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, [...]
Glass one and two of the Dominus were a lot of fun; all of that fruit, tannin, acidity and alcohol, hilarious! Sadly, by the end of the bottle I was completely spent, knackered and generally shagged-out by all of that fruit, tannin, acidity and alcohol. My co-drinker was also exhausted and not entirely thrilled when [...]
Christian Moueix of Petrus fame also makes wine in California, including that which has just been popped: 2000 Dominus This has incredibly concentrated cassis fruit on the nose, and what can only only be described as a bitch load of toasty new oak. The alcohol is high, but does not dominate. This is a large-scale [...]
… Is that people purchase shit wine and expect you to enjoy it. Last night I had the woeful experience of opening my aunt’s christmas present to me: Staton Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 1994 from Washington State. By arse it was disgusting. Very much a style of wine that one found at the four-to-six pound price [...]
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