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950. W & J Graham & Co, 30 Year Old Tawny Port, NV (2010)
I’d had this for a few years and finally opened it just because. Perhaps not the finest of 30yo Tawnies, but very good indeed. …
944. Gonzalez Byass, Matusalem Cream Sherry VORS, NV (2015)
Mid-deep amber-tawny, with olive at the rim. Smoky, oxidative nut – walnut. Rancio / butter. Orange peel. Spice. Raisin & chocolate touches. On the …
938. W & J Graham & Co, Vintage Port, 1975
I wasn’t sure how this would be, given that 1975 is certainly not the Vintage of the 70s! But in the end, though it …
921. Quinta do Noval, Nacional Vintage Port, 2003
[Faint signature: António Agrellos] My first Nacional, courtesy of an MW student trip to the Douro. The range-tasting at Noval was very special, with …
920. Paul Cluver, Noble Late Harvest Riesling Elgin, 2012
A surprise finale to Richard Hemming’s JR.com Riesling blind tasting – a classically-styled Beerenauslese (albeit more fruit-forward), but from South Africa. Nicely-balanced acidity and …
901. Château d’Yquem, 1er Cru Classé Supérieur Sauternes, 1998
My Yquem virginity lost at the Bordeaux MW Gala dinner. Though from an inauspicious vintage this showed length, elegance and relatively early maturity. Pale …
886. Château Suduiraut, 1er Cru Classé Sauternes, 1989
An entertaining end to dinner Chez Bruce pre-Christmas, with corkage, Jack, Rob, Kari, Ruth and Helen. After Corton-Charlemagne, Le Dôme 01 and Laforge 03, …
881. Hunter’s, Hukapapa Riesling Dessert Wine Marlborough, 2011
This was in our First Year Assessment: a cryo-extracted sweet Marlborough Riesling… So I needed to retaste it and understand why it was (apparently) …
879. Weinlaubenhof Kracher, Beerenauslese Cuvée Burgenland, 2011
[Sweet power. Gerhard Kracher] So, according to Herr Kracher, the beerenauslesen and other botrytised wines are his main aim, with Eiswein being a back-up …
878. Château Suduiraut, 1er Cru Classé Sauternes, 2010
Not quite as beautifully-balanced as the 2010 La Tour Blanche – which just had a touch more acidity – but showing the quality of …