Sometimes it is nice to have a fully mature bottle. In this case it may have been a touch over the hill, and it wasn’t the greatest of wines, but it was still nice. Bridgehead Mataro 1995, Ridge Nice dark fruit nose, but it is a bit hot. No wood standing out on the nose, [...]
But white this time. Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Clos du Cailleret 1999, Domain des Lambrays Intense nose of nuts and stone. Really powerful and weighty, complex and intense. The palate is very full-bodied, with nuts, honey, plenty of fruit and some maturity. This is deeply lovely, I’ve had less impressive Grand Cru wines. The balance is [...]
So said Brillat-Savarin, and he has had a cheese named after him so he must have been a gentleman of taste and style. When I think back to some of the wines I’ve savoured and reported on in this spume of drivel I have to say I agree. I recall wines like the various Clos [...]
Another bottle of . This is a really beautiful, powerful yet balanced wine. The fruit is superb, as is the acidity and minerality. Really top bunny. I look forward to trying the rest of my partner’s stash in many years time.
When I purchased this I thought it seemed like a top vintage, time has proved me wrong. It is not bad, just not up to the standards of other vintages. Châteauneuf-du-Pape 1994, Château Beaucastel A soft, earthy nose. Some dark fruit there. Seems subdued and muted. The palate is quite dry and tastes very strongly [...]
I tried this wine at my first Decanter magazine panel tasting years ago. I remember it being very good, but hellishly oaky. Chablis Grand Cru les Preuses 1996, William Fevre Nutty, honeyed nose, plenty of fruit, round and mature. It has a good creamy minerality to it. There is a bit of woody vanilla, but [...]
I was looking at the distribution of grape varieties in my wine collection: It pleases me very much that I have more Mourvèdre than Chardonnay, albeit by a single bottle. Syrah is a bit high, but Riesling and Pinot Noir hold the top spots, as well they should. Nebbiolo seems high and Chenin Blanc seems [...]
The owner of the wonderful food blog Chez Pim has linked to my rant about the greatness of Burgundy. I return the favour with a link to her site. She is clearly more of a serious blogger than me, or has more money to spend on food than I do on wine.
This was quite disappointing, not up to the required standard for here. Cornas 1997, Clape A nice nose of dark fruit and earth, but very dirty and bretty. The palate is angular and really filthy. Incredible levels of brett in this wine, it is very dirty indeed. There is not much else on the palate, [...]
I just felt in need of beauty tonight. Riesling Brauneberger-Juffer Sonnenuhr Auslese Goldkapsel Fuder 9 1994, Fritz Haag A beautiful nose of botrytis, slate and petrol. The nose is quite developed. The palate has really quite a lot of acidity, but is balanced by plenty of ripeness and fruit. It is very long and speaks [...]
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