Not your everyday tasting some may say, but this was a great way for the wines to be served and there was a them that ran the course of the wines that was revealed at the end.
Heavily French influenced, all the wines were rated top in the vintage for each region by Robert Parker, but my scores were poles apart from his. Although his scores were tasted at time of bottling or before mine were 4 -14 years after, he's the expert not me!
Wine tasting at Dida's Wine and food store in Auckland, Thursday 17th June.
All wines were tasted blind and served courtesy of Adrian Kitto.
Wine 1
1988 Marc bredif vouvray grande annee, France
Candied lemon peel, clove, lime very youthful nose.
Candied citrus fruit palate with smooth integration of fruit, acid and hint of oak. Balanced beautifully.
93 points rrp $65
Wine 2
La collina bilancia 2002, New Zealand
I didn't pick this wine as New World at all, the character is very new Rhone Valley.
Strawberry cherry and raspberry cedar lindseed oil, sunflower seed on the nose.
Bright but dark fruit soft tannin smooth
88 points
Wine 3
Craggy Range 'Le sol' 2002, New Zealand
Having just tasted this wine, both in Fiji and Rocco, I was surprised at how differently this wine looked and tasted.
Big lifted fruit, with dark aromatics and brambles with a hint of mocca.
Good length and balance
93 points
Wine 4
Pontet canet 2003, France
95 Points Robert Parker
Think Robert Parker, think big, think high alcohol over extracted but very well made!
Blackberry crumble, spice and peppermint and plum.
Smooth black currant with very fine mocca tannin, slight dryness but balanced with fine oak and sweet fruit
89 points
Wine 5
Lynch bages 1996, France
94 Points Robert Parker
Pauillac at its best"
This is what Bordeaux should be about, well structured and regional typicity.
Rotten cabbage with red fruit and currants.
Delicately balanced fruit over oak and acid! Great complexity with good integrity on the palate
93 points
Wine 6
Numanthia 2004, Toro Spain
98 Points Robert Parker
"With its heritage of Spanish history and its exceptional natural position, Numanthia provides intense and vibrant wines, icons of the Toro appellation"
Very new world in character with huge fruit presence and lack of complexity that left me speechless given the theme!
Sweet American oak and vanillin with bright red fruit almost Australian in make up slightly synthetic sweetness!
87 points
Wine 7
Aalto ps 2005, Ribera del Duero Spain
98 Points Robert Parker
Coconut dark fruit with sweet vanilla and Blackberry crumble.
Black currant cordial spice, clove on the palate
88 points
Wine 8
Clos Du Papes Chateauneuf-Du-Pape 2007, France
99+ Points Robert Parker.
Spicy blackberry with cedar and hint of herb and orange peel.
Cedar, clove
Very hot on the Finnish!
87 points
Wine 9
Domaine Pierre Usseglio Cuvée de mon Aieul Chateauneuf-Du-Pape 2007, France
100 Points Robert Parker
100% Tank aged Grenache.
Deep dark dark fruit cheap huge fruit over extracted fruit.
Soft tannin
Hot, hot, hot!
86 points
Wine 10
Chateau Rieussec Sauternes 2005, France
97 Points Robert Parker
Fantastic nose of honey dew old sweet shoe leather polish coconut.
Honey dew melon, well balanced with great acid and layered structure
90 points
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