You did well the 1999 is a fine wine.

First, I forgive you your transgresion carriedca, but I might be catching up with you on vintage port after purchases made over Christmas. And I no longer travel, having changed assignments, so BBR is no longer available to me, tragically....

I see lots to like in the catalogue, based on a quick review of the notes at least:

-Rust en Vrede 2000 cab
-lots of Aussie shirazs (something besides port of which one cannot have too much ) including the 2000 Henry's Drive (wasn't this on several Forumites top wines of the year lists? )
-Calarendon Hills 2001 grenaches
-Capezzana Ghiaie della Furbie 2000 (sorry, coulen't resist! ) - futronic, would I like this for the $?
-Bosquet des Papes Ch. de P. Tradition 1998

And thanks to SirIsm for picking up the error on the Rosenblum - I'm dying for a big sweet-ish zin and was going to go for it big time. But since there are a dozen or more other 2000 Rosenblum zins scored by WS, and this one is not mentioned, that usually means that it was not a winner, so I'll pass unless someone says otherwise.

snow sucks.......

The '99 Leoville Las Cases is a superb wine. The only '99 Bordeaux that I have tasted (and I will not taste the 1st growths for quite a few more years, I suspect) that rivals it is the Palmer.

The '95 Segla (second wine of Rauzan-Segla) is a good buy at $29 CDN for a half bottle. It was very good, as a matter of fact had a bottle tonight.

Maybe I'll bring the '99 LLC to the next Toronto off-line.

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Originally posted by bman:
-Capezzana Ghiaie della Furbie 2000 (sorry, coulen't resist! ) - futronic, would I like this for the $?

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bman,

I'm not familiar with this wine, but by the sounds of the tasting notes, you should like it.

If I was attending the Taste the Classics tasting, I would tell you definitively, but I'm skipping both the tasting and catalogue altogether this time around.

Thanks fut.

In fact, I've started a thread seeking advice on bottles from the current Classics Catalogue, though I've omitted that reference from the title in the hope of attracting wider responses. But others from Ontario are encouraged to also add wine sthey are thinking about getting if they'd like some advice on them from the wider world.

snow sucks, cold is worse.......

Did anyone go to the Classics tasting in Toronto or Ottawa? Any insights to share?

I thought about attending but was afraid I would discover yet another wine to love that I can't afford. There are already too many options in that catalogue on which I cannot decide. And it's not cheap at $95.

snow sucks, cold is worse.......

I agree with bman. Plus, the list of wines being poured was uninspiring.