Chapter 4 Fine and Rare Wines - Life is too short to drink bad wine

(94 points) "A gem in the vintage, the 2004 Gigondas Prestige des Hautes Garrigues offers mature notes of kirsch, black cherries, saddle leather, basil and spice in a rich, full-bodied, slightly…

(90 Points) Another Pichon Comtesse estate up in St-Estèphe with a lovely ripe fruit expression. There are some tight, austere tannins right now, and the wine is a little less immediately…

In 1979 this property was acquired by Baron Edmond de Rothschild who already owned the neighboring estates: Châteaux Clarke and Malmaison. Château Odilon is now part of the estates led by Benjamin de…

86 JM. From low trained vines in Concoeur, bottled at the end of July. Not much frosted, but mange-bourgeon caterpillars did damage instead. Quite a deep colour, quite a full texture on the palate…

95 JS / 93 We / 93 Wci / 91 Jd / 91 De / 91 Fs / 90 Vm / 90 Wa / 90 Ws / 16 Jr. Impressive richness and clarity of red and dark berries. Lightly spiced-pastry aromas, too. The palate has a very…

94 JS / 91-93 Wa / 91-93 Wci / 92 Wi / 90-92 Vm / 91 De. This show so much effusive ripe fruit with cherries and strawberries. Lightly jammy. Full-bodied and slightly chewy, yet with so much fruit…

Les Allees De Cantemerle Haut-medoc 2016 (750ml) available at Beacon Wine & Spirits in New York, NY

The invention of the column still in the early 19th century enabled the production of a nearly neutral spirit, the base of most modern cordials and liqueurs. In 1933 DeKuyper? entered the US market…

The cuvée Blanc Chenin is a blend of two exceptional Chenin Blanc vineyards from the Azay-le-Rideau area. The base for the wine comes from an exceptional two hectare plot on flint terroir in Saché,…

Cabernet Franc?is a black-skinned French?wine grape variety grown in most wine producing nations. The variety is most famously known as the third grape of?Bordeaux?and can be found in many of the…