On Jan 16, 10:42*am, "Bill S." > wrote:
> Lunch notes for January.
>
> 2005 Domaine La Soufrandière Pouilly Fuisse Climat La Roche – very
> nice fruit in the nose, full and clean in the mouth, with a tart
> finish with lots of lemon. *Very nice.
>
> 1999 Delas Freres Gigondas Les Reinayes – an obvious Rhone just from
> the nose, some good fruit plus pepper, moderate tannins, good finish.
> Decent.
>
> 2000 Yves Cuilleron St. Joseph Les Serines - *quite decent syrah nose,
> a tad sweetish, round and smooth in the mouth with decent length and a
> fair bit of soft tannins remaining.
>
> 1988 Beychevelle – funky slightly green Bordeaux nose, in the mouth,
> lots of acidity but not much tannin. Drink up!
>
> 1982 Branaire Ducru - *this one surprised me – light in colour, but a
> mellow nose and fully mature on palate. Reasonably elegant but won’t
> get any better.
>
> 1994 Haut Bailly – this was mine – I’d popped my first bottle a week
> or two ago and thought I’d pull a vintage they’d never guess on them.
> Excellent nose, tons of fruit and no hard edges, supple and medium
> long. Very good.
>
> 1999 Abadia Retuerta – this wine from Sardon del Duero (not perhaps a
> household word) was showing quite ripe fruit in the nose and followed
> through with more of the same on palate with concentrated blackberry
> and chocolate elements. Long sweet finish with well balanced acidity.
>
> 1999 Quinta da Cortezia Tinta Roriz – another ripe rich nose, but in
> this case marred by an excess of dill. Otherwise a cookie cutter copy
> of the previous wine.
>
> 1983 Taylors Port – colour starting to show a little paler than it
> did when younger, only a little hot in the mouth, and with nice weight
> excellent length and good acidity. Killer nose. *I think this was my
> favourite wine of the day.

Thanks for the notes. Don't think I've ever had a Beychevelle that
I've really enjoyed....nice Chateau though.