A nice bottle of wine last night, once again balance was key to its pleasure. Côte-Rôtie Les Grandes Places 1997, Domaine Clusel-Roch A ripe nose of dark fruit and some meat. It is quite ripe and earthy, but by no means over-ripe. It has a moderate alcohol content (claimed 12%). The nose is concentrated and [...]
Tonight’s wine comes from a genius when he was at the height of his powers; as opposed to now when he produces filth. Riesling Grand Cru Schoenenbourg 1993, Domaine Marcel Deiss This has a beautiful, exotic nose of passion fruit, mango, lime and earth. It is quite a German-style Riesling nose. The palate is wonderfully [...]
Volnay Premier Cru les Mitans 1993, Hubert de Montille This has an exceptionally beautiful nose of raspberries and soft earth. It has a very sedate level of alcohol (12% claimed) making this pure and focused rather than ripe and heady. The palate is very vigorous and full of life. It has good, fruity acidity and [...]
There could well be plenty of Rhône wine notes over the coming months as I have just been back to my cellar in Oxford and picked out quite a few 1996 and 1997 Northern-Rhône wines. Côte-Rôtie 1997, Bernard Burgaud A soft nose of mature red fruit. It is ripe but by no means over-ripe; quite [...]
A lovely birthday meal last night, with plenty of people present who I am lucky enough to count among my friends. We ate well and drank exceptionally well. Krug 1990 This was a seriously fine bottle of champagne. It was quite acidic and austere, but had plenty of weight and power. It was very ripe [...]
A few things last night when a chum dropped around for dinner. Riesling Grand Cru Sommerberg L31D 2002, Domaine Albert Boxler This was really good, a great balance between ripe fruit, minerality and acidity. It was lively, invigorating and exciting. A top drink. Domaine de Trevallon 1997 For those who don’t know, a Cabernet/Syrah blend [...]
It is my birthday soon, sadly. A few friends are meeting up for a nice meal and the wines have already been decided upon. Oddly there will be a lot of Burgundy consumed. As I muse upon those lovely wines that will be consumed in great company I find myself thinking about how good things [...]
The problem is I have so little in the flat to drink. A moment’s searching reveals something I rather like, even though it is really too young: Bandol, Château de Pibarnon 1999 The dark fruit and meat scented aroma that emerged as I popped this brought a rush of heroism to my cheeks as I [...]
This is a good wine, but it is perilously lacking in charm. I realise it is terribly young, but I do wonder whether this will become lovely with age. Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru 2002, Domaine Chandon de Briailles This is a very pale coloured Burgundy, but there is nothing wrong with that. The nose has a [...]
A wine drank recently that similarly tickled my lovely bits as did the Boxler was one I failed to write up here. I provide the name as a recommendation as something affordable to look out for: Riesling Grand Cru Pfersigberg Vieille Vigne 2001 from Domaine Bruno Sorg. This was an excellent dry, stylish and direct [...]
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