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Tasting: Hubert Lignier Gevrey-Chambertin 2014
Back to Burgundy and further north in the Côte de Nuits and the village of Gevrey-Chambertin.
Pinot Noir with balls. End of story.
burgundyfrench winepinot noirwineTasting: Ravensworth Riesling 2014
It’s wines like this that make me question why I ever left the Canberra District in the first place.
canberraravensworthrieslingwhite wineTasting: Cuilleron Saint Joseph Cavanos 2015
The last tasting note from a bunch of wines tasted over the last little while and we’re right back in the Northern Rhône and a 100% Syrah from Cuilleron
french winenorthern rhônesaint-josephsyrah/shirazTasting: Grosset Polish Hill 2017
Few places in Australia command such vinicultural revere as the Rieslings of Polish Hill in the Clare Valley. And for good reason.
australian wineclare valleyrieslingwhite wineTasting: Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2015
Back in France, back in the Rhône Valley and where my first love affair with French wine began.
chateauneuf-du-papefrench winegrenachegsm blendssouthern rhoneTasting: Domaine Pavelot Savigny-les-Beaune 2015
Red Burgundy from the northern end of the Côte de Beaune, right in the middle of the Côte d’Or.
I’ve been writing this tasting note for the last 20 minutes and I still don’t know where to start. At the beginning, I guess?
burgundyfrench winepinot noirred winetasting notesTasting: Fratelli Alessandria Barolo 2012
I’m somewhat ashamed to admit that I’m a relative newcomer to Barolo, and Northern Italian wines more broadly.
Like many before me, it didn’t take long for me to be completely and utterly hooked once I had my first.
baroloitalian wineitalynebbiolowineTasting: Pierre Usseglio et Fils ‘Panorama’ Vin de France 2016
I hate wines like this.
Not because there’s anything intrinsically wrong with the wine, this was pleasant enough, but more that I can find very little detail around it. The wine geek in me is not amused.
chateauneuf-du-papecotes du rhônefrench winefruitygranachehigh alcoholmerlotvin de francewineTasting: Cascina Fonda Barbaresco ‘Bertola’ 2013
There is something about Nebbiolo.
I was first introduced to the grape about a decade ago via an Australian wine made in the high volume region of North West Victoria outside of Mildura by Trentham Estate. It was a young, vibrant, fruit-driven wine without much fanfare or complexity and paired pretty well with just about anything you decided to put with it. My wife loved it.
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