I loved Armonio de Mas Neuf 2005 from the Costieres de Nimes when I first tasted it and the inaugural 2002 vintage was utterly divine while the 2003 was plain bonkers it was so powerful from that incredibly intense heat of the Summer. We the bypassed the 2004, but, took quite a big position on [...]
On Monday, I nipped down to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, not to give a rendition of Nessun Dorma but to taste some of the marvellous 2010 Bordeaux Cru Classes that will be hitting UK shelves in early 2013. Having been in Bordeaux earlier this year for the 2011 en primeur campaign I [...]
Having opened the food & wine matching workshop with the team of Roux at Parliament Square on such a successful pairing (see part one!), maintaining that for a second dish was a challenge. Here we had smoked and cured Gressingham duck with preserved cherries and hawthorn blossom. The words don’t quite do it justice, it [...]
Bordeaux Latour a Pomerol 1928, 1961 Latour á Pomerol produces sumptuous, meaty, concentrated and full-bodied Pomerols. The 1928 vintage was so vibrant and powerful…. A miracle!!! Full of pure fruits, mineral character and a long finish. Petrus 1928, 1945, 1961 I have to be very honest with Petrus. There are great wines but they were [...]
By Jack Scott Having heard all about the fall in production of the Languedoc and the gobbling up of 15% of the Languedoc’s production by the Chinese, David Round MW, James Fleetwood Mac and I prepared our palates with Côte de Boeuf the night before setting about the mission of blending this year’s House Wines [...]