Sunday Business Post – Tomas Clancy
In a change to the usual weekly article Tomas Clancy focuses on great wines for the Christmas period and pressies for the wine geek in your life !
Champagne for Christmas
Top five luxury champagnes, money no object
* Champagne Krug, Grande Cuvee NV, €169 (94)
* Dom Perignon 2000, €143 (93)
* Champagne Veuve Clicquot, Cuvee La Grande Dame 1998, €189 (93)
* Champagne Roederer Cristal 2000, €210 (93)
* Champagne Bollinger, Grande Annee 1999, €109 (93)
Top five luxury champagnes, with a firm eye on the bottom line
* Champagne Bollinger, Special Cuvee NV, €54 (92)
* Champagne Roederer, Brut Premiere NV, €50 (91)
* Champagne Taittinger NV, €48 (90)
* Champagne Pol Roger, Brut Reserve NV, €45 (90)
* Champagne Laurent Perrier NV, €48 (90)
The article is rounded of by one of my favourite wine importers Enrico Fantasia and his selections for Christmas some of which I have been fortunate enough to taste – Good Times !
Wine importer’s tipple tipsEnrico Fantasia, Grape Circus
People are going to be a bit more careful about what they buy this Christmas. For Christmas dinner wines, I think people are happy to pay between €16 and €18, but not much more – and they want value for money.
We have a great red – Rosso Piceno ‘Vigna di Gino’ 2005 – that fits that bill at around €16. It’s from a small biodynamic farm and is made up of a 70 per cent montepulciano, 30 per cent sangiovese blend from the Marche region of Italy.
To celebrate you need some bubbles, of course, and in Italy that means prosecco. We have a nice example in Col Saliz Prosecco for around €19. It’s fantastic! A crisp, fresh, sparkling wine with lots of nice fruit and apple flavours with a silky finish.
All these wines are available in Sheridan’s Cheesemongers in Dublin, Galway and Waterford.
Click here for my video tasting on the Col Saliz Prosecco and if you want to see when I tasted this wine with the guys from ifoods.tv click here.
