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 [...]
So then we moved on to Burgundy Rousseau Chambertin 1962, 1971 Rousseau Chambertin Clos de Beze 1962, 1971 Chambertin was masculine, powerful and constructed well. It is a vigorous and firm wine, having a characteristic aroma of liquorice. Chambertin Clos de Beze was a fantastic delicate wine with slightly lighter alcohol and tannin content. Both [...]
So here we go then – these are my thoughts on the champagnes… Moet 1911 Although I’m a fan of Champagne at almost any age, I was taken by the quality of the 1911. It possessed what most people would consider a fatal flaw: no bubbles. I enjoyed notes of ginger, honey and apple as [...]
Alastair Pyatt’s final blog from the 2011 Bordeaux En Primeur Tasting. Our fourth and final day saw us up at the crack of dawn to make the hour or so drive across the river to the right bank appellations of St Emilion and Pomerol with their clay soils, merlot dominated wines and achingly beautiful landscapes [...]
By Alastair Pyatt. My my my today was a day to knock the socks off even the most jaded wine professional – the third day in Bordeaux started rather inauspiciously with a trip out to the back and beyond of the Medoc and the rather obscure Chateau d’Arsac. For the un-initiated (which until about 8 [...]
By Alastair Pyatt. Up at 7 this morning for a hearty breakfast of croissants, pain au chocolat, fruit and enough coffee to see us through the day and soon we were heading through the city centre, past the urban sprawl and out towards the gravel outcrops and perfect symmetry of Bordeaux’s much fabled vineyard. First [...]
By Alastair Pyatt. Well, here we are in elegant and ever so-chic Bordeaux (finally) after spending not a small amount of time sitting on the tarmac at Gatwick, thanks to those pesky scamps at French Air Traffic control mostly being on strike. After our chairman, head of purchasing and sales director got some inevitable shut [...]
By Terry Kirby – The Independent – Sunday 1st April 2012 “Champagne André Roger Brut Traditional Grand Cru NV An absolutely top-notch Grand Cru champagne from this relatively small producer, still in the same family hands and made from mainly Pinot grapes with a small amount of Chardonnay. This is a big, rich [...]