Have been at Decanter magazine today at a Decanter panel tasting looking at the 2007 vintage in the Coteaux du Layon including Bonnezeaux and Quarts de Chaume. The results will appear in the January 2010 edition of Decanter. There were some superb wines in the tasting, showing both the quality today of what can be made in the Layon and how good the best sweet wines from the 2007 vintage are – miraculously precise with a really thrilling balance of sweetness and acidity.
View from Decanter's dining room next to the tasting room
View from Decanter's dining room next to the tasting roomDecanter magazine is now housed in IPC's Blue Fin Building with a spectacularly sited tasting room overlooking St Paul's and the City of London with the Tate Modern in the foreground.
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I am a regular reader of Decanter ($10 here). The annual tasting has some critics but one is at least able to read some TNs of some exceptional wines supplied for the tasting.
ReplyDeleteBob in Alberta.