Bordeaux: comfort food of the vinous world

Singapore

THE feeling that sweeps over one when drinking Bordeaux today is rather similar to the feeling one gets when arriving home after a long trip abroad. Coming home! Safe, comfortable, enjoyable.

Chateau Haut Brion 2003, Premier Cru Classe (Feb 21, at home)

It had been some time since I had had a serious drink of Bordeaux and it was lovely.

A deep, browning red, with the slightest hint of a clear rim, the bouquet was the clearest reminder of home - cedar and cigar-box elements of blackcurrants and ripe berry fruit preceded the engrossing palate, ripe blackcurrant fruit, just the right am…