| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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| White - Sparkling |
2002 Bollinger Champagne La Grande AnnéeChampagne Blend more |
9/20/2013 - Paul S wrote: 92 pointsDinner with Fellow Counsel (New Ubin Seafood): This continues to impress. While drank in less than ideal conditions (too warm without proper glasses), it was still really enjoyable. The nose was classic Bolly, with yeasty, biscuity notes hovering over white fruited apple aromas and a sprinkle of lemon zest. The palate was still young and primary, but already approchable, with fine, creamy mousse and very bright, fresh acidity forming a fine frame for zippy flavours of sweet lemons and green apples drifting into a round, creamy finish. A very whole, complete Champagne. Nice stuff. I am not sure this will be the longest lasting vintage Bollinger, but it sure is a good one. 4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2004 Elderton Shiraz Single Vineyard CommandBarossa more |
4/21/2018 - Paul S wrote: 93 pointsStill too young, but there was certainly quality on this - it went well with BBQ, but surprisingly even better with a lovely chocolate cake. The nose was still sharper and younger than the 1997 Mt Edelstone that we had alongside, with wafts of plums and blueberries alongside smoky herb and spice notes, a twist of eucalyptus and just that remnant of creamy oak. The palate was just starting to round up and even out, but there was still a streak of bright, youthful acidity running through a rich core of warm plum and sweet cassis flavours infused with a gentle drifts of earthy spice and savoury herb. There was a lovely sense of purity and balance to this in spite of an obvious power and weight. Delicious. Great long finish too - powerful, insistent, yet quiet rather than shoutingly so. Still a bundle of potential and strength, just starting to open up nicely, but this will only really hit its stride in 5-10 years’ time. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| White |
2014 Louis Jadot Corton-Charlemagne Domaine des Héritiers Louis JadotCorton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
1/8/2020 - Paul S wrote: 94 points2014 Burgundy Dinner (Yan, National Gallery, Singapore): This was quite brilliant - showing off how good 2014 was as a white Burg vintage. The nose was just lovely - classic Corton-Charlie, with notes of butter and cream, a bite of white chocolate, some white meat and button mushrooms, all these floating around a core of rich white fruited aromas, and then just a little lick of oak and mineral. A brilliant nose. The palate was very fine indeed, with plenty of power and depth wed to a real sense of clarity and elegance showing through its white fruited flavours on the attack. Another touch of white chocolate, and some savoury white meat and earth notes, and a little hit of citrus, then made up a midpalate with a lot of flesh and intensity. Great long finish too, juicy clinging on to the backpalate with tons of strength and length, with just a twist of bittersweet minerality to it. Clearly a Grand Cru even when tasted blind, and a good one at that. This will age well for many, many years yet, but it was really good even at this young age. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2005 Glaetzer Shiraz Amon-Ra Barossa Valleymore |
9/27/2013 - Paul S wrote: 93 pointsWelcome Back Kelvin! (Kelvin and Joyce's Place, Bishan): This was truly excellent. Still a bit young for my tastes, but it was such an impressive wine - one of the best of the night in fact, even though it was the only new world in the midst of a nice French and Italian line-up. It had a big nose that left not one in any doubt that this was a Barossa Shiraz, with deep draws of ripe plums, cassis and blackberries seasoned with earth, eucalyptus and mint. Still rather primary, and the same thing could be said about the palate as well. The wine was very substantial, very rich in the mouth, with big black-fruited notes of cassis and blackberries at the forefront - tons of flesh and depth and power throughout. Yet what really set this apart from your run-of-the-mill big, modern Barossa was the remarkable sense of balance and purity that that had the wine practically glowing with energy in spite of its weight - not a hint of confected sweetness or cloying viscosity here. In fact, this is one of those rare modern Shirazes where one sip actually invited another and then another. There were signs of nascent complexity starting to show up on the midpalate as well, with the dark fruit being met with earth and eucalyptus, and then into the long, muscular finish, were sour plums and menthol, spice and a light puff of cigarette smoke drifted off on a bed of slightly chewy, but very ripe, pleasing tannins. Very impressive indeed. This will take a few years yet to lose it puppy fat, take on more complexity and fully form, but it is getting there - I would love to try it again say at the turn of the decade. 93+ 4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
