The Henri Jayer Richebourg 1985 is a legendary wine, and when we found it at a reasonable price at Les Millisime in Gevrey Chambertin (around 4000 FFR) we could not resist - even at lunch time. The wine was massive and quite closed compared to other Jayer wines I have tasted, and offered another …
Krug, Vintage 1998
I'm really not a big fan of the 1998 vintage in Champagne, as the normally lacks freshness and balance and are on the sweet and heavy side. Krug has done a fantastic job with the 1998 vintage, and it's without usual heavy notes and sweet tone. Krug offers a strong backbone with a good acidity …
Rating wines – pleasure over points
Reviewing and rating wines is very controversial, and even more so than the wines reviewed. A lot of these discussions are, in my view, a result of inflated and inconsistent ratings for a lot of big non terroir driven wines. …
Billecart Salmon, Blanc de Blanc 1982
The Blanc de Blanc 1982 from Billecart Salmon is a perfectly matured champagne, very nice complexity, good length and body. Rarely does one get a fully mature champagne, that has kept this level of freshness and balance. It's not a very big and heavy champagne, and not the greatest of terroir, but …
Henri Jayer, Vosne Romanee Cros Parantoux 1988
The third Henri Jayer of the evening at Lameloise. The Cros Parantoux 1988 is one of the most memorable bottles I have tasted. The sheer balance of the wine, the lush and very sophisticated tannins, the pure red pinot fruit, the Jayer intensity. Very fine harmony, a lot of minerality and complexity. …
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