Category: Rhône
Rhône
Noel “The Gnome” Verset used to craft some wonderful Cornas from his steeply-sloped vineyards. Sadly, it appears this one suffers a bit from 1996 Rhône-syndrome. Cornas 1996, Noel Verset …
Rhône
Beaucastel smells of sheep shit, Bandol smells of arseholes; that is the way it is. Châteauneuf-du-Pape 1995, Château de Beaucastel en magnum Bright berry fruit, and dirty, slightly shitty …
Rhône
I’ve had a lot of mixed experiences with 1996 Rhônes, this one is rather nice. Cornas Domaine de Rochepertuis 1996, Jean Lionnet Lovely bright fruit nose. Clean, ripe plums, …
Rhône
The 1995 of this has been drinking marvellously over the past couple of years, I was rather surprised by this. Côte-Rôtie 1997, Jasmin The nose has very strong youthful …
Rhône
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 …
Rhône
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 …
Rhône
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 …
Rhône
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 …
Alsace
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 …
