Viticultura de Montaña
Muradella Castrillón Red Blend 2012
Beautiful stuff, 2012 perfectly integrated. Seductive nose—fruit, softened tannin. Palate is delicate & velvety, BBQ spices, dark fruit, smoke. Short finish. Perfect match for BBQ chicken!!
Tardieu-Laurent
Hermitage Red Rhone Blend 2000
Perfectly integrated, huge aromatics! Nose is simply beguiling, revealing a new facet with each sniff. Resiny, meaty, blackberries, soy. Palate is silky, integrated tannins, cranberry fruit, great acidity, medium finish. God how I love old Syrah!
Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils
Les Pruliers Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2005
From magnum. After a three-hour decant this was as smooth and unruffled as a Michael Macdonald song. Plush, velvety, soft tannin, lovely not not beguiling. Suddenly three hours into the meal it emerged, blossoming in the glass. Extraordinary. As if someone had thrown a switch. Lesson learnt.
Louis Jadot
Corton Grèves Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2005
Begins well with a nose of forest floor, mushrooms and cherry. It all falls apart on a disjointed, clunky and poorly delineated palate. Bypasses the mid-palate to a brief finish. This is in no way of Grand Cru quality. A major disappointment. — 9 days ago
with Judy
Jim Wagonfeld
Jim had this 17 hours ago