DOCSLIB.ORG

Sommelier's Selections

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Sommelier's Selections Sommelier's Selections Champagne 3010 Frerejean Frères | Ridington Selection NV 90 3115 Pierre Callot | Blanc de Blancs 2009 110 6071 Billecart-Salmon | Brut Rosé NV 140 6081 Krug | Grande Cuvée 167th NV 225 5178 David Léclapart | l'Astre Blanc de Noirs 2013 275 White 2296 Stefan Vetter | Müller-Thurgau, Franken 2017 65 1888 Juan Francisco Fariña | Albillo Criollo, Valle de Güímar 2018 75 5550 Romain Papilloud | Païen de Vétroz, Valais 2017 85 5096 Dupont-Fahn | Auxey-Duresses Les Vireux, Burgundy 2017 90 5515 Hatzidakis | Assyrtiko Familia, Santorini 2019 100 5529 Brundlmayer | Grüner Veltliner Vincent's Spiegel, Kamptal 2015 110 5246 Pascal Cotat | Sancerre Les Monts Damnés, Loire Valley 2018 135 2599 Dominio del Aguila | Albillo Viñas Viejas, Castilla y Léon 2015 165 1627 Eben Sadie | T Voetpad, Swartland 2018 190 1225 Domaine Roulot | Meursault, Burgundy 2017 330 Red 1104 Sherrah | Syrah, McLaren Vale 2018 60 1387 Diamantis | Xinomavro, Siatista 2017 75 1618 Arnot Roberts | Trousseau, North Coast 2019 85 2269 Abbatucci | Faustine, Corsica 2017 100 1112 Cascina Preziosa | Nebbiolo Casteleng, Coste della Sesia 2016 115 1369 Anthill Farms | Pinot Noir Comptche Ridge, Mendocino 2018 120 1381 Bergstrom | Pinot Noir Le Pre du Col, Willamette Valley 2017 175 2584 Giuseppe Quintarelli | Ca'del Merlo, Veneto 2011 185 2674 Château Brane-Cantenac | Margaux, Bordeaux 1985 215 1073 Marquis d'Angerville | Volnay 1er Cru, Burgundy 2017 225 2 Champagne Rosé 2953 Paul Bara Special Club 2013 250 6071 Billecart-Salmon NV 140 5407 La Caravelle NV 75 9051 René Geoffroy Rosé de Saignée (1.5L) NV 280 6074 Gosset NV 160 5509 Henri Goutorbe NV 105 3035 Marc Hebrart NV 90 5394 Christophe Mignon Pur Meunier NV 115 5598 Clement Perseval 2014 105 6099 Ruinart (1.5L) NV 290 Grandes Marques 6104 Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve NV 90 2913 Bollinger Blanc de Noirs James Bond Edition 2011 350 3008 Bollinger R.D. 2002 550 9003 Bollinger R.D. (1.5L) 2002 1000 3000 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs 2008 150 6128 Dom Pérignon 2009 285 6013 Gosset Blanc de Noirs NV 180 6081 Krug Grande Cuvée 167th NV 225 6033 Krug 2006 450 9258 Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut NV 110 5564 Louis Roederer Cristal 2008 450 9014 Louis Roederer Cristal 1989 970 2851 Ruinart Blanc de Blancs (Half Bottle) NV 75 6084 Ruinart Blanc de Blancs (1.5L) NV 360 3 Champagne Cuvée 5548 Béreche & Fils Le Cran 2012 200 5513 Béreche & Fils Mailly 2013 250 2855 La Caravelle Cuvée Nina (Half Bottle) NV 35 5521 Alexandre Filaine Cuvée Speciale NV 125 3010 Frerejean Frères Ridington Selection NV 90 2900 Frerejean Frères Cuvée De Hussards 2012 140 9061 David Léclapart Aphrodisiaque 2012 490 3030 Mouzon Leroux L'Atavique NV 80 6114 Minière F&R Influence NV 110 6078 Pierre Paillard Les Parcelles XII NV 90 3120 