“Chardonnay – Six Remarkable Wines”
A Unique tasting on a Biodynamic Flower day

In keeping with the Society’s fundamental aim of providing the membership with opportunities to taste fine and exiting wines irrespective of cost, the second wine event in July will feature six remarkable wines from the Chardonnay grape:

Champagne Salon 1995
(Current RP £200, Winesearcher)

Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets 2007
Domaine Michel Bouzereau (£69, Berry Bros. & Rudd).
“Puligny - the greatest white wine in the world”
– Clive Coates MW.

Beaune Clos des Mouches 2007
Joseph Drouhin (€37.50, Maison Denis Perret, Beaune, UK - from £52.25, Winesearcher)
“Maurice Drouhin has made a speciality out of the white wines from this celebrated Beaune Premier Cru vineyard”

Kooyong Farrago Chardonnay 2007
Mornington Peninsula (£25, The Wine Society)
“Just stunning. This is a super-fine linear style of chardonnay with flinty notes and a focus on the citrus spectrum, especially grapefruit. But the fruit’s not the thing; it’s the superbly balanced backbone of acidity. A classy wine of great subtlety”.

Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay
Western Australia (£45, The Wine Society)
“2006 Art Series is one of the very greatest vintages of one of Australia's top Chardonnays ever made. On a world scale, this is as good as Chardonnay ever gets anywhere outside of  Burgundy” – Matthew Jukes.

Domaine de la Bongran, Cuvee Botrytis du 10 October1994, Jean Thevenet
(€110 from producer, said to be two of the last 20 bottles of this wine, made with botrytised chardonnay, left in the world!)

Baja Mexico

Thursday 8 July 2010

Baja California has three major wine-producing areas all located within 120 miles of the west coast. Ensenada, 50 miles southeast of San Diego, is a centre of Mexican wine growing. San Antonio de las Minas (which includes the Valleys of Guadalupe and Calafia), San Vincente Valley, and Santo Tomás Valley on the Baja Peninsula grow nearly 90% of all Mexican wine grapes.

The diverse varieties of red grapes grown in the Baja California region are Cabernet Sauvignon, Ruby Cabernet, Merlot, Zinfandel and Grenache. The white varieties are Chenin Blanc, Palomino, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon.

This tasting, tutored by Richard Bost of Wine Educators International, will feature 8 selected wines to give members an insight into Mexico’s wine industry.

"Fine, Old & Rare - 2"
Thursday 5 August 2010
7pm. St. Robert's Centre, Harrogate
Tickets £15

Sold out!

Tasting List:

1. Pauillac 4th Cru Classé Duhart Milon 1971

2. Domaine Schlumberger Riesling Grand Cru Kitterle 1995

3. Cyril Henschke Cabernet Sauvignon 1991

4. Wynns Michael Shiraz 1991

5. Clos du Pape 1988, Chateauneuf du Pape 

6.  Rioja Berberena Gran Reserva 1970

7. Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos Chateau Messzelato 1988