Category: Wine
Australia
I was in Lancashire last weekend for a wedding to two lovely friends of mine. We paid a visit to the amusingly named town of Clitheroe to go to …
Burgundy
Picking the best bottle I own is more problematic than deciding that Mambourg from Deiss is horrible; what constitutes the best? Heroic formats can be compelling. I have a …
Alsace
In the early nineties Jean-Michel Deiss was making spell-binding, exciting, thrilling Riesling; I snapped up all I could find and afford. Then, for some presumably psychotic reason, he decided …
Buying recommendations
Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2001, Domaine Rene Engel: Snap up these deeply affordable and high quality wines from the late, lamented M. Engel whilst you still can. This is …
Burgundy
An excellent bottle from the much-missed Philippe Engel. He made extremely good wines and didn’t charge the earth for them. Echezeaux Grand Cru 1999, Domaine Rene Engel By arse …
Burgundy
This may not be the most grand of the Dujac wines I’ve been lucky enough to try over the past 15 or so years, but by arse we are …
Germany
I’ve never really thought that Leitz wine age so well, but this is reasonably attractive. Better when it was just released, though. Riesling Spatlese Rudesheimer Magdalenenkreuz 2002, Weingut Leitz …
Rhône
Gentaz-Dervieux was the great old man of the Cote-Rotie. I feel privileged to have had many vintages from the 70s and 80s whilst at Oxford (many thanks to Paul …
Burgundy
Lawks, it has been a while since I last popped a bottle and wrote it up. I hope you forgive the hiatus. Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru les Caillerets 2006, Marc …
Buying recommendations
I was looking through my cellar list and was pleased to see that I’ve got quite a few bottles of Hermitage. I love Hermitage. I recently got a bottle …
