A few delicious wines
Bouchard P&F Monthelie Clos les Champs Fulliots 1er Cru 2005 I’m genuinely sad that I’ve drank myself through a case or so of this beautiful wine and don’t have any left. I cannot find it any where either. Damn. Really beautiful fruit showing the year perfectly. Tragically, the lowly appellation probably means I’ll never see it again.
Gangloff Barbarine La Barbarine Côte Rotie 2005 Excellent Côte Rotie, peppery, chalky, mulberry nose with just a hint of viognier. Great structure, very fine tannins. Enjoyable now but a little nervous. It shall probably drink well all its life, I think, but will peak in around 10 to 12 years I’d say.
Jacques Selosse rosé I’ve always been fairly cynical about rosé champagne: bit of pink, bit of sugar: lolly water. In fact, I am still cynical about it. The greatness of Selosse is that he has determined a reason for rosé to exist. The wine has a coppery, amber colour. The nose is something else: almonds, dried apricots and strawberries. The palate is rich, round, a core of acidity, an oxidative character like straw. Mystifying wine. The best rosé I’ve drunk.
Doesn’t even look like a wine fit for drinking, right?
I opened this 1 hour before hand a let it breath. I tried small bits over the hour and it went from boring, oxidised mess to remarkable over tha time. Strongly suggeste
