Tonight with a warm chicken thigh fillet salad, a 1999 Earl Pierre - TopicsExpress



          

Tonight with a warm chicken thigh fillet salad, a 1999 Earl Pierre Gaillard Cote Rotie. Been in my cellar since it arrived in the country, throwing an even 25ml strip of crust along the length of the bottle. The colour is an attractive dark ruby with some transluscence evident in the edges (no browning). The nose delivers a seductive array of floral (violets?) perfumed black fruits (blackberry/berry tart) mixed with classic Rhone gaminess, new saddle leather, sweet earth and first class oak-derived spice including vanilla bean and cinammon. In the mouth, identically nuanced silky fruit marches to the beat of of its own drum, with integrated spicy/vanillin oak playing a purely complimentary role along with very fine lacy tannins and surprisingly refreshing acidity lingering on a expansive, soft and lengthy finish. Top wine. Thanks to JO for selling it to me for next to nothing (the written off frozen container deal). Although theres a few bottles that have been a little off, I have not one complaint about this outstanding example. 93 points. If all bottles were as representative, this wine possesses a chequered drinking window well into the 2020s. Great juice.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 09:45:49 +0000

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