found to be a brett bomb.

Foley Claret... not too exciting, very vibrant fruit and oak. Actually pretty different from the last time I had it where I likened it to a snickers.

The Marcassin was a disappoint for me. The finish, which I likened to menthol / mediciney - over powered everything else about the wine.

The `02 Neal had no fruit going on. To me it was all oak by the time I tasted it.

hey wineguy, would you be willing to sell or trade for any of your martinelli jackass hill or jackass vineyard zin. I have turley hayne and rafanelli zins for trade if you are interested, please let me know.

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