{"id":20998,"date":"2018-07-11T07:53:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T07:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=20998"},"modified":"2018-07-11T07:53:48","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T07:53:48","slug":"wine-in-hong-kong-le-quinze-vins-with-ganevat-bereche-and-clotaire-michal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/natural-wine\/wine-in-hong-kong-le-quinze-vins-with-ganevat-bereche-and-clotaire-michal","title":{"rendered":"Wine in Hong Kong: Le Quinze Vins, with Ganevat, Bereche and Clotaire Michal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Le Quinze Vins was a lovely surprise. It is Sunday afternoon, and Nat and I are looking for somewhere to get a glass of wine after some Hong Kong tourism. We do a bit of searching around, and find the Central branch of Le Quinze, which is empty, but apparently open. We go inside and are sat down; the boss is dealing with an export order which is in the process of being packed up.<\/p>\n

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We get handed a wine list. Suddenly it all looks up. This is an epic list by any standards, with lots of natural-ish wine, but also some hefty fine wine, too. So we begin: with half a bottle of the Champagne\u00a0Bereche Brut Reserve NV<\/strong>. This has 12\/13 as its base and was disgorged over a year ago, and it’s tasting mellow and developed. A solid start.<\/p>\n

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Then we opt for Ganevat<\/strong>, and the L’Ailleurs<\/strong> cuv\u00e9e. It’s quite exciting to find this wine: a blend of Alsace Riesling and Jura Savagnin, hence it’s Vin de France and NV. There’s a beautiful toastiness to the nose, with some sweet citrus notes, and in the mouth it has volume and also precision. Beguiling and really complex, with the faint ghost of reduction.<\/p>\n

We order a cheese plate, and it’s gorgeous, and goes beautifully with this wine.<\/p>\n

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But there’s still time before dinner for another bottle. Beaujolais seems a good bet, and we are steered towards the 2015 vintage of Beaujolais Villages Vignes Centenaires<\/strong> from Clotaire Michal<\/strong> (even though I’m not a massive fan of this vintage in the region: it was just a bit too warm and dry). Lo and behold and the wine is big and dense, almost northern-Rh\u00f4ne in style, with intense, slightly stinky black cherry and blackberry fruit. We are encouraged to decant it: it needs it. This is a little reductive and also a little bretty, but it’s strangely compelling, with the volume knob cranked up, but still it sings a good tune.<\/p>\n

Then it’s time to go. Time to head back to Kowloon to change for dinner. We take the MTR, which is a good option \u2013 the cheapest way to get across the harbour, and often the quickest. Our bellies full of good wine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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