Archive for November, 2007
New World Pretenders
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007For many years I have been tasting New World Pinot Noirs trying to find wines that can give me as much pleasure as good Burgundy (and hopefully at a lower price). Whilst I haven’t tried many of the cult California Pinots, which are hard to find over here in the UK, I have covered a […]
A great wine - from 2003 !
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007Although tasting from barrel is always hard work, my main recollection of tasting the 2003s is of being quite worn out by the barrage of big fruity wines, showing little distinction, and with little to differentiate them. The one appellation that stood out for me as being a little fresher and better balanced was Clos […]
1996 - Still challenging …
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007I started trying to drink some 1996s from about 2002 onwards, but found them for the most part very lean and acidic. The general view seems to be that the vintage needs (still more) time to come round. I’m sure that at the higher levels this remains the case, though in my view the vintage […]