Savart Le Mont Benoit 2015 185 Blanc de Noirs 9004 Chartogne-Taillet Extra Brut Les Alliées 2013 210 5178 David Léclapart L'Astre 2013 275 6065 Moussé Fils L'Or d'Eugene NV 85 5058 Savart Les Noues 2015 160 5082 Guillaume Sergent Le Chemin des Chappes NV 90 6054 Ulysse Collin Les Maillons 2016 170 4 Champagne Blanc de Blancs 3115 Pierre Callot Les Avats 2009 110 5204 Doyard Cuvée Vendémiaire NV 70 6039 Fallet-Prevostat NV 155 5186 Serge Gallois NV 70 6049 Pierre Gimonnet (1.5L) 1989 560 5029 J.L. Vergnon Murmure NV 80 6098 Georges Laval Les Chênes 2015 245 6004 David Léclapart L'Apôtre 2010 210 6005 A. Margaine Special Club 2013 150 5070 Robert Moncuit Les Chétillons 2015 230 5130 Robert Moncuit Les Grands Blanc NV 75 5390 Clement Perseval 2016 100 9000 Pierre Peters L'Etonnat Monsieur Victor MK.11 NV 400 6013 Pierre Peters Les Chétillons 2013 260 6092 Adrien Renoir Les Montants 2015 160 2987 Ulysse Collin Extra Brut Les Pierrières 2015 190 5065 Varnier-Fanniere Cuvée Saint Denis NV 115 9066 Vouette & Sorbée Extra Brut Blanc D'Argile (1.5L) 2015 330 5 Sparkling Wine England 2320 Hattingley Valley Rosé, Hampshire 2014 85 France 5255 Arnaud Lambert Crémant de Loire Rosé NV 75 Germany 6086 Immich-Batterieberg Riesling Jour Fixe, Mosel 2015 75 Spain 5079 Recaredo Brut Nature Gran Reserva Intens Rosat, Penedès 2014 85 Australia 5535 Moondarra Cuvée Maree, Geelong NV 45 3090 Pipers Brook Ninth Island, Tasmania NV 50 5010 Clover Hill, Tasmania 2013 75 New Zealand 5543 Nautilus, Marlborough NV 65 United States: California & Oregon 5474 Eyrie Rosé Spark, Dundee Hills NV 85 5201 Maitre de Chai Chenin Blanc, Clarksburg NV 85 5567 Scar of the Sea Solera Ancestrale, Santa Maria Valley NV 70 6125 Scar of the Sea Rosé Topotero, San Luis Obispo (1.5L) NV 130 9067 Schramsberg J Schram - Late Disgorged, North Coast 2007 170 5175 Under the Wire Alder Springs, Mendocino 2015 110 6 France - Loire Valley Pays Nantais 5051 Domaine de L'Ecu Granite Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine 2018 55 Anjou 5249 Stephane Bernaudeau Les Ongles 2017 135 5275 Thibaud Boudignon 2019 90 5471 Bruno Ciofi Tous Les Ch'nins Menent à Rome 2017 75 5032 Clos de l'Élu Chenin Blanc Ephata 2016 135 5468 Domaine Les Grandes Vignes La Varenne de Combre 2014 95 2614 Chateau de Bonnezeaux Vieille Vigne du Fief Prevost 2017 125 5587 La Porte Saint Jean La Perlee 2018 115 Saumur 1366 Clos de l'Ecotard 2017 90 5207 Collier La Charpentrie 2015 165 5337 Guiberteau Clos des Guichaux 2016 125 5576 Guiberteau Clos des Guichaux 2015 140 1141 Guiberteau Brézé 2015 155 5242 Arnaud Lambert Clos de Midi 2019 65 5430 Brendan Stater-West Les Champudaises 2017 95 Vouvray 5231 Huet Sec Clos du Bourg 2018 95 5226 Huet Demi-Sec Le Haut Lieu 2018 90 2156 Huet Demi-Sec Le Mont 2018 100 5360 Huet Moelleux Le Haut Lieu 2018 105 5527 Huet Moelleux Clos du Bourg 1er Trie 2018 160 5404 Huet Moelleux Le Mont 1er Trie 2018 165 7 France - Loire Valley, Alsace, Burgundy