2001 lunch

with canapés (sunflower and artichoke, foie gras parcel with mead jelly, muntjac dumpling, steamed and grilled brioche with truffle)

• NV Chartogne-Taillet Champagne Extra Brut Orizeaux

  France, Champagne

  Deep in colour, an oxidative style, grippy, detailed, tingly - really interesting and satisfying

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with roast scallop, potato and truffle butter

• 2001 Domaine Leflaive Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet 95 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

  Penetrating, mouthwatering, spicy, citrus, sharp and vibrant, really thrilling

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with warm root vegetables, lard di colonnade, pear and juniper emulsion

• 2001 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses 93 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

  Direct, resinous nose, cranberrry fruit, fuller and sweeter on the palate than the nose implies - this is very fine, delightful

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with Raveningham Hare served in two courses:

roasted saddle with celeriac

cooked shoulder à la Royale

• 2001 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Vieille Vigne 92 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  Plush, blackberry-scented, layered, a touch of aniseed, long and intense. Fine and without the usual Fourrier tics - a lovely conventional red-fruited grand burgundy

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mille feuille, sherry cream, orange and cardamom

• 2001 Schloss Lieser Niederberg Helden Riesling Auslese ***

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Herbs and honey, buttery, not very sweet, nice

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