2003 Wine tour Cabernets

[Florida Jim]

Cabernet based wines:

55 Pichon Lalande (dbl. mag.) – very good and at or just past peak

75 Forts de Latour - damaged

77 Chat. Musar – badly damaged

89 Angelus (mag.) – showing very young

90 Pape-Clement – very good

90 Chat. Rochebelle - tired

91 Ridge, Montebello – adequate (which leads me to believe poor storage)

91 Montelena – very good

92 Dunn, Napa - poor

92 Groth, Res. – excellent; very complex and elegant

92 Lajota, Anniv. - adeqaute

93 Viader – poor showing

93 Laurel Glen - adequate

94 Simi, Res. - adequate

94 Dalla Valle - good

94 Etude - adequate

94 Venge, Res. - good

94 Beringer, Bacroft Ranch (mag.) – very good

94 Quilceda Creek - adequate

95 Grand Puy Lacoste - adequate

95 Lakoya, Rutherford - good

95 La Gomerie – too young

96 Spottswoode - good

96 Pride, Claret – very good

96 Lajota, Anniv. - adequate

96 Laurel Glen – very good

98 Grand Puy Lacoste – much too young

98 Dalla Valle, Maya - good

98 Schafer, Hillside – very good

98 La Tour Figeac - adequate

98 Planeta, Burdese - adequate

00 Gazin – too young

Best, Jim