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Osborne Pedro Ximenez 1827, Dop

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.

Dalva Colheita Port 1995, Bottled 2020, Doc, Portugal

Domaine Bouchard Père & Fils Meursault Genevrières Premier Cru 2006

Attractive golden colour at this point. Full, vibrant nose suggestive of appricots, underpinned by butter, almost caramel notes. Still suprisingly tarte and youthful on the palate, full bodied and very long. I would say this is still not at prime drinking stage, and will improve further. A wine that shows its best with food.

Montes Purple Angel 2007

Sat on this for a few years to see what would emerge -- very impressive wine with depth, complexity and a finesse I did not expect. Still very deep ruby, and nose very ripe. Full bodied, with the tannins ripe and nice use of oak. The only thing I'd say is that I would not have guessed this as carménère -- I amost missed the green flavours.

One last note: absurdly heavy bottle. Actually weighed it -- over 1 kg! More than double a standard bottle. To me, has the opposite effect of that intended: makes me less likely to buy again.

Domaine Taupenot Merme Bel Air Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru 2007, Ac

Domaine Terlato & Chapoutier Lieu Dit Malakoff Shiraz 2010, Pyrenees

Wow! This really is "France meets Australia." Tremendous depth and complexity matched with perfect fruit. Easy to overlook this, except that you keep on noticing how delicious it is. Not exactly bargain basemet price, but stacked against a Hermitage it is!

Manzone Gramolere Barolo 2007, Docg

Excellent blend of traditional and modern styles with earthy complexity and vibrant fruit flavours.
Second bottle Oct 2018: Aging gracefully, but a bit shyer. Needed some time to open up (didn't decant, and should have). All dried flowers and gentle tannins at this stage; could hold a few years more I'm sure.

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.

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