COURSE

WINE

Meeting

Tasting Notes

Aperitif

Cremant de Loire 

MM

Elegant blend of majority chardonnay. Persistent fine bubbles with apple freshness with hints of lemon sherbet.

1^st White

Old Vineyard White, Scurek

KF

On nose: ripe fruits, dried flowers

Palate: Full bodied, ripe fruit, touch of oak, dry flowers. Long finish. Hazelnut oil, pear, saffron, candied fruit. Fresh fruit acidity.

2^nd White

Stepp, Riesling 

BC

On the nose: honeysuckle, peaches and lime. 

Palate: intense minerality, great length with a hint of honey and melon.

1^st

Red

Grato Grati Rosso di Toscana 1991 

AC

On the nose: Dark cherries, fruit compote and earthy undertones. Palate: Black cherries, balance of sweetness and sourness.

2^nd

Red

Vallana Spanna, Piemonte 2009 

HM

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

Dessert

Muscat desert wine from Samos

MB

Nose: Toffee, burnt marmalade, Palate: Caramac, dried fruit soaked in brandy, prunes in Armagnac, not cloying, fabulous, classy wine.