Top wines tasted in 2007

Belows follows a summary of the top wines that we tasted during 2007. Someone once said that wine does not become better than this , just more expensive! The wines below are all reasonable for the quality. The three white wines are in ittalic and the wines come from all over the world...The scale is still ski-jumping marks, highest being 20:)

18.2 Domaine de Chevalier 2002, Pessac Great even in a bad year...
18.2 Barbera d’Alba 2001 Serraboella by Cigliuti Excellent stuff Italy
18.2 La Croix de Gay 2001, Pomerol Violet, red berries, smooth taste
18.2 Ch Pommard 2004, Burgundy Well balanced full bodied
18.3 Kuentz Bas Gewurztraminer 1996 "Vin de meditation"
18.3 d'Arenberg Dead Arm Shiraz 1998 Great from “down under”…
18.4 Ch de Costes 2000, Pecharmant Rich, round, plum, coffe
18.4 Belle Glos Pinot Noir 2004, Santa Barbera ,Clark Telephone
18.4 Ch Gruaud Larose 1989, St Julien Still going strong
18.5 Domaine de Chevalier 1999, Pessac Very good and elegant
18.5 St.Aubin 1er 2005 Remilly by H.Lamy Great mineral taste
18.6 Chassagne Montrachet 1er 2003 Truffiere, V. Gerardin a favourite!
18.6 Ch Grand Puy Lacoste 1990, Paulliac Tobacco, leather, ab fab
18.6 Ch de Sales 2000, Pomerol Smooth, velvety, long, balanced finish
18.6 Ch. Leoville Poyferre 1995, St Julien Still young, needs time
18.7 Ch Leoville Las Cases 1992, St Julien Great despite a bad vintage

19.0 Echezeaux Domaine des Perdrix 1996 by A Rodet
Delicate soft seductive red burgundy very good, fantastic body and length

19.3 Ch Pavie 1990, St. Emilion
An absolute bargain at £18 some time back>> fantastic wine with smooth silky taste

19.3 Flaccianello della Pieve 1999, Toscany
This is a table wine from Italy! SuperTuscan as they call it. Wet wool, red berries, firm body and long silky taste

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Chambolle Musigny 2006 by Patrice Rion

I am still in Burgundy mood, which is a very expensive mood to be in wherever you live but especially when stuck in Norway. Luckily the selection is quite good and Friday my eyes landed on a Chambolle Musigny 2006 by Patrice Rion. Patrice Rion is a small bio-dynamically family run winery in Nuits St George and was created in 1990. According to what I was told previous weekend in Paris, Volnay and the Chambolle are the two most elegant and seductive wines from Burgundy. The wine is not unlike a Beaune Premier cru with a medium dark red colour but perhaps slightly less "fat" with a lovely delicate smell of raspberries and cherries. The taste was soft, elegant, silky , smooth, velvety with lovely fruit, balance and creamy tannins. Very yummy indeed and so is the price at around 40€, but when you need Burgundy its worth every penny! Chambolle Musigny 2006, Patrice Rion P+ and drink between 4 to 6 years old. Domaine Michele et Patrice RION, vins de Bourgogne and please

Leoville Lascases 1988

Last week was a special week for me as I received my last pay check from my previous employer. An event that required some sort of celebration with some good friends. Of the many bottles opened during that evening was a Leoville Lascases 1988. This Bordeaux wine from St. Julien is second Grand cru classee but it has the quality of a first growth. This chateau was also the wine that made me change from beer to wine as I had the pleasure of tasting a Leoville Lascases 1945 back in 88. The 1945 just knocked me off my guard and I remember thinking what a fantastic wine it was and what an experience to drink this wine from the year when world war 2 ended. I was in shock and I then just decided to enter into the world of wine. I have always had a soft spot for this chateau ever since. And to my pleasure it has been performing well at much more reasonable prices than the much more expensive first growths in the 1855 classification. Nowadays a bottle of this wine costs around 180€ while a p

Wiston BdB 2011 - England

This is a fantastic 100% Chardonnay (Blanc de Blancs) from Wiston estate in England. Below are some remarks from the estate itself and Decanter: Selected from the chalkiest and steepest part of our vineyard, Wiston Estate Blanc de Blancs 2011 is elegant and expressive, with enticing notes of white peach, apricot, brioche and crushed oyster shells. Awarded the very top prize of ‘Best in Show’ in the Decanter World Wine Awards 2019 (the equivalent of the Wine Industry’s Oscars!), this decadent single vineyard, single vintage, single varietal Blanc de Blancs is perfect for immediate drinking and will also age beautifully. “Time spent on lees after secondary fermentation pays huge dividends for English sparkling wine, endowed as it always is with high natural levels of acidity. That’s a lesson triumphantly proved by this 2011 Blanc de Blancs, with its soft mousse, lifted, almost floral aromas and deft weave of apple, tangerine and pear fruits rippled through with yeasty, bready rich

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