the famous chalky white soils
spectacular baking spices combined with smoky oak and the signature integrated tannin structure
Makipai Wines is a partnership between two good friends who needed an ongoing excuse to get together and chat about music (mainly punk-think Stiff Little Fingers and The Clash) and football (mainly about the five minutes when Newcastle United were good)
These follow on the palate
A dessert substitute
Chateau d’Yquem, 1er Supérieur G.C.C, 1855 Sauternes 1990 nahe the famous chalky white soils"Allocation only, email wine@worldwine. com. au to secure allocation" A vintage that reflects a beautiful hot, dry summer that stopped short of anything excessive. Lasting from 17 9 to 10 10, the harvest was very intense picking took place every day during that time, except on weekends. The weather was outstanding, the grapes were ideal, and this is an extraordinary, amazingly successful vintage an archetypal great Yquem with tremendous balance,