By: AJ McClellan
The best way to fortify yourself for Christmas shopping is with a glass of fantastic vintage Bordeaux… Or at least that was the opinion yesterday when we had a multitude of members dropping in to enjoy a few glasses before facing the daunting task of battling the crowds of Christmas shoppers.
2007 Davis Family Russian River Pinot Noir – Ripe red cherries on the nose with a crisp breeze of milk chocolate. A little one dimensional on the palate but very clean with ripe fruit and very crisp acidity. For the price point this is a nice wine…
1995 Palmer – Ripe sweet fruit with tobacco leaf on the nose. The palate showed notes of ripe black currants with sweet leaf tobacco and a steely minerality. Lavish and ripe in the mouth with smooth well integrated silky tannins.
1988 Pichon Lalande – Very youthful on the nose with black liquorish, slight hints of pine, and dry forest floor. The palate was full and weighty. Dark chocolate, cigar box, with plump lush tannins. Slight forest floor and notes of clean compost pile on the backend. Dry cooking spices on the soft finish.
1998 Pichon Lalande – Little Green on the nose with jalapeño and cooked bell pepper. There are notes of smoke with muffled plums and black currants intermingled with hints of earth.