1996

Dodgy label again… but very nice sweet white wine from Bordeaux – other side of the valley from Sauternes and less well known. Wine …

Aroma of (black or) redcurrant jam / jelly, with hint of oak deep down. Spicy flavour which matched up to a chilli-based dish well.

Another fine one from M. Chapoutier. Deep & fruity like P. Jaboulet’s Grand Pompée from same year, and with the same meal…

Rich and deep Alsatian white, but not overpowering – stood up quite well to spiced red pepper sauce with saffron flavoured couscous.

Deep & fruity Rhône from one of the big names – nice. Drank a second bottle a couple of months later and it was …