Sancerre 2103 François Cotat Le Mont Damnés 2018 150 5236 François Cotat Les Culs de Beaujeau 2018 140 5488 Pierre Martin Chavignol 2020 75 5437 Domaine Vacheron Les Chambrates 2018 150 5037 Domaine Vacheron Guignes Chevres 2017 165 5319 Domaine Vacheron Le Pave 2016 285 5135 Domaine Vacheron l'Enclos 2017 290 Alsace 5126 Albert Boxler Riesling Sommerberg Grand Cru 2017 165 5035 Albert Boxler Riesling Brand Grand Cru 2017 155 2995 Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste Hune 2009 540 Vin de France, Coteaux Champenois, & Cote de Nuits 5481 Bérêche & Fils Coteaux Champenois Vignes de Saint Jean 2016 190 Clotilde Davenne Saint-Bris 2018 70 1570 Didier Fornerol Côte de Nuits-Villages 2017 95 Bourgogne Blanc 5595 Simon Bize Les Champlains 2017 85 2200 Boisson-Vadot 2017 110 2469 Philippe Colin Prince de Pierres 2017 60 5486 Arnaud Ente Bourgogne Aligoté 2017 200 5210 Arnaud Ente 2017 290 2494 Domaine Leflaive 2017 190 5491 Paul Pillot Bourgogne Aligoté 2019 75 1327 Paul Pillot 2019 95 5505 Emmanuel Rouget Hautes-Côtes de Beaune 2019 130 5434 Domaine Roulot 2017 115 8 France - Burgundy Chablis 5487 Jean-Claude Bessin Vielles Vignes 2016 80 2350 Daniel-Etienne Defaix 1er Cru Vaillons 2006 135 5080 Alice et Olivier De Moor L'Humeur du Temps 2019 105 5093 Alice et Olivier De Moor 1er Cru Mont de Milieu 2018 180 1537 Moreau-Naudet 1er Cru Montmains 2018 135 2834 Moreau-Naudet 1er Cru Vaillons (half-bottle) 2017 70 5483 Pattes Loup Vent d'Ange 2018 105 2165 Pattes Loup 1er Cru Butteaux 2016 200 1663 Eleni et Edouard Vocoret Les Bas de Chapelot 2018 90 Meursault 5252 Robert Ampeau 1997 180 5007 Robert Ampeau 1er Cru Perrières 1997 275 5401 Bachelet-Monnot Clos du Cromin 2017 175 2491 Ballot-Millot 2017 155 5344 Ballot-Millot Les Narvaux 2017 175 5069 Ballot-Millot 1er Cru Charmes 2017 250 5477 Bernard Millot Les Vireuils 2017 135 2698 Boisson-Vadot Les Chevalières 2015 525 5062 Raymond Dupont-Fahn Les Clous 2017 130 2837 Fichet (half-bottle) 2019 110 3070 Fichet 2017 185 2713 Fichet Le Tesson 2017 240 5270 Benjamin Leroux Les Narvaux 2011 225 1225 Domaine Roulot 2017 330 5517 Domaine Roulot Meix Chavaux 2011 570 3005 Domaine Roulot 1er Cru Clos de Bouchères 2016 660 1985 Domaine Roulot 1er Cru Clos des Bouchères 2015 625 5203 Domaine Roulot 1er Cru Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir 2000 595 9 France - Burgundy Aloxe-Corton and Pernand-Vergelesses 1973 Genot-Boulanger Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru 2016 450 2771 Clos de la Chapelle Corton-Charlemagne (half-bottle) 2015 210 2695 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Pernand Belles Filles 2017 140 1017 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru 2016 600 Puligny-Montrachet 1519 Bachelet-Monnot 2018 170 3040 JL & F Chavy 1er Cru Les Perrières 2015 235 5183 Dujac 1er Cru Folatières 2017 390 5291 Raymond Dupont-Fahn Folatières 2017 190 5580 Benoit Ente 1er Cru La Truffière 2016 315 1180 Genot-Boulanger 