Grand Wine Tasting-Waltham

This past Saturday, October 27, from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm, I led a group of the North Shore Winers to a Grand Wine Tasting at Gordons Fine Wine and Culinary Center in Waltham. There were over 160 wines available for tasting, including a good number of wines that retail over $50 a bottle. Every wine in the store, even if you only bought one, was discounted 21%. There was also plenty of food, with trays of cheese, crackers and breads spread throughout the store and servers circulating with a variety of other tasty hors d’oeuvres.

Members of my group, plus other people I met at the tasting, were very happy with this event. They got to taste many wines that they never had tasted before, and which they normally might not get the chance to taste. It did get crowded later in the afternoon so it was better if you showed up at the start of the tasting.

With so many wines available, I could only taste a fraction of them if I wanted to remain sober. So here is a list of the better wines I tasted. Just remember that there were plenty of other good wines available that I was not able to taste. You might also consider that many wines on my list are expensive but that is mainly because those were the primary type of wines I tasted. This tasting was a great opportunity to taste such higher-end wines.

2004 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon One Point Five ($78.99)
2004 Hess Collection Mountain Cuvee ($29.99)
2006 Corte Gardoni Bardolino Fontane ($14.99)
2004 Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta ($74.99)
2004 Dominus Meritage ($124.99)
2003 Pio Cesare Fides Barbera ($39.99)
2004 Quintessa Meritage ($139.99)
2005 Miner La Diligence Syrah ($45.00)
2005 Chanson Beaune Clos des Feve ($94.99)
2001 Gaja Dagromis ($99.99)
2001 Il Poggione Brunello Riserva ($99.99)
2004 Chimney Rock Cabernet Sauvignon ($57.99)
2005 Two Hands Bella’s Garden ($69.99)
2004 BV George de Latour Meritage ($119.99)
2004 Hewitt Cabernet Sauvignon ($79.99)
2005 Fondreche Cuvee Persia ($29.99)
2004 Artesa Cabernet Sauvignon ($19.99)
2004 Clardendon Hills Brookman Syrah ($109.99)
2004 Mastroberadino Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Rosso ($16.99)
2001 Val di Suga Brunello di Montalcino ($54.99)
2003 Chateau La Lagune Haut-Medoc ($58.99)
2004 Renwood Old Vine Zinfandel ($33.99)
2004 Pedestal Merlot ($59.99)
2004 Sequel Syrah ($59.99)
2002 Anakota Helena Dakota Cabernet Sauvignon ($79.99)

My two top favorites of this tasting were the:

2004 Seven Golfo ($65.00): This was not on the scheduled list but is a very intriguing red blend. I will write a full review of this in the near future.
2004 Cliff Lede Claret ($38.99): For the price, this was an exceptional value. It easily is worth twice the price.

Gordon's has plenty of other wine tasting events scheduled for the near future so take a look at their website and see what is upcoming.

Gordons Fine Wine and Culinary Center
894 Main Street
Waltham, MA
Phone: 781-893-1900