I actually left this bottle at my parents’ some five years ago.
So, as I scavenged their fridge this evening and found the guy squeezed behind a six-pack of Pacifico, was completely surprised, elated, and slightly disappointed that they hadn’t opened it yet.
1990 Bonneau du Martray, Corton-Charlemagne (Grand Cru - as if I needed to say)
It was on the turn when I left it chez eux those few years back…so was forced to do the correct thing and open it up tout de suite!
Well I must say, there is a reason why Grand Crus are classified as such…despite the age (and maderization) this wine was showing lots and lots of fruit, mostly of the big pip variety, the likes of apricots and peaches…also some honeycomb and a nice creamy hint of oak. The palate was slightly sweet too.
All this and it’s a twenty year old half bottle!
Just for good measure I cracked open Michael Broadbent’s Vintage Wine (if you don’t have a copy, you must get one now) to compare tasting notes…and glad to see a likeness in our perception.
Michael Broadbent's 1990 White Burgundy entry from Vintage Wine (2002, pg 289)
Regardless of what either of us said this wine was very much an amazing treat…
Pretty good post. I seriously like that
Hi Louis,
I just checked out your blog based on No Limit exchange on Facebook. I enjoyed reading your posts. We use WP for our blog too and would encourage you to install some “share” buttons so it is easy for folks to share via email, Facebook or Twitter. We’ve tried a few options for our blog and the Share This plug in works well (you can see them on the blog). There are bunch of other options too. I was looking for them to share your wonderful blog with my hubby!
It’s fun reading a wine blog about local wines. Welcome back to SB.
Cheers!
Dina
Thanks for looking me up Dina and the ‘share me’ advice…I shall look into it.
Actually I haven’t updated the ole blog for awhile now, so maybe a new post is in order.
Basically, need to get out there and try more wine!!
following on from Dina, I had the same need, look for addthis.com as well it’s easy to implement it. There’s wordpress options for it.
Consider me shared!!