{"id":52,"date":"2014-11-08T19:26:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T19:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/?p=52"},"modified":"2014-11-08T19:26:11","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T19:26:11","slug":"the-2004-berlin-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"The 2004 Berlin Tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most wine aficionados have become well-acquainted with the famous Judgment of Paris. In 1976, Steven Spurrier, a British wine merchant, organized a wine competition intended to pit top-notch Bordeaux reds and Burgundian whites against select California Cabernet Sauvignons and Chardonnays. Despite being hosted in Paris and having been scored by French wine judges, it turned out to be that California ended up with the top spot in both red (Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon 1973) and white (Chateau Montelena Chardonnay 1973) categories. The French were snubbed by their own scoring, the underdog Americans came out on top and, as the movie Bottle Shock<\/em> showed, Chris Pine rides off into the sunset (or perhaps just onto the set of the next Star Trek<\/em> movie).<\/p>\n

However…a less well-known get together happened 28 years later, and is effectively the Chilean equivalent. A similar event coordinated by Eduardo Chadwick, president of Vi\u00f1a Err\u00e1zuriz, was created in 2004 (with Steven Spurrier in attendance, to boot), hosting 36 international wine experts and critics, involving not just classic Bordeaux reds, but an\u00a0Italian Super Tuscan as well. When all was said and done, the top 10 ranked as follows:<\/p>\n

1- Vi\u00f1edo Chadwick 2000
\n2- Se\u00f1a 2001
\n3- Ch\u00e2teau Lafite-Rothschild 2000
\n4- Ch\u00e2teau Margaux 2001
\n4- Se\u00f1a 2000
\n6- Vi\u00f1edo Chadwick 2001
\n6- Ch\u00e2teau Margaux 2000
\n6- Ch\u00e2teau Latour 2000
\n9- Don Maximiano 2001
\n10- Ch\u00e2teau Latour 2001
\n10- Solaia 2000<\/p>\n

Chile had won both 1st and 2nd place. Even more impressive is the fact that a number of the French wines were 2000 vintage, one of the best in Bordeaux in recent history. This is still considered a defining moment for catapulting Chile onto an international stage of top-tier quality.<\/p>\n

At one of our recent tastings, we opened up a bottle of 1997 Se\u00f1a (pictured; this began as\u00a0a collaborative effort between Chadwick and Robert Mondavi to produce a Chilean icon wine) and it appeared to be the favorite of the night; fruit and spices still amazingly ripe and mixed with this beautiful rustic Saint Julien character. Also tasted were a 2000 Paul Jaboulet A\u00een\u00e9 Cornas Les Grandes Terrasses and a 2005 Ch\u00e2teau\u00a0Gloria, both showing nicely as well.<\/p>\n

Also pictured is a 2001 Se\u00f1a which, as the list above shows, was the vintage that outshone the Bordeauxs back in 2004. That one, however, might sleep quietly for a while longer…<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n

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