2002 Pol Roger Extra Cuvee de Reserve
Since 1849 Pol Roger has been making some of Champagne’s finest wines and is now one of the premier Grande Marques. Golden colour with lively mousse. The nose is a lovely combination of warm bread dough backed up with notes of lemon zest and slight floral tones. The palate is wonderfully smooth and rich with a slight honey character to provide a counter-point to the lemon and grapefruit notes. This is a significant step above their NV Brut and well worth the relatively small premium in price. 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay from Montaigne de Reims and Cote de Blancs.
Excellent+ – $102 tax-in at BC Liquor Stores
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2012 Audrey et Christian Binner Riesling Vignoble D’Ammerschwihr
Deep gold in colour, the nose immediately reveals notes of apple and petrol with a hint of lime and honey. Full bodied for a Riesling, it has a nice round mouth feel balanced with enough acidity so as not to taste flabby. Not a particularly long finish but a very enjoyable wine.
Very Good +
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Trotanoy (pronounced trot-an-wah) sits atop the plateau in Pomerol, the small appellation of Bordeaux’s Right Bank, known for making tiny quantities of Bordeaux’s finest (and often, most expensive) red wines. Like its neighbours, Petrus, Lafleur and Le Pin, it makes stunningly rich and complex wines that will age for an eternity and are extremely difficult to acquire.
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2007 Le Vieux Donjon Chateauneuf-du-Pape
A big, bold wine with lots of dark red fruits, black pepper and earth on the nose. Dark red in colour, it was full-bodied and smooth, intense but very well balanced with a lovely long finish.
Excellent+
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2002 Jacquesson & Fils Champagne Millésimé
Wow. Our expectations were high and the 2002 Jacquesson did not disappoint. At 57% Pinot Noir and 43% Chardonnay (disgorged in December 2011), it showed classic autolytic notes of brioche and yeast supported with notes of apple, pear and almond. Although rich and creamy in texture it was still quite delicate likely owing to the low dosage of 3.5g/l. Medium in body with a lovely acidity this is a wonderfully balanced Champagne that is ready to drink!
Extraordinary
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2002 Pol Roger Extra Cuvee de Reserve
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