The Edinburgh Wine Club 

 Age Before Youth, November 8, 2018

Name

Date

Wine merchant

Grape

Price

Description

Placing

Potinet Ampeau Beaune 12.2


2009

Raeburn Fine Wine

Aligote

£13

A touch like dry sherry. Long aftertaste. Almond. But in the trials the first bottle was better.


Wakefield,Clare Valley 13.5


2007


Riesling

£10

Citrus lemon and floral aromas. Bone dry palate with apple pure and zest of orange. Lots of good fruit for a very mature wine.

Best value=

Carl Loewen, Alte Reben Mosel 12.0


2014



Riesling

£15

Petrol and elderflower sherbet bouquet. Rich but dry palate.


Rolly Gassman Alsace 12.5


2012


Riesling

£16.50

Opulent lush ripe elegant and fresh. A stunner!

1st= and

Best white

Clos de Neuilly Chinon 12.5


2007


Cabernet Franc

£15

The pencil shaving bouquet was there. Honey and ripe red fruit bouquet. The palate was less pronounced but in harmony. Some tannin still there.


Rymill Coonawarra

13.5

2004


Cab Sauv, Merlot and Cab Franc

£12

Finesse, enough power still but beautifully balanced from the bouquet through the palate to the aftertaste. A sophisticated elegant Bordeaux blend.

Best value=

Rugra Prunorosso Piemonte 13.0


2015


Nebiolo

£12

Lavender and ripe raspberry bouquet. Rich fruity palate. Firm enjoyable acidity.


Tenuta Anfosso Piemonte 13.5


2014


Nebiolo

£21

Good floral and toasted bacon bouquet. Less tannin than one hoped for so that the palate was sweet but lacking balance.


Vallana Spanna, Piemonte 12.5


2009


Nebiolo

£16

Complex bouquet of spice and black fruit, mint and black pepper. Dry full flavour, perfect pitch between the tannin and the fruit. Such a joy to drink.

1st=

Bel Colle, Barbaresco 14.5

Piemonte

2011


Nebiolo

£21

Sophisticated elegant dry nose leading to a red cherry, spice and espresso palate. Is this superb expression of class Barbaresco already at its peak? It is claimed it is good for another 13 years!

3rd




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