2008 Bordeaux Wine Tasting in North America With The UGCB
Bordeaux Wine News, Feature Articles — By Jeff Leve on January 10, 2011 at 8:26 am
The 2011 UGCB (Union des Grand Cru Bordeaux) North American Tour starts next week in San Francisco. For Bordeaux wine lovers and consumers who just like wine, this is the best wine event of the year. This year, the focus is on 2008 Bordeaux wine. Having tasted these wines multiple times from barrel to bottle, (most recently last June in Bordeaux) 2008 is an outstanding vintage for Bordeaux wine. And the best part is; the majority of the wines remain well priced. San Francisco : 21 January www.klwines.com
Los Angeles : 22 January – 3:00-6:00 www.wallywine.com
Chicago : 24 January - Drake Hotel, 2:00 – 6:00 pm. Trade and Media Only
Toronto LCBO : 25 January
Boston : 26 January Boston Harbor Court, : 2:00 – 6:00 pm Trade and Media Only
New York :
The Los Angeles event, hosted by Wallys Wines www.wallywine.com has moved to a much better venue, the Barker Hanger at the Santa Monica airport. The tasting is scheduled for 3-6pm. Prior to the tasting, from 1::00-2:30, James Suckling is holding a seminar focusing on 8 Bordeaux wines including: Chateau Troplong-Mondot, Chateau Canon-La Gaffeliere, Chateau La Conseillante, Chateau Langoa-Barton, Chateau Malescot-St.-Exupery, Chateau Pavie-Macquin, Chateau Pichon-Longueville-Lalande, and Chateau Smith-Haut-Lafitte. The owners or directors of the chateaux will be appearing with James at the Seminar.
Tickets for the Los Angeles event and the seminar can be purchased from Wallys 310-475-0606 – www.wallywine.com
If you have not attended a UGCB tasting before, this event awards guests the opportunity to taste over 100 different wines, as well as meet and talk with the owners of the chateaux that produce the wine.
We will be at the Los Angeles event and will publish a detailed article on the wines tasted with tasting notes and reviews. If anyone else catches the event in LA, or in any of the other cities, we’d like to hear from you and your notes and comments on the eventand on all the wines you tasted as well.
There are a few changes in this years lineup. But the majority of producers listed below will be showing their wine.
Wines being poured by the Chateau are listed below.
Pauillac
Château Batailley
Château Clerc Milon
Château d’Armailhac
Château Grand Puy Ducasse
Château Haut Bages Liberal
Château Lynch Bages
Château Lynch-Moussas
Château Pichon Baron
Château Pichon Lalande
Château Pontet Canet
Margaux
Château Brane Cantenac
Château Cantenac Brown
Château Dauzac
Château du Tertre
Château Durfort Vivens
Château Giscours
Château Kirwan
Château Labegorce
Château Lascombes
Château Malescot St. Exupery
Château Siran
Château Rauzan-Segla
Château Bouscaut
Château Carbonnieux
Domaine de Chevalier
Château de Fieuzal
Château de France
Château Haut Bailly
Château La Louvière
Château La Tour Martillac
Château Les Carmes Haut Brion
Chateau Malartic Lagraviere
Château Olivier
Château Pape Clement
Château Smith Haut Lafitte
Pomerol
Château Beauregard
Château Clinet
Château La Cabanne
Château La Conseillante
Château Gazin
Château Petit Village
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Château Angelus
Château Beau-Sejour Becot
Château Canon
Château Canon La Gaffeliere
Château Clos Fourtet
Château Dassault
Château Figeac
Château Franc Mayne
Château Grand Mayne
Château La Couspade
Château La Dominique
Château La Gaffeliere
Château Larcis Ducasse
Château Larmande
Château Pavie Macquin
Château Troplong Mondot
Château Cos Labory
Château Lafon Rochet
Château Ormes De Pez
Château Phélan Ségur
St. Julien
Château Beychevelle
Château Branaire Ducru
Château Gruaud Larose
Château Lagrange
Château Langoa Barton
Château Leoville Poyferre
Château Talbot
Sauternes et Barsac
Château Bastor Lamontagne
Château Climens
Château Coutet
Château de Fargues
Château Doisy Daene
Château Guiraud
Château La Tour Blanche
Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey
Château Sigalas Rabaud
Château Suduiraut
Haut Médoc
Château Beaumont
Château Belgrave
Château Camensac
Château Cantemerle
Château Coufran
Château La Lagune
Moulis en Médoc
Château Chasse Spleen
Château Poujeaux
Listrac Médoc
Château Clarke
Médoc
Château Greysac
Château La Tour de By
Graves
Château de Chantegrive
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8 Comments
Hi Jeff,
There is another tasting for consumers, in NY, organized by Zachy’s: http://www.zachys.com/retail/features/?cid=11590.
Cheers, and see you in LA!
JM
I think it’s great that one of the top producers in the UGC, Jean-Michel Laporte from La Conseillante drops in and shares info about the New York event.
Thank’s JM. I’m looking forward to seeing you next week. Details have been added to the first post.
Looking forward to your TNs, Jeff.
Izak… It’ll be interesting for me too. I tasted several 08′s just after bottling in July 2010. It will be fun seeing which wines have improved and which wines are not showing quite as well.
Do you have any favorite 2008′s?
Valandraud (one of the best wines of the vintage for me!), Palmer (the same as Valandraud), Le Gay. Haven’t tasted others in October last year. Hope to catch up on some during and after primeur week, and in September this year when 25-30 Bx owners come to present 2010 and one older vintage (here majority will be 2008s, I’m sure).
Margaux commune in 2008 vintage wasn’t particulary strong during primeur tasting in April 2009, Pauillac, Pomerol and St.Estephe was better. I’m eager to hear if something has changed when wines are in bottle.
Those are all good wines. I’ll work on my notes from the UGC tasting today and will try to finish by tomorrow.