Category: General drinking
Alsace
We popped a few bottles for my birthday last Saturday. It was great to have dinner and some serious wine with friends. Sadly at the end of the evening …
Alsace
Some good and some truly shocking wines. La Bota de Manzanilla, Equipo Navazos Really powerfully nutty on the nose. It has a good minerality to it as well. The …
Chablis
Chablis Grand Cru les Clos 2006, J-P et B Droin A soft, expressive nose of minerals, citrus fruit and nuts. Smells like it has some depth. The palate is …
Alsace
Clos de la Roche 1988, Domaine Dujac Soft and scented with lovely fruit and a nice earthiness. This is very good indeed and up for drinking. Saint Aubin Premier …
General drinking
I’m back from my sojourn in Burgundy, Alsace and Champagne. As I indicated in my last post I will not be putting all the notes up instantly, rather two …
General drinking
I went to the London Wine Trade Fair today, I dressed in my most ‘wine trade’ uniform: Naturally, dressed like that I got to try a lot of good …
Burgundy
We were invited over to the new house of a couple of friends of ours; it was a lovely house and they are lovely people. Some good wines, too. …
Burgundy
We were invited over to the new house of a couple of friends of ours; it was a lovely house and they are lovely people. Some good wines, too. …
Champagne
I hosted a wine tasting last night, people didn’t get as many right as I had hoped. Mind you, tasting Champagne is always really foxy, especially when, like these …
Australia
Well, we’ll be eating steak tartare, and drinking all that is listed below. Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Clavoillon 2001, Domaine Leflaive This smells really toasty, with round, buxom lemony fruit …