Cellar Collection at the Decanter London Fine Wine Encounter 2022
Decanter's editorial team reports from a very special tasting of three back vintages of one flagship cuvée, from 21 handpicked estates all presented in one room at the recent Fine Wine Encounter in London.
It was always going to be a special Decanter Fine Wine Encounter. On Saturday 5 November, readers descended on The Landmark, London for the first time since 2019 to taste a selection of the world’s fine wines, poured by the producers.
Scroll down to see tasting notes and scores for a selection of highlights from the Cellar Collection room
Not only was it the first in-person Decanter tasting in London since before Covid, it was also the 25th anniversary of the event, which has been bringing fine wine lovers and some of the world’s top estates together since 1998.
And new for 2022, ticket holders to the Grand Tasting were given the opportunity to experience a deep dive into vertical tastings from 21 hand-picked estates, in the Cellar Collection room. Each winery present poured three back vintages of their flagship cuvée, including one library vintage of around 10 years of age, to demonstrate the evolution of the wine.
Not only was it a rare opportunity to taste library vintages of some of the world’s finest wines, it was also a chance to meet the people behind these bottles, and have them introduce their own wines in person.
See tasting notes and scores for all the wines in the Cellar Collection Room
Wine world tour
Each guest was issued with a Cellar Collection passport, gaining a stamp at each table visited. And it really was a world tour – without the queues for passport control! Lovers of bubbles could start off with a visit to Tasmania’s House of Arras – the 2007 Vintage Rosé a highlight – followed by two of Cava’s most elite names, Llopart and Recaredo. Two dry white wines were on show, Planeta’s famous Sicilian Chardonnay, and Château Olivier’s white Graves, displaying delicious evolution in the 2010 vintage poured from magnum.
Red wines were unsurprisingly the main focus, with fine Rioja from Marqués de Murrieta and Bodegas Roda, and a selection of top Bordeaux names, including representation from Margaux (Siran) and Pauillac (Lynch-Bages). Over in Italy, Tedeschi was pouring its Capitel Monte Olmi Riserva Amarone back to 2005, while Tuscan estates Tua Rita, Tenuta Luce and Lamole di Lamole also fielded their top cuvées. Argentina’s Catena Zapata shared its Nicolás Catena cuvée going back to 2004, while California estate Arkenstone wowed with its 2010 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa’s Howell Mountain.
Sweet wines from Château Bastor-Lamontagne in Sauternes and Disznókö in Tokaj, and colheita white Ports from historic Port house Kopke provided the perfect conclusion to a very special tasting.
Cellar Collection Room wines
Arkenstone, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley, California, USA 2018
Arkenstone, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley, California, USA 2013
Arkenstone, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley, California, USA 2010
Catena Zapata, Nicolás Catena Zapata, Mendoza, Argentina 2019
Catena Zapata, Nicolás Catena Zapata, Mendoza, Argentina 2010
Catena Zapata, Nicolás Catena Zapata, Mendoza, Argentina 2004
Château Bastor-Lamontagne, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France 2019
Château Bastor-Lamontagne Sauternes, Bordeaux, France 2010
Château Bastor-Lamontagne Sauternes, Bordeaux, France 2006
Château de Corneilla, Cavalcade Rouge, Côtes du Roussillon, France 2019
Château de Corneilla, Cavalcade Rouge, Côtes du Roussillon, France 2017
Château de Corneilla, Cavalcade Rouge, Côtes du Roussillon, France 2010
Château Lynch-Bages Pauillac, 5ème Cru Classé, Bordeaux, France 2018
Château Lynch-Bages Pauillac, 5ème Cru Classé, Bordeaux, France 2015
Château Lynch-Bages Pauillac, 5ème Cru Classé, Bordeaux, France 2010
Château Olivier Blanc, Cru Classé de Graves, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, France 2018
Château Olivier Blanc, Cru Classé de Graves, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, France 2015
Château Olivier Blanc, Cru Classé de Graves, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, France 2010
Château Patache d’Aux, Haut-Médoc, Cru Bourgeois, Bordeaux, France 2018
Château Patache d’Aux, Haut-Médoc, Cru Bourgeois, Bordeaux, France 2016
Château Patache d’Aux, Haut-Médoc, Cru Bourgeois, Bordeaux, France 2010
Château Siran, Margaux, Bordeaux, France 2018
Château Siran, Margaux, Bordeaux, France 2015
Château Siran, Margaux, Bordeaux, France 2010
Disznókó, Aszú 5 Puttonyos, Tokaji, Hungary 2013
Disznókó, Aszú 5 Puttonyos, Tokaji, Hungary 2007
Disznókó, Aszú 5 Puttonyos, Tokaji, Hungary 2002
Domaine de Baronarques, Grand Vin Rouge, Limoux, Languedoc-Roussillon, France 2018
Domaine de Baronarques, Grand Vin Rouge, Limoux, Languedoc-Roussillon, France 2015
Domaine de Baronarques, Grand Vin Rouge, Limoux, Languedoc-Roussillon, France 2007
House of Arras, Rosé, Tasmania, Australia 2014
House of Arras, Rosé, Tasmania, Australia 2007
House of Arras, Rosé, Tasmania, Australia 2005
Kopke, Colheita White Port, Douro Valley, Portugal 2008
Kopke, Colheita White Port, Douro Valley, Portugal 2005
Kopke, Colheita White Port, Douro Valley, Portugal 2003
Lamole di Lamole, Vigneto di Campolungo, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione, Tuscany, Italy 2017
Lamole di Lamole, Vigneto di Campolungo, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione, Tuscany, Italy 2015
Lamole di Lamole, Vigneto di Campolungo, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione, Tuscany, Italy 2009
Llopart, Original 1887 Les Flandes Single Vineyard, Corpinnat, Catalonia, Spain 2010
Llopart, Original 1887 Les Flandes Single Vineyard, Corpinnat, Catalonia, Spain 2009
Llopart, Original 1887 Les Flandes Single Vineyard, Corpinnat, Catalonia, Spain 2008
Marques de Murrieta, Castillo Ygay Especial Gran Reserva, Rioja Alta, Spain 2011
Marques de Murrieta, Castillo Ygay Especial Gran Reserva, Rioja Alta, Spain 2010
Marques de Murrieta, Castillo Ygay Especial Gran Reserva, Rioja Alta, Spain 2009
Planeta, Chardonnay, Menfi, Sicily, Italy 2021
Planeta, Chardonnay, Menfi, Sicily, Italy 2018
Planeta, Chardonnay, Menfi, Sicily, Italy 2011
Recaredo, Serral del Vell, Corpinnat, Catalonia, Spain 2017
Recaredo, Serral del Vell, Corpinnat, Catalonia, Spain 2014
Recaredo, Serral del Vell, Corpinnat, Catalonia, Spain 2011
Roda, Roda I Reserva, Rioja, Spain 2017
Roda, Roda I Reserva, Rioja, Spain 2005
Roda, Roda I Reserva, Rioja, Spain 2004
Tedeschi, Capitel Monte Olmi, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva, Veneto, Italy 2016
Tedeschi, Capitel Monte Olmi, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva, Veneto, Italy 2011
Tedeschi, Capitel Monte Olmi, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva, Veneto, Italy 2005
Tua Rita, Redigaffi, Tuscany, Italy 2020
Tua Rita, Redigaffi, Tuscany, Italy 2016
Tua Rita, Redigaffi, Tuscany, Italy 2012
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