1er Cru Folatières 2016 280 5424 Genot-Boulanger Les Nosroyes 2018 195 1264 Domaine Leflaive 2017 330 5480 Domaine Leflaive Les Pucelles 2017 755 5198 Terre de Velle 2016 155 Chassagne-Montrachet 2239 Fichet 2017 155 5332 Hubert Lamy 1er Cru Les Chaumées 2012 275 3025 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey 1er Cru Abbaye de Morgeot 2016 345 2470 Caroline Morey 1er Cru Les Vergers 2017 280 1977 Paul Pillot 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jean 2017 210 5216 Terre de Velle La Platiere 2016 165 10 France - Burgundy Cote de Beaune 1855 Boisson-Vadot Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru Reugne 2016 185 5096 Raymond Dupont-Fahn Auxey-Duresses Les Vireux 2017 90 5284 Genot-Boulanger Savigny-Lès-Beaune 1er Cru Vergelesses 2016 150 5392 Chanterêves Saint-Romain La Combe Bazin 2016 125 1018 Domaine Fichet Auxey-Duresses 2017 95 5303 Hubert Lamy Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly 2012 210 1343 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Chatenière 2017 185 2662 Paul Pillot Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Le Charmois 2017 145 Chalonnaise 5501 Vincent Dureuil-Janthial Rully 2016 75 5192 Paul et Marie
Load more

Recommended publications
  • SUCCOTASH Prime Dessert
    PRIME PRIME SWEETS SWEETS CHOCOLATE BOURBON PECAN PIE $9 CHOCOLATE BOURBON PECAN PIE $9 Orange Whipped Cream, Flowers Orange Whipped Cream, Flowers CHOCOLATE GANACHE “WAFFLE” $10 CHOCOLATE GANACHE “WAFFLE” $10 Bananas, Old Bay Marshmallow Fluff, Ginger Snap Crumbs Bananas, Old Bay Marshmallow Fluff, Ginger Snap Crumbs YUZU CHEESECAKE $9 YUZU CHEESECAKE $9 Blackberries, Miso Caramel, Peanut Crunch Blackberries, Miso Caramel, Peanut Crunch MINT JULEP ICE CREAM $7 MINT JULEP ICE CREAM $7 Smoked Sugar, Bourbon Syrup, Tea Cookie Smoked Sugar, Bourbon Syrup, Tea Cookie HUMMINGBIRD CAKE $13 HUMMINGBIRD CAKE $13 COCKTAIL COCKTAIL COFFEE & CIGARETTES $22 COFFEE & CIGARETTES $22 SUCCOTASH-Maker’s Mark Private Select Bourbon, St. George Coffee Liqueur, SUCCOTASH-Maker’s Mark Private Select Bourbon, St. George Coffee Liqueur, Carpano Antica, Amaro, Havana&Hide Bitters Carpano Antica, Amaro, Havana&Hide Bitters BOURBON BOURBON ANGEL’S ENVY $16 ANGEL’S ENVY $16 COLONEL E.H. TAYLOR SMALL BATCH $20 COLONEL E.H. TAYLOR SMALL BATCH $20 ELMER T. LEE $32 ELMER T. LEE $32 GEORGE T. STAGG $90 GEORGE T. STAGG $90 HIGH WIRE MADEIRA FINISH $18 HIGH WIRE MADEIRA FINISH $18 W.L. WELLER SPECIAL RESERVE $20 W.L. WELLER SPECIAL RESERVE $20 WOODFORD RESERVE DOUBLE OAKED $16 WOODFORD RESERVE DOUBLE OAKED $16 Vegan Vegetarian Gluten-Free Vegan Vegetarian Gluten-Free *Food items are cooked to order or served raw. Consuming raw or undercooked meat, seafood or eggs may increase risk of foodborne illness. *Food items are cooked to order or served raw. Consuming raw or undercooked meat, seafood or eggs may increase risk of foodborne illness. Please, no more than four credit cards per table.
