Wine of the Day

Comprised of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and a pinch of Pinot Meunier, the fruit is very citrus, particularly grapefruit, and with lots of lift. Good intensity and persistence.  Aged in the bottle on its lees for 3 years, the same minimum period for vintage Champagne. This English Sparkling is from Hampshire …

Dominic Symington, Director, Symington Family Estates, with three of their Single Harvest tawnies. The wines are also used for blending into their other tawnies, including 40-Year-Old. As for Single Harvest, they are bottled individually by cask, each of which yield around 650 bottles. There were two casks of 1940 Single …

Japan’s most widely-planted red is a hyrbid of vinifera Muscat Hamburg and labrusca Bailey. It was bred specifically for the country and is resistant to disease.It buds late and is able to avoid spring frost and ripens early and easily. One of the off-putting aromasof many a Muscat Bailey A …

I tasted this, and then ordered the entire bottle, last Wednesday at dinner in Duddell’s in Central in Hong Kong. It is one of the best Provencal rosés I’ve had. Make that one of the best rosés ever! Elegant fruit, pin-point harmony, and finesse. Over the weekend, I Googled “Triennes” …

Owned by DBR or Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) since 1990, the family regard 1995, 1996, 2000 and especially 2005 as the very best vintages in their first 15 years of ownership. This Pomerol is magnificently youthful, the sweetness of fruit still very primary, showing figs and hints of a …

This is the greatest of the trio of vintages that began in 1988, 1989, and rounded up at 1990. The oldest was lean and green in its first decade and – although remaining light –  many 1988s are rounding up very nicely now and deliciously fresh. The middle vintage, 1989, …

Emmanuel Reynaud – who took over Chateau Rayas after his uncle Jacques Reynaud – died is the owner of this outstanding estate. It is one of the fruitiest and best Cotes du Rhone money can buy. To say that it approaches the quality of a Chateauneuf-du-Pape will not be an overstatement. …

This Pauillac Fifth Growth was purchased in 1942 by the Quie family, owner also of Haut-Medoc Cru Bourgeois Chateau Bel Orme Tronquoy de Lalande, and Margaux Second Growth Chateau Rauzan-Gassies. The 30 hectares are planted to 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc. The soil is mostly gravel …

Even though 2006 is not considered a great vintage, decant this 45 to 60 minutes to ensure the red dazzles with its perfume of camphor/sandalwood, ripe capsicum, blue fruit, smoky notes, and hint of mint. Medium-plus-ish in body, harmonious, and deliciouslyfresh. The 67-hectare red vineyard is plantedto 55% cabernet sauvignon, …

Hailed as one of the great vintages of its time, 1970 was more successful in Pomerol and the Right Bank than in the Médoc. All the wines have reached their maturity and will not improved further. If anything, they should be opened and shared around the table. Which was what …