1990 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
10/31/2014 - Paul S wrote: 93 pointsWelcome Home Peter! (Park Palace, Grand Park Hotel): I don't quite know how to place this bottle. While still clearly very good indeed, it was so marked by Brett that I could not quite enjoy it completely. Served blind, some on the table adored it, voting it wine of the night, others were less thrilled. Personally, I thought it was perhaps the poorest of the few smashing bottles of the 1990 I have had over the years. The Brett just hit you on first pour - with lots of funky smells, reminiscent of barnyard and gym sock, floating over more pleasant tones of dark plums and black cherries laced with a lovely fragrant spice - cumin and menthol and cloves - and then a nice interplay of savoury mushrooms and sweet violet florals. The palate was clearly Brett influenced as well, but was thankfully less funky than on the nose. While there were savoury, meaty notes and a little sauvage edge, these were in the background rather than dominating the palate. Beyond that, the wine was actually very fine indeed, with the brilliant balance and fine, silky tannins that have always given this vintage an almost Burgundian feel. There were lovely flavours in there too, with a pure expression of sweet dark fruit - black cherries again, and blackberries - mid-bodied at first, then opening up and taking on depth and a subtle power. Lovely stuff. Very strong, very complete, and while the Brett came out rather distractingly again after time, very long on the finish too, with black fruit was kissed by savoury meat and earth and a long trial of white peppery spice. I should have decanted this rather than popping and pouring, and I wish there wasn't that much Brett, but it is a testament to how good the wine is that it still showed this well even with all that going on. 4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| White - Sparkling |
2004 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal BrutChampagne Blend more |
3/20/2014 - Paul S wrote: 95 pointsDinner at Megumi (Megumi, Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore): This was a remarkably good. Good enough to put a great bottle of 1999 Pol Roger Winston Churchill in its shadow. It was actually surprisingly developed and open for such a young Cristal. It had beautiful nose, with lovely shades of cream and butter and coconut milk, white flowers, some yeasty aromas, then a touch of clove and nutmeg spice drifting around a rich core of white fruited scents. An amazing nose. Young Cristals can sometimes be all air and elegance and little else, but the palate on this one already had so much going on. It certainly had typical Cristal elegance, but it was surprisingly rich and generous; rich enough in fact for it match the impressively powerful and weighty Winston Churchill stride for stride. Here though, the depth was wed to a sweeping grace - while there was a pleasantly plump voluptuousness and lovely natural sweetness to the wine's flavours of ripe red apples and hints of strawberry fruit, it was all beautifully controlled and structured, with a lemony grip and a solid underlying minerality combining with a super-fine mousse to give the palate a real sense of finesse and style in spite of its generously yummy flavours. Think of a Herve Leger dress wrapped tightly around a beautiful hour-glass figure, with not an inch of extra flab anywhere. This was a sexy, stylish Champagne. A long and grippy, yet very elegant finish then glided away on a bed gentle minerality. What a great wine. Already complex and generous, but this has the bones to age for a long, long time to come. Bravo. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| White |
2005 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric EmileAlsace more |
2/9/2014 - Paul S wrote: 92 pointsCNY Lo Hei at Alex's (Alex's place): I have been lucky enough to drink this twice in the space of a few months, and this bottle very much confirmed the positive impressions I had from the previous outing. If anything though, itwas rather more forward and expressive this time round. Indeed, I found the nose unusually ripe for a CFE, with a light drizzle of petrol scents over initially tight notes of lemons and mineral that opened up into a pretty floral sweetness with nice orange blossoms scents around the sides. The palate too seemed weightier than the last bottle, coming across unusually round and ripe, with fruitier notes of sweet lemons married to critus yuzu and kumquat peel notes and a very orangey midpalate. Where the bottles were very similar though was the lighter feel of the wine, with it coming across less solidly built and substantial than on the greatest vintages, but still having a decent depth for all that. The fleshy fruit then receded at the finish to show-off a nicely steely core, with more restrained grapefruit tones wrapped around a long, lacy tail of lovely mineral. A surprisingly pleasing, forward CFE, yet one that has the bones to age nicely over the medium term. This was very good. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| White - Sparkling |