    [Show full text]
  • Protecting South Australia from the Phylloxera Threat
    The Phylloxera Fight Protecting South Australia from the phylloxera threat Wally Boehm Winetitles Adelaide 1996 in association with The Phylloxera and Grape Industry Board of South Australia First published in 1996 by Winetitles PO Box 1140 Marleston SA 5033 A USTR A LI A in association with The Phylloxera and Grape Industry Board of South Australia 25 Grenfell Street, Adelaide South Australia 5000 © Copyright 1996 Wally Boehm and The Phylloxera and Grape Industry Board of South Australia All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied or reproduced by any means without the written permission of the publisher. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Boehm, E.W. (Ernest Walter). The phylloxera fight: protecting South Australia from the phylloxera threat. Includes index. ISBN 1 875130 21 7 1. Phylloxera – South Australia. 2. Grapes – Diseases and pests – South Australia. 3. Grapes – Diseases and pests – Control – South Australia. I. South Australia. Phylloxera and Grape Industry Board. II. Title 634.82752099423 Design and typesetting Michael Deves Printed and bound by Hyde Park Press CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 The Dread of Phylloxera 1 CHAPTER 2 Phylloxera in Australia 13 CHAPTER 3 Phylloxera Legislation 34 CHAPTER 4 Rootstocks and Virus 45 CHAPTER 5 Nurseries and New Varieties 53 CHAPTER 6 Biotypes 58 CHAPTER 7 Vine Introduction Procedure 62 APPENDIX 1 The Phylloxera and Grape Industry Act 1994 71 APPENDIX 2 Vine Variety Introductions to South Australia 75 INDEX 90 Record of Board Membership Chairmen District 2 O.B. SEPPELT 1926–1933 O.B. Seppelt 1926–1933 Keith Leon RAINSFORD 1933–1944 Friedrich William Gursansky 1933–1955 Frederick Walter KAY 1944–1947 O.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Wine-List.Pdf
    “If one glass of wine is good for you, just imagine what a WHOLE BOTTLE could do!” Wine Director Casper Rice CORKAGE POLICY We allow two 750ml bottles max per table of any wine not represented on our wine list Monday-Thursday at a service of $50 per bottle. Table of Contents Wines by the Glass..................................................................................................................3 Off the Beaten Path.................................................................................................................4 Dry Sherries by the Glass for Tapas....................................................................................... 5 Cocktails...................................................................................................................................6 Half Bottles.............................................................................................................................. 8 Large Format............................................................................................................................9 Sparkling Wines.....................................................................................................................10 White Wines From the Isles and Castilla y Leon................................................................ 11 White Wines from Galicia and Txacoli............................................................................... 12 White Wines from La Rioja and Catalonia.........................................................................13
    [Show full text]
  • To the Gold Coast for Gold
    TO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLD A PERSONAL NARRATIVE VOL. I. BY RICHARD F. BURTON PREFACE. The following extract from 'Wanderings in West Africa,' a book which I wrote in 1862 and published (anonymously) in 1863, will best explain the reasons which lately sent me to Western Africa:— In several countries, for instance, Dinkira, Tueful, Wásá (Wassaw), and especially Akim, the hill-region lying north of Accra, the people are still active in digging gold. The pits, varying from two to three feet in diameter, and from twelve to fifty deep (eighty feet is the extreme), are often so near the roads that loss of life has been the result. 'Shoring up' being little known, the miners are not unfrequently buried alive. The stuff is drawn up by ropes in clay pots, or calabashes, and thus a workman at the bottom widens the pit to a pyriform shape; tunnelling, however, is unknown. The excavated earth is carried down to be washed. Besides sinking these holes, they pan in the beds of rivers, and in places collect quartz, which is roughly pounded. They (the natives) often refuse to dig deeper than the chin, for fear of the earth 'caving in;' and, quartz-crushing and the use of quicksilver being unknown, they will not wash unless the gold 'show colour' to the naked eye. As we advance northwards from the Gold Coast the yield becomes richer…. It is becoming evident that Africa will one day equal half-a-dozen Californias…. Will our grandsons believe in these times … that this Ophir—that this California, where every river is a Tmolus and a Pactolus, every hillock is a gold-field—does not contain a cradle, a puddling-machine, a quartz-crusher, a pound of mercury? That half the washings are wasted because quicksilver is unknown? That whilst convict labour is attainable, not a company has been formed, not a surveyor has been sent out? I exclaim with Dominie Sampson—'Pro-di-gious!' Western Africa was the first field that supplied the precious metal to mediaeval Europe.
