by Le Dang | Mar 27, 2021 | What I'm drinking
This is an outrageously beautiful wine, a strong contender for my Desert Island wine (if you only had one bottle…). Its fruit/acidity/sweetness is like a ballet dancer in Swan Lake, gliding across the senses in an unbroken stream of sheer bliss. JJ Prum and Dr...
by Le Dang | Mar 20, 2021 | What I'm drinking
If tasted blind, and told the vintage, the question ‘Is this from Burgundy, the Rhône or Beaujolais?’ would cause some furrowed brows. One answer (Beaujolais) would attract no one with knowledge of the other two regions. It’s a medium-to full-bodied...
by Shrishti | Mar 4, 2021 | What I'm drinking
Inspired by a recent tasting of Guigal 1979 Cotes du Rhone, a humble blend from the south of France, still flaunting its charms in November 2020. To prevent any misleading comparisons, Guigal Hermitage is a shiraz from the northern end of the Rhone Valley, responsible...
by Will Harrison | Feb 27, 2021 | What I'm drinking
The colour is deep, with only a hint of garnet. This is not an exception to the rule that I prefer the elegance and balance of this vintage over the greater power of the ’09s. This is such a beautiful wine, not seeking to hide the red and purple fruits that...
by Shrishti | Feb 18, 2021 | What I'm drinking
The most beautiful semillon ever made, making its future over the next 15 years of its life as certain as the sun’s rising. Read my lips: there’s no ‘arguably’ or ‘one of the greatest’ – this is the white wine equivalent of Penfolds...
by Will Harrison | Feb 13, 2021 | What I'm drinking
Deeply coloured for Burgundy, although some development underway, hardly surprising given the half bottle (the cork was flawless, the fill high). A resoundingly complex bouquet and palate, plum fruit foremost, but dark cherry also having its say. Under the fruit is...
