Tuesday Blind Tastings
Charles Melton Shiraz 1998
Barossa Valley, Australia
Price: $30
Rating: 95
Source: Cellar
Description: A dark colour with brown on the rim. Earthiness, plums, blackberries and pepper on the nose. The palate was mellow and pure with a beautiful balance of fruit and acid. A wine full of character drinking at its best.
Tasting date: 21 January 2020
under $20, its perfect for those who want an introduction to red Burgundy. 240.Pommardnot to be confused with the Champagne house, Pommeryis an area of the Cte de Beaune that makes red wines from Pinot Noir. 241.Domaine Prince Florent de Merode shows how seductive Pinot Noir from Pommard can be with its Clos de la Platire 2003 wine. The nose of black truffle, earth, and smoked meat leads to a palate of mushroom, truffle, game, plum, and cranberry. I could drink lashings of this wine with roasted turkey. 242.Puligny-Montrachet is an area in the Cte dOr that can produce white wines of cut-crystal elegance. 243.Domaine Olivier Leflaives 2002 Puligny-Montrachet is an excellent version of top-notch white Burgundy from the Cte dOr. Roasting hazelnuts, tranquil vanilla, lemon zest, warm caramel, butter pastry, and on and on. Its an inspired wine that will last until about 2009. 82 1000 BEST WINE SECRETS 244.Two more very good white Burgundies are Maison Champys St. Romain 2000think freshly baked orange pound cake: all butter, orange zest, and toasty caramelized edgesand Domaine Larues 2002 Les Cortons, St. Auben 1er Cru, which tastes of buttered pecans mixed with candied orange and lemon. 245.A red Burgundy well worth the price of