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Team dinner | (350 page views) | | - N.V. Drappier Champagne Carte d'Or Brut - France, Champagne
Magnums purchased 12 months ago. Copper colour, smooth and juicy, ripe fruit, elegant mousse. (89 pts.)
- 2006 Fournier Père & Fils Sancerre - France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre
Fresh and honeyed. (87 pts.)
- 2000 Dalwhinnie Chardonnay Pyrenees - Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Pyrenees
As per usual, rich and elegant. (93 pts.)
- 1998 Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion - France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Double decanted. Rich, ripe and delicious. (91 pts.)
- 2000 Dalwhinnie Shiraz Pyrenees - Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Pyrenees
Rich and expressive, plums and black pepper, drinking well but excellent potential. (92 pts.)
- 2001 Disznókő Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos - Hungary, Tokaji
So incredibly young, excellent fruit, powerful and concentrated, very high acidity masks the sweetness, immensely energetic. Perfect with lemon tart. Now - 2030. (92 pts.)
- 2005 Mas Amiel Maury Vintage - France, Languedoc Roussillon, Roussillon, Maury
Bittersweet, red fruit, chocolaty, medium-sweet, nice bitters. (87 pts.)
- N.V. Warre Porto Otima 10 Year Old Tawny - Portugal, Douro, Porto
Nice but not very expressive, a bit stalky? (85 pts.)
- N.V. Warre Porto Otima 20 Year Old Tawny - Portugal, Douro, Porto
Much better than the 10 YO, lovely balance of nuts, fruit and freshness, good intensity. (90 pts.)
- N.V. Luis Paez Pedro Ximénez Superior - Spain, Andalucía, Jerez-Xérès-Sherry
20 Years Old. Black and treacly colour; liquid Christmas pudding, by no means cloying or sickly sweet, on the contrary multi-dimensional and harmonious. (93 pts.)
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