2004 Dom Pérignon ChampagneChampagne Blend more |
6/3/2014 - Paul S wrote: 92 pointsDinner with Spenser (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): My first taste of the 2004 DP, and I must say that I am decently impressed. It is not as immediately giving and show-offy as the 2002 was upon release, but there is a focus and polish to the wine that bodes well for its future. The nose showed little notes of shortbread biscuits, Granny Smith apple and some flower and mineral touches. The palate was still very youthful and tight, with fresh acidity still rather dominant, with citrusy lime zest notes and fresh green apples at the fore, and then pretty floral tones weaving in and out on the midpalate. It was clearly very well put together even now though, with an elegant mousse and really fine balance wed to a nice minerality that gave the wine a complete and rather serious feel. It needs plenty of time yet, but the raw material is there to make a very good Champagne down the road. I would give this 5 more years at least. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| White |
2007 Weingut Salwey Oberrotweiler Eichberg Grauburgunder Großes GewächsBaden more |
10/23/2009 - Paul S wrote: 92 pointsWFA German Varietal Tasting (Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore): The first really good wine of the tasting, and I thought this was rather an outstanding Pinot Gris. Started off good, but just got stronger and stronger in the glass. Deep yellow colour. Rather sticky on the nose, with nice yellow fruit, crushed flowers, some tangerines and orange zest, apricots and funky earthy notes replete with chalky mineral. Very complex, especially when compared with the first few wines we had. Palate was a world away from the acidic thinness of those wines as well. This was rich, almost oily textured, with layers of honeyed flavours, some nectarines, some papaya and plenty of spice, all balanced out by nice acidity. Finish was similarly long and textured with pretty good length in its spicey tail. Very nice, and quite age worthy too. Would love to try this in 5 years' time. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
1970 Maison Leroy Clos St. DenisClos St. Denis Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
12/14/2019 - Paul S wrote: 93 pointsDRC vs Leroy Dinner (Kheam Hock Road): Solid and enjoyable. Took awhile to get going, but this was very pleasing when it did. It had a bit of a tight, slightly dusty nose at first, but the bouquet opened up to something rather attractive, with quiet layers of damp earth, lifted spice and dark blueberry and plum fruit, maybe even with a touch of dried violets. Really quite nice. The palate was a step behind the nose perhaps. Still nice, but a touch lean at first, with its structure of acidity and fine-boned tannins showing through fine transparent flavours of black cherries, blueberries and plums. There was a touch of meaty power in there though, opening up with them. It tightened up towards the end too, showing a bit more grippy structure and stony minerality, with notes of black tea along with a little sour cherry lift. Good length and really great persistence I must say. Not perfect, and probably better a few years back, but this was still very impressive for a 1970. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2009 La Rioja Alta Rioja Viña Ardanza ReservaTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
5/29/2020 - Paul S wrote: 92 pointsFrom a half bottle paired perfectly with some Spanish food, this was young, but delectable. It had a lovely Rioja nose, with some of the fragrant ashy smoke that is so typical of traditional Tempranillo, this wreathed around a lovely sweet glow of red cherries, sour plums and some savoury earth and fig peel bites, all just sprinkled with a little sweet spicy twist of American oak. Lovely stuff. The palate was still very youthfully structure, with a chew of nicely round tannins and bright, juicy acidity shaping a succulent mouthful of dark cherries and red berries, these again seasoned with a nice little bit of savoury earth and smoky spice, and then some typical dill and menthol notes, especially as the wine unfolded into a surprisingly long and wide finish. Such a yummy drop - clearly with its best years 5-10 years ahead of it, but it was so delicious even now. Great with food too. 7 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| White - Sparkling |
1996 Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut La Grande DameChampagne Blend more |
