The year has gone by too quickly. The months pass quickly and the wines tried within them are nothing but a distant recollection and a scribbled note in a book… oh to hell with the fancy intro. Here are my wines of the year…
2001 Allegrini Amarone Soft, ripe cherries with a touch of milk chocolate. The palate has a smoky tobacco and chocolate flavour, sour cherries and a long, smooth finish. A great wine with greater potential.
2006 Crater Rim Akaroa Pinot Gris A late harvest wine from New Zealand, showing marzipan, a rich, nutty fruit flavour. The palate has more marzipan, some butter, tangerine and pear. An absolutely stunning bottle of wine.
1997 Pieropan Soave Calvarino Stunning balance, well integrated aromas of honey, lemon and brioche – like old Champagne. There is a little burnt match and gravel on the palate laced with a slightly spicy citrus. Wow!
1995 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Cherry polish, a lot of sweet cherry on the nose and some Barbecue sauce – Hickory and molasses – with some rosemary, chocolate and liquorice thrown in. The palate is brooding at first but then lightens with wild raspberries galore. I really like this.
1996 Pol Roger Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill Superb Pinot Noir dominant nose, wild mushrooms, digestive biscuits and a little lemon marmalade. The palate is rich, full and with raspberries, some pencil and a bit of melon flavour. A superb bottle of Champagne.
2001 Allegrini Amarone Soft, ripe cherries with a touch of milk chocolate. The palate has a smoky tobacco and chocolate flavour, sour cherries and a long, smooth finish. A great wine with greater potential.
2006 Crater Rim Akaroa Pinot Gris A late harvest wine from New Zealand, showing marzipan, a rich, nutty fruit flavour. The palate has more marzipan, some butter, tangerine and pear. An absolutely stunning bottle of wine.
1997 Pieropan Soave Calvarino Stunning balance, well integrated aromas of honey, lemon and brioche – like old Champagne. There is a little burnt match and gravel on the palate laced with a slightly spicy citrus. Wow!
1995 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Cherry polish, a lot of sweet cherry on the nose and some Barbecue sauce – Hickory and molasses – with some rosemary, chocolate and liquorice thrown in. The palate is brooding at first but then lightens with wild raspberries galore. I really like this.
1996 Pol Roger Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill Superb Pinot Noir dominant nose, wild mushrooms, digestive biscuits and a little lemon marmalade. The palate is rich, full and with raspberries, some pencil and a bit of melon flavour. A superb bottle of Champagne.
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In this instance, however, I couldn't agree with you more on any of the choices. Or the order. Brilliant.