Wine-Fever

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The 2004 Numanthia

Wine Advocate # 169 Feb 2007 98

Any aspiring collectors should add a case of this to their stash. The 2004 Numanthia comes from a different terroir with a different clone of Tinta de Toro. The vines for this cuvee range from 70-100 years of age with tiny yields of 1 ton of fruit per acre. The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation in barrel followed by 19 months in new French oak before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. The wine is a glass-coating opaque purple with a killer nose of mineral, pencil lead, wild blueberry, and blackberry liqueur that roars from the glass. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, dense, and already beginning to show complexity within its layers of spicy black fruits. There is immense power, well-concealed ripe tannin, and the well-delineated finish lasts for over one minute. This is a sensational effort which in a perfect world should be cellared for a decade and enjoyed over the following 25+ years. However, the elderly among us should not feel guilty about opening a bottle now.

(HK retail List Price: $990)

HK Snob

Monday, January 4, 2010

Montrose, probably the best buy Fench Wine in HK!

What do ou think an Parker RP100 point wine costs how much!? years ago I had consumped Lafite 1986, Latour 1996, Lacas 1982, Mouton 2000, these are 99+-100 point wine... that was expensive from HKD$5,000 to HKD$10,000 in 2007.

Well, now this is Montrose 2003. selling at HKD$2,100.00 Only, that had to have certain patience as we have waited for more than 2 months for the wine to come Hong Kong.

I think this is a good investment of buying such great bottle at this price , if you can find it...

This is some of the recent reviews:
Reviews of 2003 Montrose Bordeaux Blend
Mike Supple, JJ Buckley
February 2007

An intensely dark, opulent black core with a bold garnet rim. Rich, heavy and spicy on the nose. Dark plum and cassis aromas push through, followed by cooler undertones of blueberry, blackberry and sweet red raspberry. Surrounding the intense fruit are pervasive aromas of mushroomy earth, wet stone, sweet tobacco and a hint of green bell pepper, followed by lingering spicy aromas of black pepper, cedar, vanilla and cinnamon. In the mouth this wine is huge. The tannic acid is strong from the front of the mouth all the way through the finish. Well integrated and balanced for such a young wine, the power of the tannic structure just keeps building on the mid-palate. Cassis, blackberry and black plum push through the thick tannins, followed by persistent vanilla and charred oak. This is an intense wine that deserves to be laid down for several years. Intense, yet balanced and distinguished with a promise of amazing future potential.

100 points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate

May 2007

From Robert Parker's Hedonist's Gazette, May 2007. Please note, although scored 100 points by Robert Parker himself, this is NOT an official score. It was given at an informal tasting of 13 different 2003 Bordeaux wines he participated in at the Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh, PA. "The unbelievable 2003 Montrose (rated 100) and Cos d’Estournel (rated 99) are two of the greatest St.-Estèphes I have ever tasted. Montrose is the more backward, and the Cos is more precocious, but both wines will benefit from 8-10 years of cellaring, and should last for 30-40 years."

What do you think? after 8 year, let's make a review on this wine after tasting!

HK Snob

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Chateau Palmer

Palmer has been quite a surprising Chateau and it is very much under valued for some of its top wine...
Remember 4 years ago, Lisboa Hotel's restaurant cellar had about 150 bottle of 1961 Palmer. Thta might be the world largest collection of 1961 Chauteau Palmer!

Some of the wine has to be Re-corked, The owner of the restaurant invited Palmer technical staff to come to Macao to perform the recork works!

They brough their equipment, and a team of two wine experts to perform the recork: a process of removal of the old and spoiled cork with certain equipment, and taste see if the wine are still in their live condition. Top up with other bottle for the loss due to leakage after year of storage. The total Charges for such record took Mr. Stephen Ho over 1 million dollars.

At that time 1961 Palmer was valued about HKD$50,000 a bottle, The wine were about 8 Millions!

We had removed all taxation on imported wine from 80% to 0% 2008. Hence we can really enjoy the good wine at a reasonable prices now!

Attached is a wine dealer price for Chateau Palmer! A RP99 Palmer is now HKD25,000! A Real good price for a three hours wine tasting

Feverip

Monday, November 9, 2009

A glass of wine

To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine... And those who don't.
As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom,
In beer there is freedom,
In water there is bacteria.

In a number of carefully controlled trials, Scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, At the end of the year we would have absorbed More than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. Coli) - bacteria Found in feces.

In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop..

However, We do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) Because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.

Remember:Water = Poop
Wine = Health.

Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, Than to drink water and be full of shit.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information: I'm doing it as a public service!