This was enjoyed with (and courtesy of) our friends George and Mary Palmer, proprietors of the delightful Taste Artisan Cheese and Gourmet Shop in San Diego, California.
1995 Michel Ogier Côte Rôtie Cuvee Belle Helene Côte-Rozier Vieilles Vignes: Easily the best wine I’ve tasted in 2006, this dark garnet fades to pink at the rim, and offers gorgeous aromatics of bacon, black plum and garrigue, which echo loudly in the lovely flavors; the fruit is rich and beautiful, and very herbaceous, and that’s a good thing! Mary remarked that it “starts out with velvet on the front and stays velvet all the way down,†adding an impression of white pepper on the finish, and of course, the wine just gets better and better with air. Still well structured, this may well improve with further bottle age, but it’s so good now, I’d be hard pressed to keep my hands off if I had any in my stash.
Imported by Adventures in Wine, Daly City, CA
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