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Decanter wine tasting London 21 & 22 November

Two intense days in London sampling wines from 98 different stands and probably more than 110 different producers was quite a challenge. Fortunately the whole thing was extremely well organised with a nice booklet being provided with all the wines. Tasting hours were from 11 to 17 both days. I will come back with more comments about individual wines later but here some highlights;
- Ch. Beychevelle , St Julien 2000 to 2007 fresh light and delicate style
- Ch. Brane Cantenac, big dense wines
- Ch. Palmer and 2nd wine Alter Ego big solid requiring > 20 years
- Ch. Boyd Cantenac outstanding 1999
- Ch. Chauvin 2001 elegant wine for the next 5 years
- Ch. Fleur Peyrabon 2001 also at peak now at reasonable price
- Bodegas Luis Canas, Rioja quality first, Amaren Reserva 2002 fantastic
- Del Palacio De Los Frontaura Y Victoria, bodega in small district Toro in Spain with big wines
- Louis Jadot very mineral driven white burgundies
- Ch D'Eclans, Provence big fantastic rose for big wallets
- Vidal Fleury, Rhone watch out for this producer with excellent Cote Rotie
- Champagne Boizel reasonable priced high quality champagne
- Castello Banfi, Tuscany with the best single vineyard Brunello
- Il Molino di Grace, Tuscany their 100% sangiovese called Gratius was surpreme
- Col d'Orcia, Tuscany super Tuscan called Olmaia
- Fontodi, Tuscany still with one of the best IGT (Flaccianello) perfect with wild boar
- Zenato, Veneto with a 100% excellent Merlot (Sansonina)
- Matetic Vineyards, Chile fantastic Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir
- Catena Zapata, Argentina with beautiful Malbec and Cab Sauv at high altitudes
- Alves de Sousa, Douoro Portugal fantastic selection and not afraid to experiment
- Vergelegen, Stellenbosch, South Africa lots of good Sauv Blanc and Shiraz
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