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Clavel La Copa Santa 1997-2001

06/03/2009 Michiel Carpentier 0

In early February I served my co-members of my tasting group Amovinum a barrel full of surprises – without pity of course: as always we tasted everything double blind. One of the flights was a five year vertical of La Copa Santa, a well known wine of the French AOC Côteaux du Languedoc (in Languedoc-Roussillon), run by the ever amiable > Read more …

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Older Burgundy’s In Folliez (Vinotopia)

17/02/2009 Michiel Carpentier 0

The reason for this meeting in restaurant Folliez in Mechelen was the visit of a (hopefully) future American Master of Wine. Reason enough to taste a nice series of older wines. We began with a few beautiful white Burgundy’s with in between them a couple of top California Chardonnays: Kongsgaard and Marcassin. Nice comparison, though the flight was dominated by the 2001 Coche-Dury Perrières. Even the …

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Amovinum at JP’s: Sad Tuscans (Vinotopia)

23/08/2008 Michiel Carpentier 0

Amovinum tasted the following wines: [1] – 2006 Sauvignon Blanc – Dog Point Vineyard (Marlborough – ) [2] – 2007 Sauvignon Blanc – Mount Nelson (Marlborough – ) [3] – 2007 Sauvignon Blanc – Cloudy Bay (Marlborough – ) [4] – 2007 Ram’s Hill Sauvignon Blanc – Mount Nelson (Marlborough – ) [5] – 2002 Meursault Genevrières – François Jobard > Read more …

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In Restaurant Truffeltje: Châteauneufs young and old(er) (Vinotopia)

20/08/2008 Michiel Carpentier 0

Amovinum tasted the following wines: [1] – NV Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs – R&L Legras (Champagne – Champagne) [2] – 1996 Brut Grand Cru – Egly-Ouriet (Champagne – Champagne) [3] – 2006 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc – Domaine Marcoux (Rhône – Châteauneuf-du-Pape) [4] – 2006 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc – Clos Saint Jean (Rhône – Châteauneuf-du-Pape) [5] – 2006 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc – Domaine > Read more …

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Amovinum at Ive’s: German wine and Priorat (Vinotopia)

20/08/2008 Michiel Carpentier 0

Amovinum tasted the following wines: [1] – 2005 Riesling Nackenheim Rothenberg Grosses Gewächs – Gunderloch (Rheinhessen – ) [2] – 2004 Dorsheimer Goldloch Riesling Grosses Gewächs – Diel (Nahe – ) [3] – 2005 Mittelheim St Nikolaus Riesling Grosses Gewächs – Peter Jacob Kühn (Rheingau – ) [4] – 2001 Sangenis i Vaqué – Vall Por (Priorat – ) [5] > Read more …