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Saturday, June 4
Juan Gil 2008 Jumilla
by
Susan
on Sat 04 Jun 2011 02:36 PM BST
This wine breaks two of my wine-drinking rules. Firstly, it's 15% abv - usually too hot for me to enjoy. Secondly, it's sold in a hefty, if stylish, bottle.
Now usually I don't like wine in extra-heavy bottles. Sometimes all the effort and money has gone into the packaging and not into the wine, or the wines themselves are heavy-handed, built to impress with hefty oak and alcohol but hard to really enjoy a whole bottle of. In this case however, none of this is true. more »
Wednesday, March 31
Review - Château Larrivet Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan 2004
by
Susan
on Wed 31 Mar 2010 08:03 PM BST
In appearance, this has a very deep, opaque, dark ruby core with a narrow rim, just showing some evolution. The nose is clean and incisive, initially with sweet cedar, cigar box and spice followed by blackberries, blackcurrant leaf and dark old fashioned liquorice - a classic red Bordeaux nose. more »
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Susan Hulme became a Master of Wine in 2005, at that time one of only 250 in the world. She won the Madame Bollinger Tasting Medal, awarded for an outstanding performance in the tasting part of the exam. Details: Panel judge for the International Wine Challenge. Regular contributor to Decanter tasting panels. Member of the Circle of Wine Writers. Former chairman of the Association of Wine Educators (AWE). Editor of the AWE newsletter. Member of the Institute of Masters of Wine Events Committee. I run my own wine education and consultancy company, Vintuition, based in Berkshire and provide all kinds of training and bespoke wine courses for the trade and public. A major part of my work is running in-house training and WSET exams for sales executives at some of the leading on-trade and retail wine companies. Susan Hulme became a Master of Wine in 2005, at that time one of only 250 in the world. She won the Madame Bollinger Tasting Medal, awarded for an outstanding performance in the tasting part of the exam. Details: Panel judge for the International Wine Challenge. Regular contributor to Decanter tasting panels. Member of the Circle of Wine Writers. Former chairman of the Association of Wine Educators (AWE). Editor of the AWE newsletter. Member of the Institute of Masters of Wine Events Committee.
Contact: susan@vintuition.co.uk |
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