1998

2nd wine of Château Lafite. Another courtesy of J&B. Stood up OK to venison stew for Christmas 2003. Deep red-purple colour, but even to …

Even garnet colour. Cherry and maybe prune aromas, with smoky oak overtones. Quite harmonious. On the palate, a bit thin and acidic, but nevertheless …

My parents randomly had a bottle of the 1998 vintage of the Montirius Gigondas, so we did a “vertical” test against the 2000 (see …

…the second wine of Leoville Barton, which – though relatively young as a ’98 – was a reasonably elegant compromise between the Latour and …

Got this on sale and what a bargain. A regular Chablis with the colour and concentration of a 1er Cru. Dom Defaix again showing …

One for comedy value from Greece. Although in fact was entirely drinkable with an interesting mix of flavours. A little unbalanced by somewhat high …

I bought this as a cooking wine, but actually drank bottles 11 and 12. For the price, quite nice, in fact! Definite aromas of …

The ultimately most bastard hard label to remove! A not expensive Burgundy with a nice balance of oak to smooth fruit. Hautes Côtes seems …

Really spicy, but smooth Beaujolais with depth. Stands up quite well to chocolate, so is quite sweet. Dark fruit is the flavour (blackberries or …

Lightly oaky aroma with lemony citrus hint to the passion fruit nose. Clean and smooth flavour. Went well with asparagus and Hollandaise sauce, as …