    [Show full text]
  • B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 753/2002 Of
    2002R0753 — EN — 01.04.2007 — 009.001 — 1 This document is meant purely as a documentation tool and the institutions do not assume any liability for its contents ►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 753/2002 of 29 April 2002 laying down certain rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain wine sector products (OJ L 118, 4.5.2002, p. 1) Amended by: Official Journal No page date ►M1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2086/2002 of 25 November 2002 L 321 8 26.11.2002 ►M2 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2003 of 4 July 2003 L 168 13 5.7.2003 ►M3 Commission Regulation (EC) No 316/2004 of 20 February 2004 L 55 16 24.2.2004 ►M4 Commission Regulation (EC) No 908/2004 of 29 April 2004 L 163 56 30.4.2004 ►M5 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/2004 of 9 August 2004 L 263 11 10.8.2004 ►M6 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1991/2004 of 19 November 2004 L 344 9 20.11.2004 ►M7 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1512/2005 of 15 September 2005 L 241 15 17.9.2005 ►M8 Commission Regulation (EC) No 261/2006 of 15 February 2006 L 46 18 16.2.2006 ►M9 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1507/2006 of 11 October 2006 L 280 9 12.10.2006 ►M10 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1951/2006 of 21 December 2006 L 367 46 22.12.2006 ►M11 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2016/2006 of 19 December 2006 L 384 38 29.12.2006 ►M12 Commission Regulation (EC) No 382/2007 of 4 April 2007 L 95 12 5.4.2007 Amended by: ►A1 Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the L 236 33 23.9.2003 Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded Corrected by: ►C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 272, 23.10.2003, p.
    [Show full text]
  • Jancis Robinson
    The Great Island Madeira Tasting 5 May 2010 by Jancis Robinson These pictures show just part of the archive of sales ledgers bequeathed to the Madeira Wine Company by Noel Cossart, author of one of the most authoritative books on the wine (along with Alex Liddell's more recent work). They date from 1774, 21 years before the oldest wine we tasted was made, and seem to me to illustrate most appropriately the historic nature of this extraordinary drink. The notes below on 43 of the finest madeiras back to 1795 were taken at an extraordinary tasting on the island last week described in The miracle of madeira and What a tasting! The notes are presented in the order the wines were served, which was dictated strictly by age rather than sweetness level. In fact one of the more extraordinary things about these wines was how few of them tasted particularly sweet. Presumably the explanation lies in these wines' exceptionally high levels of acidity. Most of the wines were labelled with the names of the four best-known classic grapes of Madeira - Sercial, Verdelho, Boal and Malvasia - but we also tasted four Terrantez, which demonstrated just how very firm and long-lived wines made from this variety are, and a Bastardo. One of the younger Blandys is planting Terrantez once more. Barbeito made a few hundred litres of Bastardo in 2007 but in 2008 yields were almost non existent. 'I'm learning', said Ricardo Diogo Freitas. 'At the beginning, everything is bad with Bastardo.' My suggested drinking dates are even more speculative than usual in these tasting notes, not least because madeira lasts so many decades, and many of the wines are just so old.
    [Show full text]
  • The World of Fine Wine – Pico the Azores, Volcanic Wines in the Midst
    feature / vin voyage / Azores PICO, THE AZORES: VOLCANIC WINES IN THE MIDST OF WAVES Planted on stone terraces in black basalt lava fields in the shadow of an active volcano and surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the vineyards of Pico are among the world’s most dramatic. Sarah Ahmed tavels to the Azorean island to meet the new wave of producers who have revived this magical terroir to make some of Portugal’s most distinctive wines s there a more dramatic backdrop for vineyards than And because Horta was “the only good port in all the Azores” Montanha do Pico? Standing, wrote Herman Melville, (Charles Augustus Murray, Travels in North America, 1839), “unassaultable in the midst of waves,” this imposing, they also monopolized a flourishing trade with America, conical volcano—at 8,304ft (2,531m) Portugal’s highest Brazil, Western Indies, Germany, England, and Russia, where, mountain—dominates the 30-mile- (48km-) long after the revolution of 1917, bottles of “Verdelho do Pico” were IAzorean island that takes its name. Pico’s vineyards are truly found in the czar’s cellars. Impressed with both quantity and between the devil and the deep blue sea: Montanha do Pico quality, Murray, a British author and diplomat wrote, “[T]he and the Atlantic Ocean, whose abundant sperm whales Island of Pico, in the vicinity of Fayal [today spelled Faial], brought Captain Ahab of Moby Dick fame to its rocky shores. produces yearly from 16 to 24000 pipes of a white wine of a But as a new era of contemporary wines confirms, there remarkable salubrious quality, something between Madeira was method in the apparent madness of planting the island’s and Hock: a little of it has been sent to England, where it was black basalt lava fields (lajidos) to thousands of small, so much admired, that orders were immediately given for contiguous, dry-stone-walled vineyard plots (currais).
