Wine Review 2010

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Lot # Wine Year M D Comment
COGNAC & OTHER BRANDIES
For many years, Opimian has offered a diligently selected number of French Brandy, spearheaded by Cognac. We work with a top class
co-operative, originally from Cognac, that has, through its success, broadened its offer to include the other lesser known brandies of the
rural countryside.
4808 Calvados, Leriche N.V. n/a n/a Normandy apples transported right into your house.
4809 Armagnac, *** Leriche N.V. n/a n/a Very fine flavours highlighting grapes and smoke.
4810 Lauriac VS Fine Champagne Cognac N.V. n/a n/a
4811 Cognac XO, “Roi des Rois” N.V. n/a n/a
SCOTS MALT WHISKY
4812 Cùl na Creagan, 2001 n/a n/a
8 Year Old Malt Scotch Whisky, Distilled
4813 Cùl na Creagan, 1997 n/a n/a
12 Year Old Malt Scotch Whisky, Distilled
4814 Cùl na Creagan, 1988 n/a n/a
21 Year Old Malt Scotch Whisky, Distilled
Three Malts from Sir Iain Noble’s blending house. Aromas of
the Central Highlands and Islands with a touch of Islay.
SHERRY
Sherry, like Port wine, is fortified, but unlike Port it is allowed to mature as a “table wine” until shortly before bottling, at which moment
grape brandy is added to increase its alcoholic strength. Like Port, it lives in the bottle for many years but, once opened, it loses freshness
and should be consumed within a few days.
Two complete departures from the way in which Port is made are used for the production of Sherry. First, unlike almost all other wines,
Sherry is intentionally oxidized by storage in casks that are only partially filled. Second, during the reductive storage in wooden casks,
a number of butts (traditional name for a Sherry cask) develop a layer of yeast on top of the liquid that progressively uses up all of the
elements of residual sugar, ensuring that the wines with this growth of yeast become entirely free of any natural fruit sugar sweetness.
4815 Opimian Manzanilla Pasada, N.V. n/a n/a Very dry. Maderized. Tastes very mature. Serve fresh
Sanlúcar de Barrameda with crushed ice.
4816 Opimian Fine Amontillado,
Rare Ballast Butt
N.V. n/a n/a Fine wine for a sipping apéritif
4817 Opimian East India Rich Cream Oloroso N.V. n/a n/a Rich. Ripe. Full. A bowl of prunes mixed with apricots and
mirabelles.
Wine Review 2010