I cannot lie – I laughed out loud!
The bill, comprising two four-course menus, a (mediocre) cheese selection, five glasses of wine and water, came to £170.94. We were in a daze. I felt like crossing the road to remove my moles, warts and polyp, which suddenly sounded like a wholesome value-for-money experience.
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Yes, I know – it’s been a bit quiet around here. But I didn’t want to bore you with notes on the same wines that you’ve already (recently) seen/heard about on these pages – I must go to the wineshop! Actually my wineshop is the Côte d’Or and I’ll be there for the next four days, so maybe there will be chance for a few new pictures of bottles! 😉
In the meantime I offer you sight of a new cork-screw – pocket-size it aint, and when I saw it first time on TV it actually broke the cork in half so they had to try again. So, be warned, don’t use it for your old bottles!
It sounds as though Joss was as smitten by the 2010s of Dominique Lafon just as much as I was smitten by the 2009s. On long consideration those 09s were the best whites I tasted from the vintage, with Roulot and Lamy (for their relative ranges) in joint second!
Lovely writing – thanks Joss.
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Indeed, forget part 2, we may have to think about the movie and the book.
Some of the latest updates are here, but overall, WB Forum has always been the beating heart for following this story.
The rise and rise of ‘Fine Wine’ in Hong Kong…
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Okay; this is the last of my 09 Bourgogne Rouge excursion – for a while anyway. Time to revisit a favourite and put it into context with the other 09s recently ‘downed’.
2009 Ramonet, Bourgogne Pinot Noir
‘Nomacorked’. This has a fresh but forward nose of dark red fruit with a mint-leaf impression too – quite like the Potel but with more depth and balance. The flavour is also quite forward and friendly, the acidity giving the impression of sweet and sour in combination with the fruit. In the mouth the impression is of roundness, and I have to say it’s rather delicious too. Far from the concentration of the Camille-Giroud or the Pataille, but more effortlessly drinkable today.
Rebuy – Yes
So; drink the Bellene and Ramonet today (in that order); keep the Pataille and Camille-Giroud in the cellar for certain enjoyment a few years hence. And the Potel? Simply avoid…
LASTLY: A fine (beginning) article about the DRC 09s from Alder Yarrow. I have to say it’s the first time in a while that I can recollect the publication of what is clearly a ‘transcript’ of somebody’s words – I remember Jamie Goode getting in hot water for accurately reporting what Michael Broadbent once said – yet there’s nothing at all controversial here (so far) unless you’re looking for ‘men drink DRC- shock!’
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And here’s what I assume is part 2.
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A super piece from Jancis in the FT today – great headline too!
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