    [Show full text]
  • The Wine Century Club 0
    The Wine Century Club APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP AT S RE EA First Name: Middle Name: G L E O H F Last Name: Email: T EST 2005 Address: T VENI VICI H E B Address 2: W U VINO L IN C E Y CENTUR City: State/Province: Zip: Country: grape count: Instructions: Check the box next to each grape variety you have tasted. For varieties not listed here, use the blank spaces at the bottom of each section. Grape varieties that you've tried only in blends with other varieties are permitted. Wine Name, Produder, Region & Vintage are optional (but required if you’re going for trebble membership or higher). If you have at least 100 varieties checked, email this form to [email protected] or upload it at www.winecentury.com/upload. Please note that the application is entirely on the honor system; should you lie, may the wrath of Bacchus curse your palate! WHITE GRAPES Wine Name, Winemaker, Region & Vintage (Optional) Airén Albariño Albarola Aligoté Arinto Arneis Arvine Asprinio Bianco Assyrtiko Auxerrois Avesso Bacchus Bellone Biancolella Bical Blanc de Morgex Bombino Bianco Bornova Misketi WHITE GRAPES Wine Name, Winemaker, Region & Vintage (Optional) Bosco Bourboulenc Bual Bukettraube Carricante Catarratto Chardonnay Chasselas Chenin Blanc Clairette Cococciola Coda di Volpe Colombard Cortese Cserzegi Fuszeres Delaware Emir Erbaluce Falanghina Favorita Feteasca Alba Fiano Folle Blanc Forastera Fruilano Furmint Garganega Gewürztraminer Godello Gouais blanc Grechetto Greco The Wine Century Club APPLICATION PAGE 2 WHITE GRAPES Wine Name, Winemaker, Region
    [Show full text]
  • Classification of Boal, Malvazia, Sercial and Verdelho Wines Based on Terpenoid Patterns Food Chemistry
    Food Chemistry Food Chemistry 101 (2007) 475–484 www.elsevier.com/locate/foodchem Classification of Boal, Malvazia, Sercial and Verdelho wines based on terpenoid patterns Jose´ Sousa Caˆmara a,*, Maria Arminda Alves b, Jose´ Carlos Marques a a Madeira Chemistry Research Center, Depto. de Quı´mica da Universidade da Madeira, Campus Universita´rio da Penteada, 9000-390 Funchal, Portugal b Depto. de Enga Quı´mica, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal Received 2 January 2006; received in revised form 30 January 2006; accepted 6 February 2006 Abstract Thirty-six Madeira wine samples from Boal, Malvazia, Sercial and Verdelho white grape varieties were analyzed in order to estimate the free fraction of monoterpenols and C13 norisoprenoids (terpenoid compounds) using dynamic headspace solid phase micro-extrac- tion (HS-SPME) technique coupled with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). The average values from three vintages (1998–2000) show that these wines have characteristic profiles of terpenoid compounds. Malvazia wines exhibits the highest values of total free monoterpenols, contrary to Verdelho wines which had the lowest levels of terpenoids but produced the highest concentration of farnesol. The use of multivariate analysis techniques allows establishing relations between the compounds and the varieties under investigation. Principal component analysis (PCA) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) were applied to the obtained matrix data. A good separation and classification power between the four groups as a function of their varietal origin was observed. Ó 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Free terpenoids; Headspace analysis; Solid-phase micro-extraction; Multivariate analysis 1.
