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...Undurraga, one of Chile’s oldest wine producers, is currently on a roll — as evidenced by this perfumed but substantial wine from the classic red-wine region just outside Santiago. 14% Goisot, Corps de...
...Rhône £14.50 Montrachet Food and caution definitely needed with this youthful, potent wine, but there is freshness too, thanks to the elevation. 15% Ch de Pizay 2016 Morgon, Beaujolais £14.50 Le Bon Vin...
...The answer for Albert Raurich, who ran the kitchen at elBulli from 1999 until 2007, is to open an Asian-inspired tapas bar....
...This one is delightfully mature and nutty. 17% £16.99 for 37.5cl Marks & Spencer (125 stores) Crociani, Vin Santo 2004 Montepulciano Lovely combination of long oak maturation aromas and racy, dried-grape...
...Honest stuff. 12.5 per cent, £9.99 Oddbins RED Dom des Terres Falmet Cinsault 2008 Vin de Pays d’Oc St-Chinian producer makes this lovely light, fruity red based on one of the Languedoc’s prettier grapes...
...Vin santo with cantucci (Tuscan biscuits) was often the only dessert....
...You could enjoy this already. 20% £19.99 302 Sainsbury’s stores Quinta do Vesuvio 1999 Port Very, very big and rich. But there is so much there. Dry finish. Concentrated. Long....
...Tyrrell's Vat 1 Semillon 1999 Hunter Valley £19.99 selected Waitrose10.4% A toasty New South Wales classic, first produced in 1963, from a superlative vintage just entering its mature phase....
...Like daube in a bottle. 14% Ch Sénéjac 1999 Haut Médoc £9.99 MajesticA really great buy for classic claret lovers – a cru bourgeois at the peak of its (relatively modest) powers....
...In the case of Colombette, this means the Syndicat du Vin de Pays des Coteaux du Libron....
...But if you really wanted a bargain, you could pick up one of the better 1999s (generally Médoc) or 1998s (Graves, St-Emilion and Pomerol, which are starting to go up in price), many of which are ready to...
...I selected the following nine wines that I think are so good they could become classics of the future, yet did not exist in 1999 when the last edition of the Companion came out....
...Gentle mouthful from one of South Africa’s most promising wine regions....
...This one is already pretty dense and majestic – although there is no hurry to drink it. Definitely a wine for food....
...Mr Schrempp would like to portray the story as one of long-term thinking against short-term thinking: the classic disagreement usually portrayed as the continental consensus culture versus the Anglo-Saxon...
...of Yquem’s classic partners) is the ideal ambassador....
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