Steve Elder

Osborne Pedro Ximenez 1827, Dop

Paul Cluver Estate Pinot Noir 2017, Wo, South Africa

Bodegas Y Viñedos Alion 2006

Second tasting Mar 2019: A completely different experience. Pitch perfect fruit, with excellent floral and mineral complexity. On the oak-y side, but to be expected. Long and satisfying finish. Suspect that they first bottle might have had cork taint, or really just was in a dumb period.
This was a disappointment. Maybe I approached it too early. Maybe it's in a "dumb" period. Perhaps this was a bottle with mild taint. But whatever the reason, it simply didn't provide much of anything. Dull fruit, dull mouth feel, unexceptional finish.

Lustau East India Solera Sherry, Do Jerez (500ml)

This remains an excellent PX sherry, full of fig and walnut notes, certainly sweet but with acidity to balance. Tops the charts on the umami scale.

Kacaba Cabernet Franc 2013, VQA Niagara Escarpment

Very impressed. Fine ripe cab franc with a lot of complex mineral flavours.

Muddy Water Pinot Noir 2018, Waipara, South Island

Reichsgraf Von Kesselstatt Nies'chen Riesling Kabinett 2006, Pradikätswein

Osborne Bailen Dry Oloroso Sherry, Do Jerez Xérèz Sherry

Clos Du Marquis 2000, Ac St Julien, 2nd Wine Of Château Léoville Las Cases

Dalva Colheita Port 1995, Bottled 2020, Doc, Portugal