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The Barossa: An Ascent to Higher Quality (Dec 2021)

Saturated ruby. Heady cherry and raspberry liqueur scents that are complemented by suggestions of incense, exotic spices and candied flowers. Sappy and expansive in the mouth, offering alluring sweet red and blue fruit and floral pastille flavors and a spice note of white pepper. Shows impressive depth and finishes with excellent clarity, harmonious tannins and…

1996 Champagne – For The Ages (Oct 2014)

One of the more accessible wines of the year today, the 1996 Dom Pérignon impresses for its exceptional balance and class. Lemon peel, white flowers and mint are laced together in the glass. The 1996 is in a terrific place today where it can be enjoyed or cellared for a number of years.

New Vintage Champagne Releases (Nov 2004)

Very pale color. Wonderfully complex, musky aromas of minerals, ginger, lemon, earth, mushroom, smoke and brioche; with aeration, this showed sweaty saline and chicken broth notes that reminded me of Le Montrachet, as well as a captivating topnote of fresh rose petal. Fat, ripe and mouthfilling without being at all heavy. Loaded with flavor and…

2005 and 2004 Rhone Valley Wines (Jan 2007)

Dark red. Explosively aromatic nose features intense floral-accented red berry and cherry notes and a potent mocha quality. Velvety in texture and strikingly deep, with sweet kirsch and blackberry flavors lifted by a refreshing mineral tone on the back. The endless finish, featuring suave tannins, is lush and seamless.

2001 and 2000 Rhone Valley Wines (Jan 2003)

Liqueur-like red fruits; even riper but less peppery than the young 2001. Wonderfully fat and sweet in the mouth, but with firm mineral spine giving the wine unusual verve for the year. Still youthfully tight on the end, with compelling minerality and persistence.

2019 Burgundy – Further Additions (Oct 2021)

The 2019 Meursault Les Porusot 1er Cru has a very intense nose. Crushed rock and almost flinty aromas, with light pressed flower and orchard fruit develop with time in a tensile style. The palate is vibrant, poised and focused, taut and fresh with an arresting saline finish that lingers in the mouth. Superb.