Bottega: quality Prosecco and Prosecco Rosé 
Book 5 Index 
951. Mullineux, Syrah Swartland, 2011 
950. W & J Graham & Co, 30 Year Old Tawny Port, NV (2010) 
949. Cartuxa, Pêra-Manca Branco Évora, 2012 
948. Pella, Xi-Ro Cuvée Experimentale, NV France
912. Domaine Jean-Marc Boillot, Volnay 1er Cru Les Pitures, 2006
This was an exam example that didn’t arrive in time for an open tasting, so I just opened it for pleasure. A fully-mature – …
911. Domaine Laroche, Réserve de laObédience Chablis Grand Cru Les Blanchots, 1996
The finale of a 20-50 winemaker dinner with Gregory Valloire – one of the 4 of the last 8 magnums of this at the …
903. Château Giscours, Grand Cru Classé Margaux, 2011
This may not be the greatest Château in the greatest vintage, but I think a very typical Margaux – elegant and refined, without any …
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 …
899. Ferraton Père et Fils, Ermitage Le Méal, 2010
To begin with, I didn’t quite see the quality, but over time it shone through. A very good, new oak influenced, rich, but subtle, …
895. Domaine de Marcoux, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, 2011
Pretty good, and classically-styled Chateauneuf from a producer I’d not come across before. An exam wine. What was particularly noteworthy was that the alcohol …
892. Domaine Marc Roy, Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Prieur, 2005
My ‘other’ case of 2005 Gevrey, and finally decided to crack one. More forgiving, and less minerality dominated than Mes Cinq Terroirs. This is …
889. Champagne Delamotte, Brut, NV (2014)
Proof that trade consumer tastings work: I tasted the range of Delamotte Champagnes, along with the incomparably elegant Salon 2002, at Corney & Barrow’s …
887. Domaine Denis Mortet, Gevrey-Chambertin Combe-du-Dessus, 2002
The wine of Christmas. A reminder how great Burgundy can be. Maturing, but not at all old. Might have 10 more years? Mid-garnet, with …
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, …