A few of the guys got together to drink wine, eat pizza and finally catch the movie Bottle Shock.
2000 St. Innocent Brut
Very pleasant. It's fruity, perhaps a little sweeter than I prefer, but overall very drinkable & refreshing.
2003 Albert Boxler Riesling Sommerberg
Somewhat round in texture as one would expect from the vintage, and lacking in that extra bit of focus to make it excellent, but the texture is very velvety and the fruit quite rich and touched with spice. Yes it's a touch flabby, perhaps even flat, but there's something about the depth that keeps pulling me back in.
2000 Robert Chevillon Nuits St Georges Les Cailles
Not a profound Burgundy by any means, but very aromatic, medium bodied and nearly mature which is a rarity for a Nuits of this class IME. I enjoyed this very much.
1998 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon Estate
Had to have a Montelena while watching bottle shock. Spencer & Eli made some strange faces when they first tried it, so I was wondering if they found it corked, but no it just had some funk and a touch of green (a '98 after all), but underneath there was a delicious streak of black cherry fruit. The balance was good & the wine opened up quickly. I only had a few ounces, yet the bottle disappeared, so I guess Spencer & Eli thought it got better too.
There was also an inexpensive Alsatian Riesling that was pretty nice (good QPR) and an interesting Spanish wine from Mencia that I did not get the name of. The Spanish wine went the best with the pizza.
Anyway, the movie is ok. Alan Rickman seems like a total drunk in the role of Stephen Spurrier, and we really didn't get the whole Gustavo storyline, but it was fun to watch. We tried to do a drinkign game where every time they said terroir we had ot drink, but they only say it once in the whole film.
