複雜 --- Complicated

i've come to a stage in life where i finally realised life isn't as simple or as carefree as i thought it would be.

carefree leads to forever regrets and unrecoverable relationships. why do people hope and dream for carefree lifestyle?

this world isn't simple, it's complicated! or maybe perhaps i have finally started processing things with my never-been-used brain and things have become real and not imaginary.

live a life with plans, care and thoughts and most importantly a heart which guides you down the right route to goodness in life...

i envy the ones that have found their paths, i believe i will get there too!

2005 Domaine du Pegau - Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Reservee

 CC: I'm not mature enough to drink this, and so isn't this wine for me to drink.. 

Just Another Monday 3

monday monday monday monday ... wine day!
the thirst has got to me again and i need a drink

2009 Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron - Chambolle Musigny

CC: "i have forgotten when i last tasted a JJ-Confuron wine so this was a good reminder, bright pleasing perfume sqeeuzing pass the cloud of red fruit i found intensity and strength, excellent structure and trademark sweet juicy acidity, an aging potential."

2001 Domaine Jayer Gilles - Nuits St Georges "Les hauts Poirets"

CC: "fruit's dried.. what's left of it was wrinkles and scars of once it was a golden wine, but never again can it return to its prime time... and that's life of a wine."



Laguiole

as much as i love my wines

i love my letraset pro-markers too

combine the two

and

you get amateur pictures like this

... CC...



Good Fortune La Fortune

it's my good fortune to be introduced to such a bang for the buck Bourgogne Rouge!
La Fortune from Domaine De Villaine marks another unforgettable taste for my palate

2010 Domaine de Villaine "La Fortune"



CC: "has always been one of my all-time favourite, this is the 5th vintage i've tasted after 05 07 08 & 09, and yet i'm not sick of it at all.. the 2010 resembles vintage 08.. with balanced structure at such a young age and dangerously approachable... it offers the sweet darkness of burgundy earth which differs from the 07s, being strikingly bright when tasted young... the texture is smooth, refined and light-bodied to keep you interested.. 2nd pour shows the true identity of red forest fruit, cherries and raspberry.. and as my sis says "a wine with plum peel".. hahaha "

Starry Starry Wine --- 滿天星

i don't know what to say about this wine...
it's an australian wine and i genuinely loved it
i usually don't tend to drink australian wines
they all tend to be over-extracted, over-powered, over-sweetened, over the top, over and over and they taste pretty much the same in terms of quality and style

but with this wine
a beautiful label fully encompasses the outside of the bottle
that's gotta be a first
a milky way of stars sitting along the name of this flagship wine of Clarendon Hills vineyard
---------ASTRALIS----------
meaning of 'revealed by the stars, relating to the stars' in latin

1994 Clarendon Hills "ASTRALIS"

CC: "captured by the stars on the label, 1994 marks the debut of this wine, generously JK pops the cork and ooosh comes the amazing nose from the bottle, bright murky red so intense u cannot see through it, indicating a wine with mysterious power and flavors, flamboyant! nose with dry fruit characters, my lord this has perfect balance, soft and sweet such gentle tannins, dry prunes/strawberry and a very distinguish flavor which i cannot describe... brilliant"

momentarily loss of words... i wish i own a bottle of this



Unique Champagne --- 非一般的香檳

the most common grape types seen for the production of champagne are chardonnay and pinot noir.
usually a blend of both with small dosage of other minor grape varieties to give the wine its distinguish character.
now with a 100% chardonnay, you get blanc de blanc
100% pinot noir comes blanc de noir

what if u produce a champagne with chardonnay and 3 other grape types which are no longer permitted to be grown in the Champagne region?

combination of chardonnay, arbane, petit meslier and blanc vrai

Blanc de Quatre Blancs

Champagne Quattuor "Blanc de Quatre Blancs" by Drappier

CC: "this is rare.. and as rare as that it got my taste buds excited.. fine tiny energetic bubbles racing to the surface but got tired after 30mins or so, high-toned aromatic nose, an unusual fruitful scent and taste, round and soft on the palete, just like taking a bit into a giant marshmellow, fills your mouth with comfort, nice citrus lime to grapefruit spectrum of taste.. a rather unique experience"

      

Just Another Monday 2

what is the best moment of Monday?
you count down to 17:00, you dash out of work, you power-walk to your mode of transport home.. and lie down to call it a day?!

that's not my type of Monday.. I might count down to 17:00 but after that comes a whole new world!

Welcome to My Monday Nights!

2004 Barolo "Ornato" by Pio Cesare

CC: "i didn't know what to expect from this, 2004 an admiring vintage for Barolo, Pio Cesare - one of the biggest names of Italy, so the colour is dark forest red/brown, nose of sweet earth, soft juicy tannins of what an aged but big wine should display, elegant, good weight, with a tint of tobacco and sweet cigar, a great lead in to the next wine..."

1961 Chateau Lynch Moussas

CC: " this is by far the oldest wine I have ever tasted and I envy the ones who were born in Vintage 1961 regarded as one of the greatest year of Bordeaux. To live a life of 51 years (if my maths is correct) that's certainly somewhat remarkable, not to mention how it blossomed and showed its full potential on the night... dark ruby with a tinge of brown rim of old age, what fine nose of sweet fruit and mellow oak of Bordeaux, smooth silky texture leading up to perfect harmony with the intesne juciy flavours, and can tannins be so soft and delicate? oh yes within this magnificent wine of the night... full credits to JK for providing this lovely wine... merci beaucoup"