Expectations were as low as the top of a scantily clad Playgirl as we journeyed to the only known wine store in a 5 km radius in neighbourhood Auckland.
Tag: Bordeaux
A First-Growth in Norfolk: Chateau Haut-Brion 1998
I experienced a very special wine on quite an unremarkable day in Norfolk recently…
A “Legendary” Chateau d’Yquem Vintage
This is the creme de la creme of vinous experiences. I could deliver a soliloquy on the ethereal nature of this wine, indeed I must.
A Mag-nificent Experience: Altare, Palmer & Rieussec
They’re empty now. All four and a half litres of them. Separately consumed at the relevant time by a party of fourteen willing imbibers.
An Old Claret: 1989 Ch. Leoville Barton, Saint Julien
It was 9.29pm on Friday… a pretty unremarkable, cold, winter London evening. It had been a morosely long day, and Jeroboam’s in Knightsbridge was about to close. Knowing it was another 5 minute walk toContinue reading
Chateau de Pez 2003, St Estephe, Bordeaux
Chateau de Pez 2003, St Estephe, Bordeaux 2003 being a hot vintage, you’ll find super ripe, brambly fruit on the nose of this wine . There’s some nice toasty oak and tobacco notes from theContinue reading
Chateau Fourcas Hosten 2005, Listrac, Medoc, Bordeaux
This Chateau is located to the west of Margaux where heavier soils predominate. An interesting history attaches itself…
A Bitter-Sweet Tale: Chateau Gazin 2000, Pomerol, Libournais, Bordeaux
It was sell-off or fail for Etienne de Bailliencourt. The only child from Edouard de Bailliencourt’s brood, Etienne yearned to bear the precarious undertaking of owning and making a success the waning family-estate in Pomerol.
The Pleasure of Pauillac: Chateau Lynch-Bages 1989, Pauillac, Haut-Medoc, Bordeaux
Lying between Saint-Estephe and Saint-Julien, the commune of Pauillac occupies 1,200 hectares of free-draining, alluvial soils located directly on the outskirts of the town of the same name, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary.
Sweet Talk: Seraphic Sauternes and Musaceous Cakes
Often I find myself dreaming of that elusive, paradisaical match between liquid and edibles. You know what? I think I found it on Sunday.