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Archive for February, 2008

More Reignac: 1998

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

I have a good selection of Reignac in the cellar, from 1996 to 2005. I fell in love with Yves Vatelot’s story in William Echikson’s Noble Rot, how he invented a women’s razor after watching his girlfriend shave her legs, sold the business to Gillette, and bought a run-down patch of vineyard in Libourne on […]

2005 R Wines First Class Shiraz

Monday, February 11th, 2008

I admit it, I was sucked in by the label, which looks exactly like an airline boarding pass. The capsule is fashioned like a luggage tag. It’s straight Shiraz from the 2005 vintage in South Australia.
All cuteness aside, the wine is a real powerhouse. I’d forgotten how in-your-face Australian Shy-Raz can be…First Class is a […]