Fete de Bordeaux 2011 – Year Three

On February 19, 2013February 4, 2014 By Bob WattIn FranceLeave a comment

In 2011, the dinners moved back to the Columbia Tower Club, where they have been hosted since. This was also the year we coerced a few friends into coming with us, and they’ve been back every year for more as well.

The guests for this dinner were Jean-Charles Cazes of Chateaux Lynch Bages and Ormes de Pez; Anthony Barton of Chateaux Leoville and Langoa Barton; and Nicolas Glumineau of Chateaux Montrose and Tronquoy Lalande.

The 2008 new release wines served were:

2008 Blanc de Lynch Bages
2008 Chateau Tronquoy Lalande
2008 Chateau Ormes de Pez
2008 Chateau Lynch Bages
2008 Chateau Leoville Barton
2008 Chateau Montrose
1998 Chateau Langoa Barton
1998 Chateau Lynch Bages
1998 Chateau Montrose
1988 Chateau Lynch Bages en Magnum
1988 Chateau Leoville Barton
1988 Chateau Montrose en Magnum
2006 Suduiraut Sauternes

I distinctly remember picking the Chateau Montrose as my favorite of the 2008 Vintage, followed by Leoville Barton, and the Lynch Bages, with the 1988 Lynch Bages from magnum as my Wine of the Night. I also distinctly remember looking forward to tasting the celebrated 2009’s the following year.

Fete de Bordeaux 2010 – Year Two

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In 2010, the Fete dinner moved to the Rainier Club, where we tasted the new 2007 vintage releases. While I have the list of wines served thanks to our friend Bill Schallert, unfortunately, I do not have anything to actually jog my memory about the wines we drank that night.

I do recall though, that this was the year that Chateau Montrose was substituted for Cos d’Estournel on the tour, and Nicolas Glumineau joined the dinners from Chateau Montrose. It was the first time I’d literally ever heard anyone sing for his supper – his impromptu Opera singing was very impressive indeed.

In addition to Nicolas, we were joined by Jean-Charles Cazes of Chateau Lynch Bages and Ormes de Pez, as well as Anthony Barton of Chateau Leoville Barton and Langoa Barton. Here were the wines served:

Nicolas Feuillatte Brut en Magnum
2007 Blanc de Lynch Bages
2007 Chateau Tronquoy Lalande
2007 Ormes de Pez
2007 Chateau Langoa Barton
2007 Chateau Montrose
2000 Chateau Langoa Barton
2000 Chateau Lynch Bages
2000 Chateau Montrose
1990 Chateau Lynch Bages
1990 Leoville Barton
1975 Chateau Montrose
1999 Chateau Suduiraut

Fete de Bordeaux 2009 – Year One

On February 19, 2013February 4, 2014 By Bob WattIn FranceLeave a comment

In 2008, one of the members of my wine tasting group, Bill Schallert, a fine wine importer/distributor with Youngs Marketplace, alerted me to a new Bordeaux dinner that he was helping to host in Seattle. It didn’t take much arm twisting for us to join the dinner.

In the first year, January 19, 2009, the dinner was held at Seattle’s Columbia Tower Club, and the guests of honor were Jean Charles Cazes of Chateau Lynch Bages, and Lillian Barton of Chateau Leoville Barton and Langoa Barton.

The focus that year was the new release of the 2006 vintage. Unfortunately, my memory doesn’t serve well enough to recall my wine of the night or any specifics about the wines, but for the record, these were the wines that were served: