Marzipan, lemon, apple, honey and pear on the nose. Weighty body, with sweet and powerful fruit that has texture to give it interest and very good acidity helping the wine to flow and finish well. Very good wine to start things off.
Slate, lemon, sea spray, white florals, chalk - intense and superbly layered nose. Fantastically balanced palate, thrilling acidity wit mouthwatering flavour - there is both rich fruit and a mineral core. Driven and incredibly long. Stunning wine!
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru
Smoky, spice, apple, lemon and olive oil - has a dash of oak but has the rich fruit to support. Rich fruit across the palate, powerful and intense with excellent length. Even more amplified with time in the glass, lifts up strongly with air. Fantastic stuff.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru
Chalk, vanilla, ozone, sea spray and orange on the nose. Electric palate, bursting with vibrant energy, Fruit power keeps up with the soaring acidity. Mind blowing depth of fruit. Continues to grow and grow in the glass. Ridiculous good.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Earthy, rose petals, cherry - savoury and pretty blend on the nose. Upfront there is still good savoury earth and red fruit presence. Really long finish. In excellent condition, likely fully resolved now but should continue to hold up. Lovely drinking.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Extreme lift on the nose with herbs, cherry, roses, redcurrant and some savoury earthy notes. The palate is beautifully poised, with great fruit weight and depth that is supported by fine tannins and fresh acidity to give it genuine energy. Layered, with both substance and style.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Showy aromatics - red lollies, orange peel, spice, cherry, smoke and dark florals - interest and complexity. Strong acid line on the palate, the fruit has power that plays well with this higher pitch style. Feels quite worked but it works!
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Blind. Floral, raspberry, strawberry and roses - pretty red aromatic profile. Good fruit depth on the palate with fantastic texture and understated power. Delicious and delicate, this starts to strut its stuff with more time in the glass. Superb!
Wow. Menthol, chocolate, tobacco, briar, leather, pepper, dusty earth and truffle - keeps showing more with air, really captivating stuff. Stunning condition on the palate - feels fresh with acid that lifts the soft fruit right up, amazing depth and texture, with brilliant balance and length. This was quintessential aged Bordeaux and quite magnificent.
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
Blind. Violets, VA< vanilla along with sweeter perfume of cocoa and red berries. The sweet red fruit shows on the palate as well, with good body and character. Very nice depth about it, this was in excellent condition and interesting in its own right, not just as an artifact. Bottled July 1958.
Blind. Eucalyptus, olives, graphite, cherry, leather, menthol on the nose - plenty of character. Palate is fully resolved but holding up, with nice soft red fruit and showing the menthol character from the nose. Medium length and a real treat to try.
Suspected to be a blend of 60s/70s fruit, made by Max Lake and possibly bottled by Tyrrell's.
Cherry, smoke, redcurrant and light herbs - the nose jumps out of the glass with lovely perfume. Youthful palate, super vibrant but also has serious elements to it. Has some coiled power in behind the brightness, along with texture and depth. Brimming with potentials, this is sensational now and will be more so later.
Blind. Smoke, cherry, liquorice, roses, spice, floral notes and tea leaves. Composed palate, the tannins are full but the fruit has density and drive. Powerful with huge potential to develop further.
Blackcurrant, blackberry, cherry, graphite, spice and pomegranate on the nose. Explosive power on the palate, full and very long. Dark fruited, with depth and density. Watch it soar with time.
750ml. Light golden coloured. Kaleidoscopic nose, pineapple, apple, pear, orange, mango, coconut, vanilla, papaya, honey and smoky kerosene - magic combination of tropical notes and the start of development. Feather light on the palate but with amazing layers and complexity - fresh, vibrant and dances across the palate. Tremendous length and balance. Exceptional wine!
Caramel coloured. Coffee, earth, creme brulee, apricot, coconut and mandarin on the nose. The palate shows off toffee sweetness, but maintains its drive beautifully. Truly excellent wine with many years left based on this bottle.
Dark caramel colour. Hazelnut, toast, honey, caramel and toffee on the nose. The palate has a similar profile, with rich, developed sweetness and very good length. Suffered slightly next to the lift and freshness of the 1937, but still very very good!
2002 Billecart-Salmon Champagne Cuvée Nicolas François 92 Points
France, Champagne
Marzipan, lemon, apple, honey and pear on the nose. Weighty body, with sweet and powerful fruit that has texture to give it interest and very good acidity helping the wine to flow and finish well. Very good wine to start things off.
