A fabulous natural expression of Morgon, made without sulfur dioxide and yet still so fresh even a few years on. Georges Descombes Morgon 2007 Beaujolais Fresh, bright and sappy with…
Veuve Clicquot Vintage 2004 and Vintage Rose 2004
A chance to taste the new releases from Veuve Clicquot, both of which are really impressive. Caveat: these bottles had been open for a while. The Vintage 2004 is quite…
A delicious R&L Legras Champagne
This stuff rocks. It’s really elegant, precise and fruit-driven. Serious fizz, served before the Haut Bailly lunch at Berry Bros on Tuesday. Champagne R&L Legras Presidence Vieilles Vignes 2002 12%…
A fascinating Languedoc white from Virgile Joly
Had a really fabulous white from Domaine Virgile Joly today, one of many interesting wines being imported into the UK by Dudley and de Fleury. It’s one of those wines…
Northern Rhone Series 11, Tardieu Laurent Cornas Coteaux
My second visit to Tardieu Laurent in this northern Rhone series (previously here). This is a really impressive interpretation of Cornas, an excellent appellation that sometimes gets a bad press…
Northern Rhone series 8, Tardieu Laurent St Joseph
Continuing with the northern Rhone series, and the third in a run of St Josephs, this time from superstar negociant Tardieu-Laurent. Originally involving Dominique Laurent, this firm is now run…
A couple of decent Bordeaux wines
Bordeaux, when it is good, is usually very good indeed. Here are two wines that are drinking very well now. Indeed, this seems to be the skill with Bordeaux: catching…
Lunch at La Trompette
A quick note on Wednesday’s lunch at La Trompette in Chiswick, with Robin Davis and Tom Carson. It’s under the same ownership as the excellent Glasshouse in Kew, a joint…
Northern Rhone series 6, Gilles Barge Clos des Martinets St Joseph 2001
I don’t make whole-case purchases all that often. Usually I find that 12 of a particular wine is a little too much. 6 is usually better. But this is the…