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Valdespino, Solera 1842 Oloroso VOS (or: The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Posted on May 9, 2017 by jossnotjosh

So: a couple of weeks back I failed to win Jancis Robinson’s wine writing competition.  Were it not for the unquestionable quality, and notable enthusiasm, of t...

Notas/Vinous

1996 Grand-Puy-Lacoste and friends

Posted on April 1, 2017 by jossnotjosh

It has been a good couple of weeks.  The 1996 Grand-Puy-Lacoste was so good that it warrants a post to itself, and may well get one. In the meantime I have been...

Notas/Vinous

2012 Bordeaux: St Estèphe

Posted on February 7, 2016 by jossnotjosh

Right at the top of the Médoc is the sometimes desolate beauty of St Estèphe.  I love it.  I love the drive, all the way up the D2, to the tip of classed-growth...

Vinous

The Baltimore Bounce or lack thereof: Robert Parker on 2005 Bordeaux

Posted on July 1, 2015 by jossnotjosh

One notable point about Robert Parker’s review of the 2005 Bordeaux vintage is that Bordeaux negociants were sending out offers of 2005 Bordeaux, with the new s...

Notas/Vinous

Robert Parker: The Grand World Tour

Posted on March 1, 2015 by jossnotjosh

I’ve got pages and pages to write about Robert Parker.  Reams.  They will follow, but there is just too much for the moment.  If only he’d do the three bottles…...

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