Products tagged with 'rare'

2004 Chateau Ausone - St. Emilion

A dense purple color is accompanied by a celestial perfume of blue and black fruits, wet stones, flowers, and incense. On the palate, the wine exhibits exceptional power and concentration, but this historic terroir has also provided a surreal lightness to...

1990 Chateau Beausejour Duffau - St. Emilion

One of the most singular Bordeaux I have ever tasted, it verges on being port-like, but it pulls back because of the extraordinary minerality and laser-like focus. The wine is massively concentrated, still black/purple-hued to the rim, and offers a nose o...

1978 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion Pessac

There was one younger wine. The 1978 La Mission Haut-Brion is one of the best wines of that decade and did not disappoint. Still youthful and dark in hue, it has that wonderful bouquet of blackberries, gravel and black olive, here displaying a heightened ...

1990 Chateau Leoville Barton - St. Julien

Believe it or not, the 1990 Leoville Barton can actually be drunk - something that cannot be said about the broodingly backward, still excruciatingly tannic 1982. The exceptionally concentrated 1990 reveals more polished, sweeter tannins along with a big,...

1986 Chateau Leoville Las Cases - St. Julien

The 1986 Leoville-Las Cases is still so youthful in appearance after 30 years, with only a thin bricking on the rim giving away its age. The bouquet is magnificent: extraordinarily pure and delineated, bewitching black fruit laced with cedar and graphite,...

2008 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac

Tasted at the Mouton-Rothschild vertical in London, the 2008 Mouton Rothschild has always been in the shadow of the ensuing couple of vintages, but I was not the only person at this tasting that commented upon the class in show here. It replicated previou...

1989 Chateau Pichon Lalande Pauillac

The second part of this tasting kicks off with the 1989 Pichon Lalande. Off the charts aromatic intensity, silky tannins and exceptional finesse give the 1989 much of its considerable allure. Crushed flowers, sweet red fruit, tobacco, cedar and incense ar...

2016 Conterno Fantino Barolo Sori Ginestra

Of these new Baroli from Conterno Fantino, the 2016 Barolo Ginestra Vigna Sori Ginestra shows the most underlying power, linearity and determination. While the other wines are a little softer and richer, especially on the mid-palate, this wine is all musc...

2016 Guigal - Cote Rotie La Landonne

The 2016 Cote Rotie La Landonne is showing a bit more grip than last time I tasted it, with hints of green coffee bean on the nose alongside ripe black cherries and a heap of dried spices. Medium to full-bodied, with ample concentration and plenty of tann...

2016 Guigal - Cote Rotie La Mouline

Picked later than the 2015, the 2016 Cote Rotie La Mouline shows more dark fruit in its profile?think cassis and black olives?plus licorice and peppery spice. It's full-bodied, rich and supple, with a long finish. It may be nearly as good as the 2015, yet...

2016 Guigal - Cote Rotie La Turque

Inky magenta. Candied cherry, blackcurrant, exotic spices, violet oil and a hint of olive on the powerfully scented nose. Velvety, seamless and alluringly sweet, offering palate-staining, mineral-laced black/blue fruit preserve, floral pastille, smoky bac...

1979 H.M. Borges - Vintage Madeira Sercial

1977 H.M. Borges - Vintage Madeira Bual

2015 Henri Bonneau Chateauneuf du Pape Celestins

Looking at the barrels designated for the 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve Celestins, which always comes from the famed la Crau lieu-dit, it offers a big, mouth-filling, chewy profile as well as classic dark fruits, garrigue, pot roast, pepper and cured m...

1995 Henri Bonneau - Chateauneuf du Pape Celestins

2006 Le Macchiole(Cinzia Campolmi) - Bolgheri Rosso DOC Scrio

Dark color, with an attractive intensity of raspberry, blackberry and new oak. The 2006 Scrio (Syrah) is full-bodied, with focused yet tight fruit and super silky tannins. Very refined and racy for a Syrah. Black pepper and dark fruits come out at the fin...

2015 Ponsot - Clos de la Roche V.V.

NV Ramos Pinto - Porto 30 Year Old Tawny