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Cellar Favorite: Château Latour 2025 New Releases
France: Bordeaux, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Jan 2025
This year’s new releases from Château Latour are especially strong as they span three important vintages, each of which has something to offer. I tasted the wines with Estate Director Hélène Genin during a visit to the château in December 2024.
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.
Cellar Favorite: 2016 Domaine François Raveneau Chablis Valmur Grand Cru
cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites, France: Burgundy
, Jan 2025
What a pleasure it is to taste Raveneau’s 2016 Chablis Valmur Grand Cru. The 2016 has come together beautifully over the last few years.
Cellar Favorite: 2010 Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Brunate
cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites, Italy: Piedmont
, Dec 2024
A wine of mind-blowing complexity, Rinaldi’s 2010 Barolo Brunate is everything Barolo can be—powerful, refined, seductive, intensely aromatic, structured and so incredibly beautiful that words seem inadequate.
Cellar Favorite: 1988 Domaine Pierre Morey Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites, France: Burgundy
, 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.
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.
Cellar Favorite: 1982 & 2001 Haut-Bages Libéral
France: Bordeaux, Cellar Favorites
, Nov 2024
The 1982 vintage in Bordeaux was a pivotal moment for Bordeaux—the touchpaper that moved the region into the modern age.