If you really want to have some fun, then go hang out at a wine shop the day after the Wine Spectator Top 100 list is released. You can watch person after person trying to find and purchase the same bottles of wine. Feel free to mess with the ones who appear to be wine snobs by saying things like:
- Yeah, that’s the bottle WS recommended last year and boy did it make me sick. I didn’t realize there was such a corking issue with their line of wines.
- I know you didn’t ask, but I really love that bottle’s overpowering gooseberry aroma (make sure you say aroma and not bouquet). I’ve had it with all these bottles that taste exactly the same with their subtle hints of fruit, spices and flowers. I’ll take straight forward any day!
- I’ve been tasting that one for years. It does the best job of capturing a true barnyard terroir of anything I’ve ever tasted. If you have a chance try it with raccoon or squirrel. You’ve never had a pairing like that.
- I had you marked as an oenophile with superb taste. I would have never guessed you were one of those losers who was beholden to the ratings of big and bold only fishwrap. Learn something new every day although I should have already known this by looking at your significant other.
Let it never be said I’m not willing to do my own little part to contribute to this. With that said, here are sure to be some of the most requested bottles from this year’s list which I think you should be able to find in and around Memphis:
- #10 – Seghesio, Zinfandel Sonoma County 2007, $24 – This pick was released back on Nov. 10th so you may be out-of-luck. However, it is usually on the wine list at Ruth’s Chris.
- #30 – Byron, Chardonnay Santa Maria Valley 2005, $25
- #40 – Kim Crawford, Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2008, $19 – I think they have the vintage wrong on this one. Even so, this wine consistently scores in the low 90s.
- #42 – Amavi, Cabernet Sauvignon Walla Walla Valley 2005, $25 – Let me know if you find this one. I would like to pick up a couple of bottles myself.
- #51 – Fattoria di Felsina, Chianti Classico Berardenga 2006, $17 – This will be a sangiovese-based wine which I would personally love to try. Once again, let me know where to find it.
So there are five to get you started.
Veni, Vidi, Vici, Vino!
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