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"

Village Rouge? --- 村酒咁簡單?

He's done it again.. with an amazing vintage of 2009... the result is obvious
Superb is all I can say! with the blend of his village grapes? so what?!
Alain Hudellot Noella produces a Bourgogne Rouge of divine flavours

2009 Bourgogne Rouge by Alain Hudellot Noella

CC: "the reason i started drinking Burgundy.. young fresh and bright! shining cherry red in colour, luring stream of ripe red fruit, explosion of exquisite strawberry raspberry red cherry with great balance of young acidity to counter the fruit, intense, not complicated, a bourgogne rouge at this level? you must be kidding!!"

at the Ting --- 亭 (Part 2)

...continuing from "at the Ting (Part 1)"

2008 Nuits '1" by Domaince Prieure Roch

 CC: "The first ever wine of Prieure Roch I had was a GAMAY and it was MAGNIFICIENT... what about this Nuits "1"... biodynamic.. high-toned perfume, menthol (smell of an organic wine?), excellent ripe raspberry and cherry, smooth and mouth-filling, juicy acid and smart fruit, LIKE.." age would give this wine more life!

Ting --- 亭

at the TING --- 亭 (part ONE)

making the 'ting ting' sound at the TING was very enchan-ting
who would've thought of constructing a TING at the back of their house?
my maniac friend did and guess what?! what a TING to ting ting some beautiful wines.

served with chargrilled BBQ lamb marinated with bordeaux red (that's what they are for haha), crispy baked potatoes and fresh salad topped with a secret garlic dressing.

and the wines for the night?

2007 Chablis Premier Cru 'Vaillons' by Vincent Dauvissat

CC: "sitting gloriously golden yellow in the glass, the aroma of freshly picked citrus fruit and seashore minerals, pleasing acidty to welcome you, so elegant the acid softens your gum with good weight, excellent depth and lingering finish, and it's just the beginning to the night.. "

2009 Morey-St-Denis by Francois Parent

CC: "is that an avocado on the bottle? ohhh black truffles, which basically sums up this wine! it is as good as the [diamond of the kitchen], amazing energy from the pour, high-tone perfume of sweet red cherry raspberry, and there's no difference on the palete, if not better in many levels! properly structured, juicy, subtle power of a gevrey, soft touches of a chambolle, texture of silk, another wine optimsed to its full potential, perfect combination of excellent 09 grapes + human effort! supreme!!"

Beyond Brlliance Burguet

As titled! Alain Burguet has always been one of my favourite burgundy producers!
the consistency he gets in his wines, whether the vintage is good or bad, the wines always come out to be amongst the top, never fails to deliver the divine sensation of a holy drop!

2009 Gevrey Chambertin 'Mes Favorites' V.V. by Alain Burguet

CC: "the scent of ripe cherry fruit, sweet o sweet earth from the old vines, smooth like silk, explosion of ripe red fruit flavours satisfying every single taste bud! solid structure, balanced, tasted the 07 and 08 (and 96 maybe..), but this 09 is a step beyond the sky.."

2009 Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru 'Les Champeaux' by Alain Burguet

CC: "mysterious wine with black labels and golden prints, this wine is special, tasting this after the above 'Mes Favourites' was always gonna be a hard act to allow, BOOM POW BANG WOW amazing! again one of those wine with perfect harmony! sweet ripe 09 fruit, high-toned and luring nose, smooth texture with top notch sweetness and that hint of dark earthiness, and the finish? long of course.. but I couldn't help to have a second taste of it already" superb!

Burgundy's Golden Drop

Stream of gold in burgundy is grape variety Chardonnay
the flavours of richness and fruit

2009 Bourgogne Blanc by Domaine Roulot

CC: "as a bourgogne blanc, village wine, bright tropical and floral nose, served lightly chilled (perfect), good amount of acidity, simple and presentable! suave"



E-Boys Miranda run

memories are great, if you have them..
like me I have pretty much zero short term memory.
the funny thing is though, my long term memory is somewhat amazing..

thinking back in uni days, our infamous fish n chip drive out to Miranda on an easy friday afternoon!!
so to refresh our memories.. the E-boys did it again only on a saturday and not a friday..
weather was amazing, food was great and the drive was a killer run!
so to celebrate making home in one piece..

Henschke Blanc de Noir NV Lenswood

CC: "firstly you look at the top, capped by a bottle cap! COME ON a bottle cap to cap a bottle of bubbles? I thought that was a joke, ugly as hell! and then it all went downhill... fine bubbles at the start, lime, citrusy, refreshing for a moment and next minute, bubbles stopped rising... tasted flat and far from any joy i would normally get with a bubble... ohhh and there was a hint of bitterness.. geeez"

Taupenot-Merme Chambolle Musigny

happy 2012 and the year of the mighty Dragon!
and yet I'm still posting notes from 2011... don't live in the past as some may say.

1995 Chambolle Musigny Premier Cru La Combe D'orveau by Taupenot Merme

CC: "it started well from the initial pour, lovely elegant nose of a Chambolle.. then i waited... and tasted... something is strange about this wine.. overpowering acidity and shy fruit, and not the balanced a long for.. seems like this wine has lost its soul a few years ago..."