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2004 Krug Champagne Clos du Mesnil 98 Points
France, Champagne
Slate, lemon, sea spray, white florals, chalk - intense and superbly layered nose. Fantastically balanced palate, thrilling acidity wit mouthwatering flavour - there is both rich fruit and a mineral core. Driven and incredibly long. Stunning wine!
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2013 Olivier Leflaive Montrachet 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru
Smoky, spice, apple, lemon and olive oil - has a dash of oak but has the rich fruit to support. Rich fruit across the palate, powerful and intense with excellent length. Even more amplified with time in the glass, lifts up strongly with air. Fantastic stuff.
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2013 Domaine Ramonet Montrachet 97 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru
Chalk, vanilla, ozone, sea spray and orange on the nose. Electric palate, bursting with vibrant energy, Fruit power keeps up with the soaring acidity. Mind blowing depth of fruit. Continues to grow and grow in the glass. Ridiculous good.
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1988 Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier Bonnes Mares 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Earthy, rose petals, cherry - savoury and pretty blend on the nose. Upfront there is still good savoury earth and red fruit presence. Really long finish. In excellent condition, likely fully resolved now but should continue to hold up. Lovely drinking.
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2010 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg 96 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Extreme lift on the nose with herbs, cherry, roses, redcurrant and some savoury earthy notes. The palate is beautifully poised, with great fruit weight and depth that is supported by fine tannins and fresh acidity to give it genuine energy. Layered, with both substance and style.
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2011 Domaine Jean Grivot Richebourg 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Showy aromatics - red lollies, orange peel, spice, cherry, smoke and dark florals - interest and complexity. Strong acid line on the palate, the fruit has power that plays well with this higher pitch style. Feels quite worked but it works!
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2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Blind. Floral, raspberry, strawberry and roses - pretty red aromatic profile. Good fruit depth on the palate with fantastic texture and understated power. Delicious and delicate, this starts to strut its stuff with more time in the glass. Superb!
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1947 Vieux Château Certan 98 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Wow. Menthol, chocolate, tobacco, briar, leather, pepper, dusty earth and truffle - keeps showing more with air, really captivating stuff. Stunning condition on the palate - feels fresh with acid that lifts the soft fruit right up, amazing depth and texture, with brilliant balance and length. This was quintessential aged Bordeaux and quite magnificent.
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1957 Birks A P Bin C-17/18 91 Points
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
Blind. Violets, VA< vanilla along with sweeter perfume of cocoa and red berries. The sweet red fruit shows on the palate as well, with good body and character. Very nice depth about it, this was in excellent condition and interesting in its own right, not just as an artifact. Bottled July 1958.
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NV Hunter Valley Estate Dry Red Wine 91 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Blind. Eucalyptus, olives, graphite, cherry, leather, menthol on the nose - plenty of character. Palate is fully resolved but holding up, with nice soft red fruit and showing the menthol character from the nose. Medium length and a real treat to try.
Suspected to be a blend of 60s/70s fruit, made by Max Lake and possibly bottled by Tyrrell's.
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2004 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Riserva Asili 96 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Cherry, smoke, redcurrant and light herbs - the nose jumps out of the glass with lovely perfume. Youthful palate, super vibrant but also has serious elements to it. Has some coiled power in behind the brightness, along with texture and depth. Brimming with potentials, this is sensational now and will be more so later.
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2004 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Le Rocche del Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba 95 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Blind. Smoke, cherry, liquorice, roses, spice, floral notes and tea leaves. Composed palate, the tannins are full but the fruit has density and drive. Powerful with huge potential to develop further.
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2015 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Masseto Toscana IGT 95 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Blackcurrant, blackberry, cherry, graphite, spice and pomegranate on the nose. Explosive power on the palate, full and very long. Dark fruited, with depth and density. Watch it soar with time.
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1998 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Eiswein 98 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
750ml. Light golden coloured. Kaleidoscopic nose, pineapple, apple, pear, orange, mango, coconut, vanilla, papaya, honey and smoky kerosene - magic combination of tropical notes and the start of development. Feather light on the palate but with amazing layers and complexity - fresh, vibrant and dances across the palate. Tremendous length and balance. Exceptional wine!
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1937 Château d'Yquem 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Caramel coloured. Coffee, earth, creme brulee, apricot, coconut and mandarin on the nose. The palate shows off toffee sweetness, but maintains its drive beautifully. Truly excellent wine with many years left based on this bottle.
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1955 Château d'Yquem 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Dark caramel colour. Hazelnut, toast, honey, caramel and toffee on the nose. The palate has a similar profile, with rich, developed sweetness and very good length. Suffered slightly next to the lift and freshness of the 1937, but still very very good!
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