9/3/2014 - Paul S wrote: 93 pointsVosne-Romanee Grand Crus for Michael and Peter's Birthdays (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): One of the better Grande Dames I have had in recent times, and a really solid start to the evening. It had a strong, assertive nose, with wafts of sweet cream, ripe apples and brioche cut by a little minerally scent. Very attractive. The palate had a nice fullness to it, filling the mouth with a lovely creamy mousse. It certainly had the muscle and weight one would expect from a Grande Dame, but the power was held very subtly, with the clean balance and bright citrusy notes of the 1996 vintage knit together beautifully with generous, mouthfilling flavours of ripe apples and a sprinkle of lime zest. This was so effortlessly balanced that it was almost almost elegant in spite of its power. Lovely graceful finish too, with the fleshy fruit lined with savoury, saline mineral notes. Really solid stuff, starting to drink very nicely now, but with quite a long runway ahead. I would happily keep these aside for the next 3-4 years. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2004 La Rioja Alta Rioja Viña Ardanza ReservaTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
3/21/2014 - Paul S wrote: 91 pointsFrom a 375ml at Les Amis. I wish more Riojas were made like this - traditional, unpretentious, eminently drinkable, but full of character and great with food. This was lovely stuff. 80% Tempranillo and the rest Garnacha, it was made in a very traditional way, with three years in American oak barrels with two rackings a year, followed by three years in bottle before release. There was a really pretty nose of sweet cherries, wild berries and cassis scents, along with some briar, spice and gentle curls of cigarette smoke, with just the lightest hint of sweet oak in there somewhere. The palate was very gulpable indeed, with bright, high-toned flavours of dark cherries and plums and some cassis spiked with super-lively, juicy, bright acidity. Past the midpalate, there was a little dusting of powdery tannins, a hint of oak and a nice seasoning of earthy spice, with and dried flowers and herbs - like sage and thyme with a hit of menthol cigarettes - all deliciously complex little nuances that rounded the wine off very nicely. This was very nice to drink even today, and absolutely beautiful with a pink cut of Australian Wagyu beef. It will go on developing for quite a few years yet though - there was still something youthful about this: a sense of primary thickness on the fruit, a slight chew from the tannins, and some stirring acidity on the back-end. I think it will be lovely in 3-4 years. 91+ 5 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| White |
2010 Domaine de Chevalier BlancPessac-Léognan Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
9/15/2013 - Paul S wrote: 93 pointsAsher's 1st Birthday (Alex's place): This wine absolutely blew me away when I tasted it from barrel two years ago. Back then, manager Rémi Edange warned that it would take a good 8-10 years in the bottle before coming anywhere close to how it showed in the barrel; still, I could not resist snapping up a case en primeur. It was thus a great opportunity to see how this was doing when Ming brought a bottle to dinner. He had opened it 3 hours before serving it blind, but even then, it was far tighter and less expressive than in its infancy. No mistaking it for anything but a top-end Bordeaux blanc though, even just from its lovely nose of cream and nuts underlying the ripest gooseberries, passion-fruit and green mango scents. Tighter for sure, but still lovely. Unfortunately, the palate was really way, way too young. It showed great promise though, displaying a ripe depth alongside a lovely sense of definition, precision and focus, with solid minerality running like a laser-like beam through fleshy notes of mangoes, gooseberries, passion-fruit and cream. Along with really fresh acidity that gave a firm backbone to the whole package, this was really impressively built. - rich, deep, yet always light, almost lithe on its feet. It had a long, long finish too, slightly nutty, with some oak inflections flecking nicely round and fleshy fruit, and underlined by more of that lovely minerality and a nice, spicy linger. A baby, but so very good; actually super-complex considering how young this was. However, it was all just slightly muted compared to the exuberantly expressive, almost explosive wine we tasted from barrel. My own bottles will remain untouched for sometime yet. 93++ 5 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
1986 Penfolds GrangeSouth Australia Shiraz Blend, Syrah more |
