As a guest at the opening of the Jack Frame Exhibition I was able to view some wonderful pieces of some very fine art and take part in a small but very interesting Burgundy tasting.
Our host for the evening Smiley Pete took us through 4 different wine, 2 whites and 2 reds. The whites were very the complete opposite of the traditional way of viewing Burgundy – the Chablis Louis Michel-2004 (£25 – in a magnum) was soft, fresh, citrus fruity approachability defined. While the Macon-Villages Joseph Drouhin- 2007 (£8.99) was a dry, steely, complex wine that didn’t just break the mould of Macon-Village wines but destroyed it.Onto the reds and it was Hautes-Cotes-de-Nuits verses Hautes-Cotes-de-Beaune. I have to admit that I have never been overly fond of red Burgundy – when it tastes great it tastes slightly like dirty vegetables, not my scene. The first wine was Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes-de-Nuits Chartron et Trebuchet-1999 (£14.99) was an enjoyable drink, aged perfectly well and even I have to admit that the dirty vegetable flavours were very appealing. It was paired next to the Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes-de-Beaune VV 2006 Nicolas Potel (£11.99), a young wine from old vines. They were both very similar in style but the Hautes-Cotes-de-Nuits just had the edge.
If you are in Bath Street I highly recommend that you stop in at Inverarity 121 to view Jack’s fantastic work – oil and paint on glass. They will be displayed until the end of the month.
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