by Judy Pridmore | Dec 12, 2021 | What I'm drinking
This wine is quite simply breathtaking – akin to listening to Hildegard of Bingen’s singing (1000 years ago) in her monastery. It shimmers in its intensity and its piercing purity; the oak and tannins are of minimal importance, but they do serve as hand maidens...
by Judy Pridmore | Nov 6, 2021 | What I'm drinking
I have a handful of bottles of this wine, still with no ullage thanks to the high quality 55x25mm (often called Chateau length) corks. It may – indeed was – different in its youth, albeit overshadowed by the all conquering 1988 Rising Shantell, which cemented the...
by Judy Pridmore | Oct 9, 2021 | What I'm drinking
Having consumed a bottle of the ’05 sibling of this wine (a very good vintage, and better rated), I wasn’t expecting this wine to match it, but I was in for some pleasant surprises. For one thing, the colour is still remarkably deep, the bouquet heady with...
by Judy Pridmore | Oct 4, 2021 | What I'm drinking
My holding of this wine is decreasing, and since I’ve been drinking it since it was imported into Australia (and into my cellar) 30 years ago it’s hardly surprising. What is surprising is the way it’s showing no signs of moving into senescence. The...
by Judy Pridmore | Sep 18, 2021 | What I'm drinking
The colour shows no signs of fading, nor does the bouquet, and even less the palate. Wafts of oriental spice, and the particular earth/bramble that comes from whole bunch fermentation – when the grapes are fully ripe and disease free. The mouthfeel swells and...
by Judy Pridmore | Sep 12, 2021 | What I'm drinking
Nuits-Saint-Georges missed out when the Grand Crus were formalised in 1935, and there is continuing agitation that its Premier Cru Les Saint Georges should be elevated. Outsiders have no say in this, so it’s easy to be heretical and suggest that – without...
