Jane Anson’s top fine wines of 2018
See the wines that have made Jane Anson's end-of-year highlights, with exclusive tasting notes for Decanter Premium members...
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Jane Anson’s top fine wines of 2018
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Opus One, Napa Valley, Oakville, California, USA, 1980
This wine was stunning when I tried it in June 2018, and delivers again here. Just a wonderful nuanced wine rippling with flavour. Richer and...
1980
Opus OneNapa Valley
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac 1982
May Eliane de Lencquesaing had been at Pichon since 1978, so four years by the time the 1982 rolled around. The Merlot levels are a...
1982
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de LalandePauillac
Marqués de Riscal, Reserva Historica, Rioja, 1961
Drunk during the en primeur week in Bordeaux, this is a reminder of how beautifully this particular Rioja can age, giving a host of the...
1961
Marqués de RiscalRioja
Bodegas Palacio, Glorioso, Rioja, Northern Spain, 1978
Located in Laguardia, Bodegas Palacio dates back to 1894. This is one of those wonderful old Riojas where you get sweetly soft tannins, like they've...
1978
Bodegas PalacioRioja
Château Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac, 1er Cru Classé, 1894
This was tasted at Lafite on a different evening from the rest of this vertical, during the recent en primeur week. Three bottles were opened...
1894
Château Lafite RothschildPauillac
Arista, Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay, Sonoma County, Russian
95
This is one of the best Chardonnays I have tasted all year, and thoroughly recommend you get hold of some. There's not a trace of fat, and yet it's rich and full of flavour, with zinging citrus peel offset by mouthwatering salinity on the finish. The whole thing just holds on and on - it's brilliantly structured and is sure to develop more complexity in bottle. The vines are heading up to 50 years of age. The wine is barrel fermented with native yeasts in 35% new oak, with a primary ferment that lasts nine months. Bottled unfiltered and unfined.
2016
AristaSonoma County
Château Trotanoy, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, 2005
This is from the first great vintage of the new era. By this point in time there were smaller tanks that allowed more accuracy between...
2005
Château TrotanoyPomerol
Felton Road, Block 3 Pinot Noir, Central Otago, 2015
If you judge a wine by how long it takes to finish the bottle - this was shared between three, which was definitely two too...
2015
Felton Road
Château Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, 1er Cru Classé, 1986
A seductive mix of brambly autumnal fruits, black truffles, graphite and cigar box, this is absolutely ready to drink now and yet will continue to...
1986
Château Haut-BrionPessac-Léognan
Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Cuvée Louise, Dundee Hills, 2015
I have loved the wines from Drouhin Oregon for years, and was thrilled to visit it in October during harvest. I was even more happy...
2015
Domaine Drouhin OregonWillamette Valley
