Wednesday 30th October 2024
6:30-8:30pm
Copthall Avenue shop
Seated
£135 inc VAT
Paris, 1976: maverick English caviste Steven Spurrier decides that the French aren't taking American wine sufficiently seriously. He arranges for a blind tasting, pitting US Chardonnays and Cabernets against Grand Cru white Burgundy and First Growth Bordeaux, with judges including the top wine critics in France. The result of the 'Judgement of Paris' stuns the wine world, as the Californian wines trounce the French in every category. Tantrums are thrown, accusations of cheating follow. France is well and truly shocked out of complacency: the Americans are coming to eat their lunch.
In the decades since, the US's wine reputation has become about so much more than big Chardonnays and Cabernets. It's time to put the modern scene to the test. We'll be sampling the finest Syrahs, Pinot Noirs, Chardonnays and Cabernets from both countries to determine an ultimate winner, including some truly iconic wines - and of course, we'll be doing it blind per flight! Come and take part in a very special evening.
This tasting is now sold out! If you'd like to be added to the waiting list, click here to get in touch, email drink@uncorked.co.uk, or call us at 020 7638 5998.
Wines to be tasted (each flight served blind):
NV Roederer Estate Quartet
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NV Gallimard Cuvee de Reserve Champagne
2021 Cristom Eola-Amity Hills Chardonnay
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2022 Droin Chablis 1er Vaillons
2019 Ceritas Chardonnay Carex
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2020 Antoine Jobard Meursault
2013 Wayfarer Mother Rock
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2013 Arlaud Gevrey Chambertin 1er Aux Combottes
2018 Bien Nacido Syrah
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2018 Jean-Luc Jamet Cote-Rotie Les Terrasses
2018 Shafer One Point Five Cabernet
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2020 Grand-Puy-Lacoste
2001 Montrose
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2004 Ridge Monte Bello
