Roland’s favorite wines of 2015
Next up are the favorite wines of Roland. Roland posts a particularly fun stream of pictures featuring the many wines he tastes throughout the year. You can be sure the classics will always be there, in my opinion, first from the Rhone then a mixture of Burgundy, Champagne, and Bordeaux. This love for French wines is reflected in his list. Enjoy!
Here are my favorite wines of the year, in order by increasing year, based solely on my memory and iPhone photos. Particularly excellent wines that showed well: 1961 Haut Brion, 1994 Rayas, 1990 Yquem and 1996 Taittinger.
1961 Chateau Tour Haut Brion, Graves
1966 Chateau de Pez, St.-Estephe (Magnum)
1990 d’Yquem, Sauternes
1994 Rayas, Chateauneuf-du-Pape
1995 Pignan, Chateauneuf-du-Pape
1995 Guigal, Cote-Rotie La Landonne
1996 Taittinger, Comtes des Champagnes
1997 Arnoux, Romanee St Vivant
1999 Lignier, Clos de la Roche
1998 Henri Bonneau, Cuvee Marie Beurrier Chateauneuf-du-Pape
1998 J. L. Chave, Hermitage
2002 Gros Freres et Soeur, Clos Vougeot “Musigni”
2004 Bollinger, Grande Anne Rose Champagne
2005 Baumard, Quarts de Chaumes
2007 Henri Bonneau, Chateauneuf-du-Pape
2009 Jamet, Cote-Rotie