11/27/2021 - Paul S wrote: 92 pointsGrange Vertical with Peter Gago (Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore): Good but not great - this bottle was not in the best of shapes. Clearly the oldest, most developed of the flight - this had a savoury, earthy meatiness underlying notes of cassis, plums and earth, tossed together with some green herb and spice and a hint of eucalyptus that spoke to the high 13% Cabernet in the blend. A compelling bouquet. The palate was quite singular - a wine of real character, with a rasp of slightly powdery tannins and still fresh acidity wrapped around a softly charming mouthful of plums and blueberries, seasoned with notes of spice and eucalyptus, all this just traced by a bit of alcohol heat. I liked the nose rather more than the palate though. There was a lovely quiet authority and elegance to the wine, but something was missing on the midpalate. Perhaps it travelled badly, or it was not so good a bottle. A nice Grange at this age, but not quite mind blowing. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Cuvée RareChampagne Blend more |
4/10/2010 - Paul S wrote: 91 pointsHitting the Big 3-0. (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): Fresh, elegant Champagne. Very pleasant. Sweet nose showed ripe lemons, red apples and apple rind, along with some toasty spice, a bit of earth and just that touch of umami. There were little scents of herb and pepper floating around on top as well. Palate was crisp, clean and balance, with a nice sense of fruity sweetness and clean, crystallined fruit flavours - green apple shading into pineapple notes. Finish was mid-length, with touches of spice. Nice, almost too "nice", so that it almost lack a sense of personality. Still though, great elegance and very nice balance. Yummy start to the meal. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| White - Sparkling |
2008 Dom Pérignon ChampagneChampagne Blend more |
6/18/2019 - Paul S wrote: 94 pointsDinner at Kazu (Kazu. Cuppage Plaza, Singapore): Way too young, but very lovely indeed - this will be a legend of a Dom Perignon. Quite an achievement given the millions of bottles produced. A bit too tight and unyielding when first opened and too chilled, this really came into its own after a few hours in an opened bottle and served at a cool room temperature. The nose was lovely by then. More biscuity and brioche-y than a usual young Dom, there was a nice toasty, bready aroma alongside more typical scents of red apples, hint of strawberries and a nice almond and macadamia nuttiness at the sides. Really nice, mealy stuff. It was really impressive on the palate. It showed lovely breadth and depth, and impeccable balance, with wonderfully judged acidity and a firm but fine mousse wrapped around a strong, but very pure core of red apples and berry flavours lined with little bit of citrus, some spice, and again that mealy, yeasty, brioche character. There was a really nice sense of completeness and balance to this, from the round attack, through the full mid-palate, and into a long, satisfying finish that had more than a hint of saline minerality to it. A lovely wine, that had surprising depth and seriousness for a young DP. Very harmonious too. Still too young of course, but I do not think this will take forever to come around. It should be lovely in 6-8 years’ time. Bravo. 8 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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2001 Bartolo Mascarello BaroloNebbiolo more |
1/15/2019 - Paul S wrote: NROld Barolo Night (Bar-a-Thym, Singapore): What a great start to dinner. This was superb. It had a lovely nose, masculine and strong, with notes of meat and mineral, dark plums and dusty earth, a twist of spice and just that classic kiss of tar and roses. What a knockout bouquet that was. With a quick decant, the palate was starting to drink beautifully, even though its was still very youthful, and very classically structured. Firm, sinewy tannins and bright acidity formed a noble frame for beautifully pure, clear flavours of dark cherries, blueberries and plums, seasoned on the midpalate with a lovely mouthful of peppery, smoky spice, and then trailing away with a minerally, earthy tail into a deliciously long, detailed finish. It tasted just a touch bittersweet at the very end at first, but this cleared quickly to be replaced by a lovely glow of red fruit and florals in the back-palate. This was perfectly balanced, brilliantly poised, and had a real effortless strength to it. Wonderful, ethereal stuff, that will continue to improve over the decades. Fabulous. This bested a brilliant bottle 2001 Aldo Conterno Colonello on the same flight by a whisker for me, by virtue of it being just a bit more elegant and transparent. To be fair though, a good half of the table preferred the more voluptuous Aldo Conterno. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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1990 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
