Rogrs & Company Portfolio Licensee Tasting, Oct 28/13

The Date and Time: Monday, October 28, 2013 1:30PM – 4:30PM
The Event: Rogers & Company Portfolio Tasting for Licensees
The Venue: Brassaii Restaurant
The Target Audience: licensees and media
The Availability/Catalogue: everything is available for ordering. While
the catalogue was nicely laid out with prices and vintages, the pouring
order on the various tables was somewhat mixed to accommodate winery
reps.
The Quote/Background: Rogers has a very strong California catalogue.
The Wines: I did not try every wine; there were at least 68 listed.
Prices are licensee.

**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Huet Vouvray Sec Le Haut-Lieu 2011, $30.95
-Alex Gambal Chassagne-Montrachet 2011, $62.95
-Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage 2011, $28.95
-Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Chardonnay 2010, $57.95
-Shafer Napa Merlot 2010, $57.95
-Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 2010, $52.95
-Ovid Napa Proprietary Red, $267.95
-Shafer One Point Five Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2010,
$79.95
-Shafer Hillside Select Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2009,
$275.95
-Blue Mountain Pinot Noir 2011 Okanagan, $26.95
-Conundrum White 2011, $24.95
-Continuum Proprietary Red 2010, $199.95
-Huneeus Illumination Sauvignon Blanc 2012, $42.95
-Huneeus Quintessa Rutherford Proprietary Red 2010, $122.95
-Mer Soleil Silver Chardonnay 2011, $26.95
-Caymus Special Selection Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, $124.95

***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price
Rating terms):
-Masson-Blondelet Pouilly-Fume Villa Paulus 2011, $24.95
-Alain Graillot Saint-Joseph 2011, $35.95
-Buehler Russian River Valley Chardonnay 2012, $24.95
-Ridge Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley Red 2011, $45.95
-Lis Neris Pinot Grigio 2012, $25.95
-Giovanni Rosso Barolo Serralunga 2008, $47.95
-Avignonesi Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2010, $31.95
-Fontodi Chianti Classico Riserva Vigna del Sorbo 2009, $61.95
-Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve 2009, $94.95
-Hunter's Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2012, $18.95
-Chateau Montelena Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, $52.95
-Buehler Estate Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2011, $43.95
-Duckhorn Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, $71.95
-Altamura Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, $105.95
-Dancing Hares Mad Hatter 2009, $75.95
-Dancing Hares Napa Proprietary Red 2010, $169.95
-Ehlers Estate One Twenty Over Eight St. Helena Cabernet Sauvignon
2010, $54.95
-Blue Mountain Chardonnay 2011 Okanagan, $21.95
-Mer Soleil Reserve Chardonnay 2011, $32.95
-Caymus Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2011, $74.95
-Conundrum Red 2011, $22.95
-Flowers Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2011, $57.95
-Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2011, $60.95
-Faust Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2011, $56.95

*** GOOD -- Three Stars (85 – 87 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Roger Luquet Cremant de Bourgogne NV, $20.25
-Henry Pelle Sancerre La Croix au Garde 2011, $27.95
-Chateau de Maligny Chablis Carre de Cesar 2013, $23.60
-Peay Pomarium Pinot Noir 2011, $68.95
-Frog's Leap Napa Zinfandel 2011, $34.95
-Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco 2008, $43.95
-Belle Glos Pinot Noir Clark & Telephone 2012, $39.95
-Belle Glos Pinot Noir Dairyman 2012, $39.95

The Food: cheeses and breads
The Contact Person: h.parker@rogcowines.com
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade):
92.

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