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Lower Your Sails Again: Beychevelle 1905-2015
France: Bordeaux featured Verticals and Retrospectives, featured, France: Bordeaux Verticals and Retrospectives featured
, Jan 2025
This was a memorable dinner. The chronological instead of qualitative theme made it feel like a bona fide voyage through time, and proved the quality of Beychevelle as one of the standout wines in Saint-Julien.
Cellar Favorite: 1997 Philip Togni Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Jan 2025
Savory scents of game, touches of cigar humidor and Tuscan delicatessen infuse the red fruit, evoking thoughts of old-school California from the mid-1970s.
The Lord Giveth…Burgundy 2023
France: Burgundy, featured
, Jan 2025
The 2023 vintage in the Côte d’Or offers many pleasures. After six weeks tasting nearly 2,500 wines across 160 domaines, it is clear that while the year has its shortcomings, the best wines will have you singing their praises.
Vinous Table: Maison François
Vinous Table, France: Bordeaux
, Jan 2025
Maison François comes highly recommended, especially for larger groups looking for a livelier lunch or dinner with quality French cooking accompanied by decent wines. There is a relaxed vibe and the standard is a cut above the rest. It nods to the past and yet it feels contemporary with plenty of Gallic style. Most of all, it belongs to a cadre of London restaurants that treats wine lovers with respect.
Cellar Favorite: 1988 Domaine Pierre Morey Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
France: Burgundy, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Dec 2024
I have always loved the wines from Pierre Morey before he joined as winemaker at Domaine Leflaive in the very year the 1988 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru was made.
2024: The Year In Review
General Interest, featured
, Dec 2024
A cocktail of vocation, Vinous Icon events, curiosity, wanderlust, an unquenchable joy in meeting friends old and new, an unshakable carpe diem attitude, fitness, energy and an inability to say no meant that a year slipped past in a week, like Christopher Nolan’s "Inception" but in reverse, and with more wine.
Cellar Favorite: 1808 Braheem Kassab “SS” Sercial Madeira
cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Dec 2024
Continuing last week’s article on Vintage Ports from Raby Castle, I now move my attention to two exceptional Madeira wines poured at the same lunch.
Cellar Favorite: Vintage Port in Excelsis 1924-1950
cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Dec 2024
Port and Madeira have been vinous passions of mine for many years. I recently tasted seven exceptional fortified wines from the cellar of Raby Castle in County Durham in the north of England. These wines were kept in impeccable conditions, unmoved for their entire lives.
Cellar Favorite: 1996 Domaine Leroy Nuits Saint-Georges Aux Boudots 1er Cru
cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Dec 2024
The 1996 Nuits Saint-Georges Aux Boudots 1er Cru is a little rustic at first pour, though it coheres in the glass, gaining depth of fruit. The tannins are palpable and there is a sense of heartwarming earthiness, just a little fungal toward the finish.
Cellar Favorite: 1921 Yquem
France: Bordeaux, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Nov 2024
After 25 years, I finally re-tasted one of the legendary vintages of Yquem. This extremely rare wine is a joy from start to finish.