    [Show full text]
  • 9, 2017 at Mount Snow Grand Summit Hotel in West Dover, Vermont 2,497
    2,497 Total Entries Judged April 7 - 9, 2017 at Mount Snow Grand Summit Hotel in West Dover, Vermont 2,497....................total entries 50 different categories and included an astonishing array of vari- etals and wine styles. New this year was the addition of the Apple 506.......................wine flights Hard Cider and Perry category to meet demand from hobbyists. Kit 759............. total judging hours wines competed alongside fresh-grape entries in this blind tasting. Entries were awarded gold, silver, bronze and best of show medals 50................... American states based on the average score given by the judging panel. The Grand 6............... Canadian provinces Champion Wine award was the top overall scoring wine across all categories and is being renamed this year the “Gene Spaziani Grand 7............................. Countries Champion Wine” in recognition of our longtime judging director. The Club of the Year was given to the club whose members won the most medals and the Retailer of the Year and U-Vint of the rom April 7 to 9, 2017, a total of 2,497 different wines were Year awards were given to the winemaking supply stores whose judged at the Grand Summit Hotel and Conference Center at customers outperformed other similar shops. Finally the Winemaker Mount Snow Resort in West Dover, Vermont. This year’s of the Year award was given to the individual entrant who has the f competition was again the largest wine competition highest average score across their top 5 scoring wines in the com- of its kind in the world. The 2,497 entries arrived from hobby petition.
    [Show full text]
  • Blandy's 10 Year Old Verdelho Is Fined and Does Not Require PROVENANCE Decanting
    10 YEAR OLD VERDELHO THE FAMILY The Blandy’s family is unique for being the only family of all the original founders of the Madeira wine trade to still own and manage their original wine company. The family has played a leading role in the development of Madeira wine since the early nineteenth century. Blandy’s Madeira remains totally dedicated to the traditions, care, and craftsmanship of Madeira Wine for over 200 years. THE WINEMAKING Blandy’s 10 year old Verdelho is a blend of wines with an average of 10 years in seasoned American oak casks. The wines were aged at the family’s Lodge in Funchal in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the wine is gradually transferred from the higher floors where the temperatures are higher, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where temperatures are cooler. The process of transferring the barrels is absolutely critical to ensure the right balance of ullage and concentration. All through the ageing process, the primary fruit flavours of the wine are gently transformed into tertiary dried fruit notes that produce unique Madeira hallmark bouquet. This wine was regularly racked during this ageing process and was fined before bottling. TASTING NOTE A delightful, resinous bouquet with touches of mahogany bureau and hazelnut. The palate is crisp and taut on the entry, with vibrant acidity, and demonstrates more depth and chutzpah than its counterpart Sercial. The finish is focused with a subtle smoky note lingering after the wine has departed. WINEMAKER STORAGE & SERVING Francisco Albuquerque Blandy's 10 year old Verdelho is fined and does not require PROVENANCE decanting.
    [Show full text]
  • Radford Dale Range Tech Sheets
    Winery: The Winery of Good Hope Wine: Radford Dale Thirst Clairette Blanche Chenin Blanc Verdelho Vintage: 2015 Appellation: Stellenbosch Winemaker/Winegrower: Team effort Harvest Notes: The Chenin Blanc comes from Bush vines grown high up on an East facing slope with sandy, crunchy, decomposed granite soils. In this vineyard, there is no irrigation and the canopies are small so the fruit is exposed to the direct sunlight. The skins of the grapes are therefore phenolically ripe which add texture to this blend. Clairette Blanche comes from old vines of unknown age. They are planted on gravelly, decomposed granite soils with almost no clay. The vines have a sprawling growth pattern trained on low, single wire trellising. The grapes are picked early to retain natural freshness for the blend. The Verdelho comes from trellised vines with a more upright canopy on gravel and Koffieklip soil. Cellar & Blending Notes: Both the Chenin Blanc and Clairette Blanche were macerated on the skins to add depth and texture 4 days each prior to fermentation. Just as fermentation started spontaneously, the skins and juice were separated into old, neutral French oak barrels. We whole bunch pressed the Verdelho in an old traditional wooden basket press to obtain all natural acidity. Typically, Verdelho adds a high degree of acidity to a blend such as this. Tasting Notes: Thirst Clairette Blanche Chenin Blanc Verdelho is an unusual blend that explores how saltiness and acidity can enhance the overall freshness of a wine. Extended skin maceration before fermentation has added complexity. It has distinct minerality with lashings of green and stone fruits.
    [Show full text]