3/7/2014 - Paul S wrote: 95 pointsA "Blended" Birthday Dinner (Garibaldi, Purvis Street, Singapore): Wow. Every now and then I come across a wine that captures my imagination, and the taste of it lingers in the memory for years after. Coming back to another bottle of a wine like that always runs the risk of real disappointment - of bottles not stored as well, with food pairings being not quite right, of taste not quite living up to the memory. With this bottle though, it was as if the cobwebs of prevailing time swept aside and I was brought back almost to the place where I was when I first tasted it. It was perhaps not quite the perfect CdP the last bottle was, but boy this was a gobsmackingly good. Opened a couple of hours before service, it still had lots of Beaucastel funk on the nose when poured, with leather and game meat and hints of barnyard swirling around a beautiful core of dark cherries and berry aromas, and then bits of spice and garrigue and drifts of gun-smoke trailing behind. Quite wonderful stuff. It was on the palate where the wine really hit the ball out of the park though. This was crazy good, with wonderful complexity unfolding across the mouth in layers of earth and spice and meat and dark-fruited plums and blackberries, seasoned of spice and garrigue, menthol and wild flowers - all this couched in fine-boned tannins and laced with a beautifully fresh, lively acidity. Wow. Open, elegant, soaring - this almost had the silken structure of a Burgundy, but wed at the same time to the moreish depth of a great CdP. When paired with a gamey duck ragout, fireworks just went off in the mouth. Great finish too, with funky meat and smoke and a hint of garrigue filling the backpalate with effortless length. Amazing, It may not have been quite as ethereal as the ex-Chateau bottle that the Beaucastel folks brought down to Singapore a couple of years back, but this still ranks amongst the best CdPs I have ever tried. I always hate to vote my own bottle as WOTN, but this bottle really stood out for me amidst some sterling reds on the night. Wow. I have one last bottle of this squirreled away - while this was singing on the night, I would be interested to see where that goes in a couple of years' time. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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1947 Giacomo Borgogno & Figli Barolo RiservaNebbiolo more |
12/4/2013 - Paul S wrote: 95 points5 Decades of Aged Barolo with White Truffles (Absinthe, Boat Quay, Singapore): An old vine Barolo from the "vintage of the century", this was a rather special wine – it is telling that in the midst of some really strong contenders, it was almost universal hailed as the WOTN. It was so youthful that I am quite sure it has been topped up with younger, fresher vintages over time, but there was still a beautifully developed quality to it that only extreme age can bring. The nose started off with a large dose of bottle funk, with whiffs of wet mud, fermented soy, drain water and a barnyardy pong all round. One sniff and you could really believe that the wine has been cooped up in the bottle for the last 66 years. Thankfully, all that muddy funk cleared off significantly with a bit of time to show much more pleasant scents of beef broth, smoke and spice on a backdrop of dark fruit and wilted flowers. Actually really nice. However, while the nose smelt like a really old wine, the palate tasted like something decades younger, so that most of us guessed it was from the 1970s or 80s when blind. This was still sharply cut, beautifully fresh and balanced, with beautiful flavours of dark berries and cherries laced with yummy tones of savoury beef broth and earthy, mushroomy, undergrowth notes on the midpalate. Really juicy and very pure I thought, yet with a nice fullness and complexity to it - wonderful stuff. Great little finish too, with little bits of spice and earth and meat lingering away in the back palate. A truly excellent wine, not perfect, but full of character and drinking very nicely indeed. Bravo. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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2007 Camus Pere & Fils Charmes-ChambertinCharmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/27/2018 - Paul S wrote: 92 pointsIn the office. Surprisingly good for a Camus. This had a sweet nose of sweet red cherries, earth and some florals. The palate had a soft, round, easy feel to it, with fresh, juicy acidity and velvety tannins lapping against fleshy flavours of dark cherries, earth and spice. A touch simple maybe, but delicious, with a growing depth as it sat in the glass. Nice long finish too, with a lock of cloves and mineral at the back-palate. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| White - Sparkling |
2004 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal BrutChampagne Blend more |
