Last night I led a group of 7 others on a vinuous journey to the stars .. for some of us we met our maker ..
While I've been privileged to have tasted some of the greatest and rarest wines ever produced , no other single tasting event will leave such an indelible impression as the 10bts of some of the finest wines that exist on this planet today that we had over Dinner last night ..
We started with a rather closed bottle of the recently released 1990 Krug .. so tightly wound, tough as nails and completely unyielding .. yet the second bottle (from the same ctn) was so fresh, fruity and such a glorious drop .. the 1969 Krug collection must have tasted like this when it was 14 years old ..
While the 1978 DRC Le Montrachet would always be the singular expression of chardonnay for me, the 1990 Louis Latour Le Montrachet last night was equally compelling ; just not so fine .. yet with what else we were about to experience, was a brilliant drop of liquid gold .. still so youthful with at least a decade ahead of it ..
Next came the great Aussie shirazes from 1990 .. Grange & Hill of Grace .. both decanted 4 hours previously .. and what a treat .. everything you desire in a shiraz and more .. even another 4hrs later, I thought the Grange still too young but the Hill of Grace was simply ravishing .. pure fruit, syrupy, glycerine-laden with silky tannins ..
From the Northern Rhone, 2 of the finest Hermitage : the 1990 La Chapelle and Chave's signature-piece .. though very attractive on the nose, the La Chapelle was not as multi-dimensional and complex a wine as the Chave .. the roasted tannins will certainly keep them both fresh & vibrant for another 30 years
Guigal's 3 single-vineyard Cote Roties were simply mind-boggling .. while they are all babies, the 90 La Landonne had such a ferocity .. you could hear it roar !! ..the wine scorched my palate .. with less than 10,000bts produced, it made me cry .. somehow I could never taste a more perfect wine ..the 90 La Mouline .. a concentrated richness and intense perfume that has no peers .. and the 90 La Turque .. voluptuously textured, a truly hedonistic drop of red juice ..
Spell-bound and mesmerised by the sheer opulence of the wines, we couldn't believe that the 1990 Ch. Climens could be so enthralling .. pure nectar .. in my view, 1990 Yquem I had in Jakarta was no match ... the Climens could live almost forever ..
Driving back at 2am, couldn't help realising that there hasn't been a finer evening in my life .. all
10 wines without exception with- stood every test by every palate present .. can there ever be greater wines to drink ?mukesh shah bordelais fine wines singapore