Just attended the Moet Hennessy tasting at the Ferry Building in San Francisco. The evening's lineup includes both the wine and spirits portfolio of Moet Hennessy, but I am not a spirits person, so I will only mention the wine portfolio of the tasting.
There were many good to outstanding wines in the tasting. The notable participants are:
Dom Perignon, Krug, Veuve Clicquot, Chateau Cheval Blanc, Chateau d'Yquem, Case Lapostolle, Cheval des Andes, Chateau La Nerthe and Newton Vineyard.
In my opinion, the best wines for the evening are:
The Best Champagne of the tasting: 1996 Dom Perignon Rose (94 points)
The Best Red Wine of the tasting : 2005 Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta (95 points)
Other notable mentions:
2004 Cheval des Andes (94 points), 2005 Casa Lapostolle Borobo (93 points), 2002 Newton The Puzzle (91 points), 2003 Chateau La Nerthe CDP Cuvee des Cadettes (91 points) & 1995 Chateau d'Yquem (90 points).
I will post my tasting notes of these wines later. But for those who want to get a jump start on finding out which of these wines will do well, they should go and seek out the Clos Apalta, Borobo and Cheval des Andes. These three are my favorites of the evening.
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