We finished up our normal Wine Club last month, so this month would be a bonus tasting with the money left over. Most bonus tastings I have anywhere between $150 and $300 to work with so we usually get something much higher end than our usual $20-25 a bottle price point. The time I only had $43 left to do the tasting. I decided a blind red wine tasting would be fun but I really want to add the 2005 Altair as one of the reds. Unfortunately at $65 a bottle the Altair was a touch out of my price range. I discussed this with Wine Club members and everyone decide to pitch in $5 to help make this happen.
I was pleased that Wine Club members took no time in figuring out which of the 3 red wines in front of them was the Altair. It’s rich and full bodied Cab blend was very distinctive from the other two wines. I was also very happy that everyone loved the Altair and thought it was worth the extra $5 they put in to try it.
Everyone correctly guessed that the second wine was a Merlot and a couple even guessed that it was from California which I thought was impressive. The last wine was a mixed bag as about half guessed Pinot Noir and the other half guess Chianti. Chianti wasn’t a bad guess about the Pinot Noir as we tried Chianti in a recent Wine Club meeting and both of them had that thin colouring that Pinot Noir has and there were some flavour characteristics they both had in common.
It was a fun session and I was pleased Wine Club did so well in picking out which wines were which. Next month we will start a new six month session of Wine Club which will be the 43rd time we have gotten together to try wines. It is fun looking back at all the different regions and grapes we have tried so far during these meetings and look forward to seeing where the next 6 meetings will lead.
Cheers!
Mark
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