Category: Wine
Burgundy
This is a great pleasure to drink. Morey-Saint-Denis 2005, Domaine Dujac This smells just lovely. Ripe fruit and a scented, floral character; a lovely rose garden! Clean as a …
Germany
We are told that this is a wine of auslese ripeness, selected from the best parts of the vineyard, fermented until it is off-dry. It is quite a nice …
Buying recommendations
Sometimes I worry my tastes in wine are becoming so rarified and abstracted that no one else would like the stuff I like. It doesn’t often seem to happen, …
Germany
This was recommended to me as a serious wine at a bargain price. It is a nice drink certainly, but is not going to set the world on fire …
Rhône
Sometimes when you try a wine it really hits your sweet spot. Sometimes these wines are really great bargains, and you feel really good about drinking them. I remember …
Champagne
Another bottle of 2002 fizz, better (and less painful) than the Gimonnet, I am pleased to report. Years ago we went to a very unsatisfying tasting at Roederer and …
Rhône
This was the second bottle we took to wonderful Hawksmoor yesterday. They charge a fiver corkage on Mondays, which is pretty good. When I opened my bottle of this …
Burgundy
You may recall that I admitted to being foolish and buying Jean Grivot wines. Exactly how awful was one of them? Read on and find out. Chambolle-Musigny Combe d’Orveau …
Alsace
I ran a little tasting last night. Apart from the Salon, only one wine was generally sniffed at. Blanc des Blancs Le Mesnil 1996, Salon Corked! Bums. I haven’t …
Rhône
2003 in Europe was a bonkers vintage, so hot. All the wines I had in the flat that summer got ruined. Many wines are just hideously over ripe, often …
