Category: Wine
Italy
I don’t drink that much Chianti, indeed I can only really think of three producers whose wines I buy out of choice. This one is my favourite. What a …
Buying recommendations
Someone asked in a comment, this seems an ideal thing to turn into a cheap blog entry. Good internet/mail-order companies include: Stone, Vine and Sun (Mmmm… they’ve got Cathiard), …
Burgundy
Two wines opened at the neighbours place of a Sunday afternoon. We were bored and wanted something nice. These are really quite nice. Morey-Saint-Denis 2001, Domaine Dujac Silky, complex …
Alsace
Trimbach make some great Rieslings. They don’t do malolactic fermentation to soften the acid and ferment them dry so they can be quite austere and rigorous. Given plenty of …
Burgundy
We have popped another half bottle of Morey Premier Cru les Loups from Domaine des Lambrays; it is really terribly good. It has great elegance and refinement despite still …
Alsace
One of the problems with Zind-Humbrecht wine is that you can never really know before you taste them what they are going to be like. Olivier Humbrecht has stated …
Burgundy
Another wine from the wonderful Sylvain Cathiard, one of his most minor crus. This was opened for general drinking purposes when my mother visited. It seems a tad butch …
Burgundy
Opened my last bottle of Cathiard Vosne Malconsorts 2000 last night. Once again it was really lovely, with beautiful fruit and great balance. I did once say he makes …
Burgundy
Yet another wine from this producer, they really are a personal favourite. Clos des Lambrays 2001, Domaine des Lambrays A beautiful, perfumed, complex nose of fruit and earth. This …
Burgundy
Dinner required something light and elegant to go with it. I required something good in order to celebrate being broken out of hospital. Our requirements were fulfilled by this …