St Emillion and St Emillion. 2nd Jan 2010

I"m hardly a right banker. A big fan of the Right, TK has been involving me with interesting stuff from Pomerol and St Emillion. And what a night to succeed the gastronomical heights which I was brought to just a night before(refer to the 2010 new yr's day post). Here we have Willy Wong, big fan of the Canon la Gafferliere, and we had the 2004, and with 3-4hours of decanting, the OMG it had great bouquet, balanced palette the finish lingered with sweetness of (can't find a word to describe..)! My mind was blown the very forward 2004, and and I was ...a FAN!! The other wine is a garage wine, the Chateau Fombrauge which opened after ...10hours of decanting! However, standing next to the great CLG, the Fombarge had to take 2nd place!

The Brand New 2010. Chateau Lanessan 92, La Croix de Gay 2000,

It was a the perfect way to start a year. The well-balanced mixed-duck with al-dente pasta, followed by exquisit steak in trufflie oil complementing with flavours of sea and flower salt, PLUS amazing a 2000 La Criox de Gay (pomerol), absolutely fantastic Chateau Lanessan 1992, intriguing 2007 Errazuris Wild Ferment Chardonnay and a Bottega sparkling muscato, plus great entertainment from William, Kin & Barney topped by the culinary skills of TK, it was...truly..amazing.

The first bottle of the 92 was a tad sour. Known to have bottle variation, we had a second bottle and thank goodness we did and it turned out great! The pomerol, on the other hand, started off at 8hours of decanting and that wasn't enough!! and only until 10hours did it truly open and on my...I've finally tasted pomeral which suits my palette. The chardonnay was intriguing, as I thought it is too acidic on an earlier tasting but this turned out really pleasant on the palette and unlike any Oz over-sugarred Chardonnays. The Bottega was a tad sweet for me.

The only regret is not capturing the food, and I shall bring my DSLR in future!!