Steven Spurrier’s wines of the month

Magazine: May 2018 Issue

Decanter’s long-standing consultant editor and 2017 Decanter Man of the Year hand-picks fine wines for drinking now and recommends others to lay down, all priced from £25 / $30 upwards

From the cellar

Revisiting the Judgement of Paris

A dinner held at London wine club 67 Pall Mall, hosted by Alan Davies under the theme ‘Revisiting the 1976 Judgement of Paris’, produced a stunning range of wines. As aperitif, an elegantly fresh Schramsberg, Blanc de Blancs NV preceded a rich J Schram 2000 of great complexity.

With the lobster thermidor pot pie came four magnificent Chardonnays: El Molino, Rutherford 2001 still very much there; Mayacamas, Mt Veeder 2007 showing its high-elevation origins; Aubert, CIX Vineyard, Sonoma Coast 2012 elegantly crafted; and Hanzell, Ambassador’s 1953 Vineyard, Sonoma 2013 with great precision and grip.

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