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Glasgow Offline |  (1009 page views) | | 10/12/2005 (Chardon d'Or) |
| | - 2002 Georges Dubœuf Pouilly-Fuissé Domaine Béranger - France, Burgundy, Mâconnais, Pouilly-Fuissé
Smoky buttery nose with lots of lactic butter. Quite light. Good character. Has a gentle fruit character with a warm toastiness. Nice, unchallenging wine. Very Good. (86 pts.)
- 1989 André Beaufort Champagne Grand Cru Brut (élaborée par Jacques Beaufort) - France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
disgorged 11/2004
Very deep colour. Rich, very yeasty nose. Nice and rich on the palate and exceptionally well balanced. Great depth. Nice fruity bite on the finish. Excellent. (96 pts.)
- 2002 Pravis Stravino di Stravino Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT - Italy, Trentino Alto-Adige / Veneto, Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT
Quite a closed nose that seems a touch oxidised at first, with some smoke, but it’s not oxidised, just weird and after a while you start to pick up hints of each of the grapes and methods of production: there is some buttery, creamy chardonnay and then, err … well, a sort of pissed in the petrol tank (c) from the sauvignon and riesling. On the palate it is full and round with a touch of sweetness and butteriness. Very interesting with loads of character. Very Good Indeed. (90 pts.)
- 1992 Patriarche Père et Fils Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Quite an old white Burgundy nose – deep, slightly oxidised butter and beurre noisette with just a touch of cabbage. Feeling a bit old in the mouth, but it’s very palatable. Perhaps suffering a touch from following a bonkers wine from north Italy? Very Good. (89 pts.)
- 1999 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay Art Series - Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
Glorious tropical fruit, buttery nose with some lychee fruit. Rich and powerful, this is a very big mouthful. But it lacks elegance. Huge, with fabulous length. A very nice wine, but it’s a bit brutish for me and I can’t quite see what its use is. (89 pts.)
- 2002 Smith & Hook Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Reserve - USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Lucia Highlands
A youthful appearance and a deep cassis nose. Sweet, ripe fruit on the attack. Deepish extraction and quite concentrated. Soft and fruity, and very smooth, with an interesting tobacco-bitterness on the finish. Concentrated stuff. Really very nice. Very Good Indeed+ (93 pts.)
- 1980 Henschke Cyril Henschke - Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley
12% (Henschke Museum Release: released 1997)
This was my wine, so I knew what it was. This has lost the intense, powerful blackcurrant scents it had on opening, and is now showing some age and lots of very integrated fruit with a touch of leather and a hint of high tones. Lovely on the attack. Clearly very mature, but with really gorgeous fruit. Very together. Very balanced. Really gorgeous stuff that’s singing on top form. Excellent. (95 pts.)
- 1984 Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello - USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains
A touch dumb on the nose, but eventually revealing some very pure fruit. A touch of oversweet fruit on the palate, balanced by dry tannins. This is very fine and quite restrained. Possibly a little jet-lagged (it had flown into Glasgow from Minneapolis that morning), and a bit overshadowed by the surrounding wines, which, given that they were served blind, took more attention. Very Good Indeed (+) (91 pts.)
- 1983 Château Haut-Bailly - France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
An evolved, leathery nose. Feels quite old on the palate, and actually tastes a bit high-toned on the palate. Evolved and very mature. Very Good Indeed. (90 pts.)
- 1993 La Jota Cabernet Sauvignon Anniversary Release - USA, California, Napa Valley, Howell Mountain
A big cabernet nose. Quite pure. Very round and open on the palate, with nice balancing acidity. Grippy tannins. Enormous length. Very Good/Very Good Indeed. (88 pts.)
- 1994 Château Chasse-Spleen - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
A very stinky, bretty nose heading towards Beaucastel. Quite a nice fresh note on the attack. Fills out beautifully. Very elegant wine. Really lovely balance. Very Good Indeed. (89 pts.)
- 2001 Ernie Els - South Africa, Coastal Region, Stellenbosch
A blend of 52% cabernet sauvignon, 33% merlot, 7% petit verdot, 5% cabernet franc, 3% malbec.
Rather pongy and very leathery with a slight scented note sending me to South Africa. Fresh and clean. This is a fairly straightforward Bordeaux blend that’s very palatable, but lacking interest. Good. (85 pts.)
- 1994 Château Léoville Poyferré - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
An intriguing nose: some hedgerow scents and a touch high-toned. A light, elegant attack is followed up by a big tannic structure, though soft tannins. There’s plenty of acidity too, but it’s a touch spirity on the finish. I must say, I’m not sure what I make of this. It doesn’t do it for me. OK/Good. (78 pts.)
- 1995 Château Malescot St. Exupéry - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
A bit closed on the nose: green hedgerows with a bit of cassis. Very straightforward on the palate. Rather over-slight plummy fruit with lots of acidity and rather a lot of spiritiness. Not enough fruit to balance it. Plenty of spicy tannins towards and on the finish. (86 pts.)
- 2001 Jean Daneel Signature - South Africa, Cape South Coast, Overberg
4800 bottles produced (it says on the label)
A big, expansive, inviting nose with green hedgerow fruit accompanied by plenty of fresh new leather with floral scents. Big and wide on the palate. A really ripe fruit core with fresh, fragrant acidity at the edges of the mouth. Significant tannins towards the finish and after. Very Good(+). (89 pts.)
- 1985 Château Lynch-Bages - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
A classic mature claret nose: very cigar box. But there’s also some stone fruit kernels on the nose, which makes me understand why some are looking towards Italy. Very pure and clean on the palate, with great balance and huge elegance. Lovely balance. Excellent. (96 pts.)
- 1996 Château Guiraud - France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
A light caramel colour. Orangey, rather smelly nose with lots of rot: undoubtedly a textbook example of what noble rot smells like. Very botrytis! Very rich on the palate and a touch caramelly. Quite short with tangerine notes on the finish. Not terribly impressive, I’m afraid. Good. (82 pts.)
- 1998 Sepp Moser Chardonnay Trockenbeerenauslese - Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee
A very brassy caramel colour. Very interesting nose with waves of perfume. Very rich, but immediately really very interesting indeed on the palate. Very interesting flavours. Lots of TBA sweetness, but also layers of really interesting flavours. Very Good Indeed + (93 pts.)
- 1999 Château Raymond-Lafon - France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
(from a half)
Very pale colour, particularly next to the previous two. Very light on the palate. Very simple and rather uninteresting. A poor bottle of this. OK. (78 pts.)
- 2001 Cape Point Vineyards Noble Late Harvest - South Africa, Coastal Region, Cape Point
Very grassy on the nose with lots of asparagus: must be sauvignon blanc. An interesting wine. Curiously non-integrated on the palate with a very uniform flavour profile. Very Good/Very Good Indeed. (89 pts.)
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