Sunday afternoon late lunch

KC came over and cooked lamb, brought a fruit cake and I cracked open some foie gras. Bit of light cellar plunderage ensued.

• 2008 Moss Wood Chardonnay Moss Wood Vineyard

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Butter, toast, almond, cream over muted stone fruit especially peach…toasted sweet spice, buttery oak on the palate. Quite backed custard with slight honey. With time a little citrus and stone fruit on the palate but the fruit is quite muted

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• 2008 Hubert Lignier Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Les Blanchards

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis 1er Cru

  From Coravin. Almost smoky notes, ripe red currant, berry, touches of herbaceousness, leather and meaty elements. Dry, a little sharp with savoury red berries and meaty notes. Yum.

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• 2009 Domaine des Croix Corton-La Vigne au Saint

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

  From Coravin. Rich, dense, tending to black fruit spectrum, very polished. Equally polished on the palate. A little big for me at the moment. Time required.

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• 2006 Château Batailley

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Blackcurrant, over cassis, slight sweet spice, cedar & leather. A little tough and juicy on the palate but utterly lovely none the less. Of course, roast leg of lamb may well have tempered my opinion.

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• 2010 Dr. Bürklin-Wolf Ruppertsberger Riesling Auslese

  Germany, Pfalz

  From Coravin. Botrytis notes; apricot jam and citrus notes; lemon and lime and there is some bitter. This is sweet but beautifully balanced rich and round. Lovely.

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• NV Fonseca Porto Bin 27 Finest Reserve

  Portugal, Douro, Porto

  obviously alcoholic, spicy, red berry, herbaceous notes and sweet spice as well. It's a bit of a beast but okay.

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What a pleasant afternoon that stumbled, unsurprisingly, into sloppy drunkenness. The Moss Wood was quite worked and the Batailley was superb. The Burkin Wolf shone for me on this occasion.