Working for Wine

Last week I revisited one of my part time gigs working for wine critics. Basically I just set up & pour checking labels along the way dreading washing shit loads of glasses. I do it to get the chance to taste many things that I simply can't afford or don't enjoy enough to pay huge money for! Also I get to take home the not recommended bottles which are also sometimes insanely expensive.
Frenchie Girl met me at 5:30 so we could taste the 2 things I thought we would like from the not rated list. Walking up 5th one of these bottles exploded in my bag! Looking like very well dressed NYC girls we contemplated drinking it out of the bottle on the street as it was a 250 dollar bottle we could never afford, thankfully it made it to the hotel!
I was staying at The Algonquin courtesy of price line for 125.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love old NY culture & this was the perfect place to taste even thought we had to do it out of water glasses. I have to admit neither one was very good or what we expected. Both where from Laurent Perrier one a vintage 1996 rose , the other a non vintage also rose . They where really copper in color with not much nose very closed, and not overly complex for the 96 just very unexciting. I have always liked the yeasty funky smells of baked bread, complex apple, biscuit, butter & necco wafers that for me spell out vintage Champagne that this just didn't have.
We ended up in a really great place after on 51st with a kicking wine by the glass list, pate, fromage & a hot French barman.
The next day slightly hungover I got to taste a flight of Krug which made the 2 days all worth it!
1 critic described these wines as Dominatrix wines, they hurt you & beat you down but you still love it & pay dearly. Gotta love it never could I put this on a school tasting note even thought I would like to send that one over to the WSET.


Currently tasting: Mount Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2005
Great nose of dill, tropical fruit, parsley
medium+ finish with same notes of fresh dill, balance of flavors & alcohol
I give it a 89 if anyone gives a shit!