Past Events & Scoring 2024

Christmas Wine Tasting and Raffle - 12th December 2024


Wine Vote Cost to WSDC Market price
Champagne Deutz Classic NV 5 £30.50 £45.80
Fefiñanes Albariño, Rías Baixas 2023 5 £22 £22
Chateau Bouscaut Blanc Pesse-Leognan 2017 5.5 £23 £29
Kumeu River Estate Auckland Chardonnay 2023 5 £22.50 £22.50
Chateau Bahans Haut Brion 2005 Pessac Leognan 5.5 £30.62 £140
Villard Expresión Casablanca Syrah 2019 5 £12.50 £12.50
Boekenhoutskloof 'The Chocolate Block' Swartland 2022 5 £21 £21
Château Monbrison, Margaux 2016 5.5 £25 £42
Taylor’s Port 1983 6.5 £25.10 £95
Dow’s Tawny Port 10 yrs old 6 £21.50 £21.50
Chateau Coutet Barsac 2013 6.5 £24.17 £34
Blandy's Single Harvest Colheita Madeira 6 £70 £70

The 287th Dinner 7th November 2024


Wine Vote Cost to WSDC Market price
Champagne Boizel Brut Reserve NV 5 £36 £36
Hermitage Chevalier de Sterimberg Paul Jaboulet 2012 5.5 £27 £53
Cote Rotie Rostaing 2009 5 £83.23 £146
Hermitage Rouge Chave 1999 6 £43 £725
Chateau du Pape Clos de Papes 2004 6.5 £23.75 £69
Muscat de Beaumes Domaine des Bernadins 2023 4.5 £22 £22

Tasting - France vs The New World 26th September 2024


Wine Vote Victor Cost to WSDC Market price
Wine Society Champagne Brut NV 5.5 won £18 £33
versus
Nyetimber Brut Classic Cuvee NV 5 lost £32 £32
 
Pouilly-Fume, Chateau Tracey 2022 4.5 tie £24.56 £32
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Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 5 tie £19 £17.50
 
Pommnard PC Clos des Epeneaux Armand 2010 6 won £79 £206
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Dr Edge Tasmania Pinot Noir 2023 4 lost £29 £29
 
Chateau Lynch Bages Liberal Pauillac 2005 6 won £19.35 £43
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Seriously Old Dirt by Vilafonte, Western Cape 2021 5 lost £24 £24
 
Chateau Pedesclaux Pauillac 2005 6 tie £19.15 £54
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Robert Oatley Finisterre Great Southern Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 5.5 tie £22 £22
 
Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise, Domaine des Bernadins 2023 4 lost £22 £22
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Muscat Samos Anthemis 2018 6 won £10.95 £10.95

The 286th Dinner 4th June 2024


Wine Vote Cost to WSDC Market price
The Society's Champagne Brut NV 5 £18 £34
Chablis ler Cru Montee de Tonnerre 2016 5 £23 £59
Château Pedesclaux Pauillac 2005 5.5 £29 £80
Château La Dauphine Fronsac 1996 6 £11 £32
Château Langoa Barton 2005 6 £34 £34
Taylors 1994 Port 6 £25 £128

Tasting - The Wines of Portugal 14th May 2024


Wine Vote Cost to WSDC Market price
Vadio Rose Brut, Bairrada 2021 4 £22 £22
The Wine Society's generation Series Bucelas 2022 4.5 £13.50 £13.50
Anselmo Mendes Parcela Unica, Vinho Verde 2020 4.5 £32 £32
The Wine Society's Generation Series Portuguese Red 2021 4.5 £17.50 £17.50
Invincible Douro 2021 4 £42 £42
Domaine Desvignes, Givry 2020 4 £23 £23
Henriques & Henriques Terrantez, 20 year old 6 £95 £95
Quinta do Noval Unfiltered Single Vineyard Late Bottled Vintage Port 2017 5.5 £21 £21
Quinta do Noval Colheita Single Harvest Tawny Port 2009 {From Magnum) 6 £130 £130

The 285th Dinner 13th March 2024


Wine Vote Cost to WSDC Market price
The Society's Champagne Brut NV 5.5 £26 £28
Château Latour-Martillac Blanc 2017 5.5 £31 £35
Château Haut Bailly, Pressac-Leogan 2009 6 £94 £180
Château  Leoville Barton, St Julien 2004 6 £29 £80
Château Latour 1996 6.5 £102 £600
Château Doisy Daëne 2010 6 £34 £34

Tasting - Burgundy 6th February 2024


Wine Vote Cost to WSDC Market price
Champagne Castelnau Brut NV 5 £23 £23
Domaine de la Rochette Montagne de Cra, Macon-Milly-Lamartine 2021 4 £17 £17
Olivier Leflaive Les Setilles Bourgogne Blanc 2021 5 £26 £26
Domaine Guillemot-Michel Vire-Clesse Quintaine 2012 5.5 £24 £24
Corton Charlemagne Bonnen 2005 4.5 £90 £400
Domaine Desvignes, Givry 2020 4 £23 £23
Domaine Jean Chauvenet Nuit St Georges 2016 5 £32 £32
Domaine Sylvain Pataille Marsannay Rouge 2019 5.5 £32 £32
Domaine Changarnier Monthelie 2021 5 £32 £32
Domaine Nicolas Perrault Maranges Premier Cru Clos des Loyeres 2020 5 £28 £28
Domaine Caroline Bellavoine Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2021 4.5 £20 £20
Chambolle Musigny Premier Cru Beaux Ghislaine Barthod 2005 6 £30 £130