Wine Group at home

Served with
1. smoked trout, soft goats cheese, micro salad, on a baguette.
2. Saucisson

• 1996 Egly-Ouriet Champagne Grand Cru Brut Millésimé 95 Points

  France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru

  Golden straw colour. Just a gentle mousse now. Aromas are terrific. Toast, honey, caramel, fig, lemon. Palate still has some freshness. After some time the oxidative notes come through. It's a thoroughly delicious wine.

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Caramelized fennel, on squid ink Israeli cous cous. Goats curd. Garnished with lemon rind and dill.

• 2004 Giaconda Chardonnay Estate Vineyard 93 Points

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Golden hue. Aromatics of lemon, oatmeal, stone fruits. It's not shy in the aromas department. Palate is rich, flavoursome, balanced. Terrific showing.

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• 2005 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne 94 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

  Decanted 1 hour. The words that come to mind to describe it are: pure, precise, tight. It's white fruited, slightly spicy, slightly smokey. There's plenty of material here that is yet to uncoil, but it's opening out wonderfully now. Still harmonious a day later.

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• 2004 Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 94 Points

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

  Decanted 1 hour. White fleshed fruit, cream and nougat on the nose. Palate is terrific. All components so well balanced. There's some chalkiness, pebbles and gentle spice tossed in with the fruit. Delicious wine.

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Slow cooked beef cheeks in Pedro Ximenez. Cauliflower purée. Steamed greens.

• 1996 Henschke Cyril Henschke 92 Points

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley

  Another wonderful bottle. Notes of tomato leaf, black berries, cedar, but somehow distinctly Australian. Well balanced again, with tertiary flavours - earthy, mushrooms, soy.

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• 1996 Te Mata Estate Coleraine 95 Points

  New Zealand, North Island, Hawke's Bay

  Cassis, cedar, pine, blackberry. Aromas jump out from the glass. Very appealing. The palate is so elegant. Medium bodied, integrated tannins, silky, long. Just a terrific bottle. Easily mistaken for quality Bordeaux.

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• 1996 Château Lynch-Bages 93 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Cassis, cigar, dried herbs. Really elegant in the mouth. Typical Bordeaux style. Medium bodied, fine boned, fully resolved tannins. Excellent wine.

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Cheese course.