Archive for May 23rd, 2007

A Tasmanian Devil From the President’s Cellar

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Although I generally disapprove of pre-selected cases, I do subscribe to the President’s Cellar from Sunday Times Wine Club which pings me 6 bottles every 6 months at about £20 per bottle.

It does force me to explore wines that I would not otherwise choose and you probably know that I am not the greatest fan of Australian wine.

This bottle of Tamar Ridge Pinot Noir 2002 came to me a few years ago from Tasmania, via the President’s Cellar and was getting to drinking up time.  So I opened it.

Blockbusting Tamar Ridge….and a Gaggia coffee machine (for some reason)

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2005 a Desert Odyssey

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Just another quick review from my Wine Society 2005 Bordeaux and this time it’s Ch. Moulin du Barrail, Bordeaux Supérieur, Cuvée Prestige.

Quick learning point – “Elevé en Fût de Chêne” – if you see this on a bottle it simply means aged in oak, and this wine was.  Although it tasted more like a piece of sandpaper on a cream cracker in the desert, it left such a dry taste in the mouth.

Ch. Moulin du Barrail…..and a bottle of the excellent Islay Malt - Ardbeg (for some reason)

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