Wine Tasting Event
- Date: 2009/04/24 FRIDAY 19:00
- PLACE: Wine & Liquor Shop Atago Konishi 1-6-8 Minato-ku Atago TEL: 03-3431-1888
- THEME: Wines from right bank of Bordeaux
- PARTICIPANTS: 7
- TASTED WINE: 7 bottles
The second Sloan Wine Tasting Event was held at Atago Kobishi in the evening of Friday, April 24th
The first tasting event in last September was focused on the left bank of Bordeaux. We enjoyed rich, tannic wines from the left bank, such as Saint-Estephe, Pessac-Leognan, and Grave. This time, we tasted wines from Saint-Emilion, the right bank, which is basically based on smooth and round Merlot.
As some of the wine enthusiasts from the first event were out of town on their business trips, seven people joined the event. In addition to the five wines Ms. Konishi, a wine expert, carefully selected for the event, we enjoyed additional two, making the consumption close to one bottle per person. (YES, we enjoyed the food also, such as fillet of duck and Chevre cheese.)
Ms. Konishi, who holds "Chevalier du Tastevin" of Burgundy and "Commandeur du Bontemps" of Bordeaux, leads the event in a very friendly and casual manner, which makes the event enjoyable both for the biginner of wines and for the long time wine lovers. Alumni of MIT, Sloan, families, friends, and everybody are welcome for the event. We hope more people will join the event in the future.
For the next event, to be held sometime in July or in August, our plan is to enjoy Champagne and Chablis to enjoy beautiful summer. After that, we plan to go around in France, tasting wines from Burgundy, Rhone, Languedoc, etc.
The wines we tasted in this event are as follows:
[Ms. Konishi's Selection]
Bordeaux, Right Bank, Saint-Emilion
1. Chateau De Micouleau '06
Merlot 70%, Cabernet Sauvignon 20%, Cabernet Franc 10%
2. Maison Delor Heritage '06
Merlot 70%, Cabernet Sauvignon 5%, Cabernet Franc 25%
3. Chateau Haut Valentin '06
Merlot 80%, Cabernet Franc 20%
4. Chateau Teyssier '05
Merlot 70%, Cabernet Sauvignon 5%, Cabernet Franc 25%
5. Chateau Moulin du Cadet
Merlot 100%
[Additions]
6. Ch.Domaine de L'Eglise 1999 (Pomerol)
7. Ch.Le Puy 2001 (Cotes de Francs)
Profile of Wine lecturer, Ms. Kyoko Konishi :
http://secondlife.yahoo.co.jp/gourmet/master/profile/f107kkyo.html
http://secondlife.yahoo.co.jp/special/071106/index.html