Posts by Tim Jackson

1994 – v. good year – wine has some smokiness on the nose, with light vanilla oakiness, and some blackcurrant. Some liquorice on the …

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

but was recommended to balance a tiramisu – and this sweet white wine did – not cloyingly sweet, but matched up to the flavour …

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.

This was a very rich wine but I was cooking when I drank it so I didn’t spend enough time paying attention to it. …

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