11/13/2019 - Paul S wrote: 94 pointsClos St Jacques Dinner (Gunther's, Purivs Street, Singapore): Absolutely lovely. Drinking a bit early for a Cristal, but boy this was tasty. The nose was really pretty, with a lift of sweet cream, fresh flowers, and ripe red apples, shades of yeast and mineral, all coming together in a really attractive kaleidescope. Just beautiful. It was a sleek beauty on the palate, with silky mousse and a spine of superbly integrated acidity gently tracing its way through a wonderfully pure mouthful of fresh, crunchy red apples and orchard fruit. There was yummy roundness and a real delicious depth, even power, on it, but this was so poised and balanced that it never felt any less than impeccably focused, defined and balanced. Really tasty stuff. It had a lovely finish too. Effortlessly long, superbly detailed, and really yummy, with a lovely trail of fruit and mineral and just a hint of spice. Wonderful now. It has the chops to age, but it was so tasty at the moment that I really do not see why one should wait. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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1972 Xavier Vignon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Xavier 1972Red Rhone Blend more |
10/30/2021 - Paul S wrote: 92 pointsDinner at Sushi Kondo (Sushi Kondo, Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore): An unusual bottle. Very pleasant though. This wafted out of the glass with a real burst of cassis along with notes of fresh-cut roses and damp earth, maybe with a twist of green bramble herb at the sides. Such was the blackcurranty depth in the nose that this immediately brought to mind Ribena and Creme de Cassis. Very pleasant though. The palate was made of slightly sterner stuff than the nose, with a chew of tannins and bright acid framing a fresh mouthful of juicy cassis and sour cherries, these pulling into a long finish that filled the back-palate with a flowery linger of violets and roses, then earth and spice. There was a lovely clarity and briskness to this. Nice, but it definitely did not taste like a 50-year old wine. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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2008 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux ReignotsPinot Noir more |
12/12/2015 - Paul S wrote: 93 pointsDomaine du Comte Liger-Belair Tasting (St Regis, Singapore): A different animal from the tremendous 2013 Reignots, but this was a lovely drop in its own right. It had such an attractive nose; I could barely stop smelling it. There was a kaleidescope of shifting scents - earthy, mushroomy tones, some wonderful toasty spice, then fresh red fruit shading into slightly darker notes, a lovely floral undertone, and a haunting spicy linger at the edge of the bouquet. There was still some energy bottled up in that nose, almost hinting that there was more to come, but boy did the wine ever smell great even now. The palate had a cool, almost reserved feel to it at first, showing of the cut and precision that the very best 2008 reds all share, but also coming across a little light, especially when compared to the Grand Cru-like depth of the 2013. In time though, this wine really creeps up on you, with the elegant shape of its dark cherry and berry flavours underpinned by the serious, minerally structure and fresh balance of the terroir, all combining to fill the mouth with lovely juicy goodness. Lovely backapalate too, very juicy, with a nice sense of nervous energy driving the wine to a lovely long finish were a blush of spice and flowers and a flush of Oolong tea wed to just a little chew of tannins. This seems to have shut down just a bit since I last tried it some 4 years back. It is beautiful stuff that will probably drink decently well throughout its life though, perhaps entering its peak drinking window over the next 6-8 years or so. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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1983 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La ChapelleSyrah more |
8/13/2018 - Paul S wrote: 89 pointsJaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle Dinner (1978, '82, '83, '85, '88, '90, '95, '97, '98, '99, 09) (Taberna, Bukit Merah): I have enjoyed the 1983 before, but this bottle seemed a bit off. It smelt a bit dirty, a bit funky. Not quite flawed, but lacking the aromatically attractive nature of the other La Chapelles on show, with more undergrowth, meat and plenty of green flecks alongside its dark fruited notes. It had a good, strong palate though. Still youthful, with an obvious touch of tannins and bright acidity, and then a lift of vibrant blue fruit backed by earth and meat. This in fact came across tasting a bit more like the younger wine in the first flight than the rest of its 1980s flight mates, with a bit of astringency on the finish. I thought it may have been a little scalped by the bottle condition, but its hard to tell. All in all, drinkable rather than good. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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