Fine wine tasting with Xavier Rousset

28-50 Fetter Lane, London
Tasted Monday, March 25, 2013 by kingkanu with 308 views

Introduction

A tasting session with the owner of 28-50. This was an excellent choice of wines covering a lot of ground, and with no obvious wines, the real pleasure was that the wines were all mature or maturing, a very pleasant session with a small group of about 10 people.

Flight 1 (6 Notes)

  • 1993 R. López de Heredia Rioja Blanco Reserva Viña Tondonia 88 Points

    Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

    Oxidative nose, quite appealing with hints of banana, rich, oily and waxy with a long finish.

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  • 2000 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile 92 Points

    France, Alsace

    Ripe apple, citrus, tangerine with a hint of petrol on the nose, quite rich in the mouth, ripe apricot, some minerals, dry with a nice long finish. Really good.

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  • 2001 Dry River Pinot Noir 91 Points

    New Zealand, North Island, Wairarapa, Martinborough

    Dark, ripe nose with some sultana, really quite expressive nose. Dark cherry, morello ? and raspberry flavours, very rich and concentrated, from a very dry year I believe, ripe plums, some spice, a little leather, medium finish, probably peaking now, this was a lovely well kept bottle.

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  • 1999 Thierry Allemand Cornas Reynard 89 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas

    Decanted for 2 hours. A lovely spicy, leather and black fruit nose, with just a hint of smokiness. In the mouth the tannins dominate far too much, they are pretty chunky and much drying. There's some chewy green stems here and a fresh finish, plenty if fruit, but hidden by the massive tannins. Lots in the tank still but I would wonder if the tannins will soften before the fruit fades

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  • 2005 Tenuta Guado al Tasso (Antinori) Bolgheri Superiore 91 Points

    Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri, Bolgheri Superiore

    There's a good whack of quality cab sav on the nose here, ripe blackcurrants, black olive, a touch of graphite. Plenty of tannin still but very fine and smooth, this tastes and feels like a quality wine, still needs 5 years or more for my tastes.

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  • 1989 D'Oliveiras Madeira Sercial Colheita 88 Points

    Portugal, Madeira

    Lots of caramel and burnt sugar on the nose, strangely fresh and dry with a slightly green and unusual element on the palate

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