Draw of old favourites

THREE very interesting wines recently - out of the usual run, and most welcome too.

Chablis Premier Cru Chapelot 1992, Raveneau

At dinner recently in a well known Teochew Restaurant in Beach Road, my host served two classics, Chablis and the other old favourite and reliable Bordeaux. My host knowing my predilection for Chablis from past issues of this column, very kindly served this wine. And what a wine it was. On blind tasting it would have been difficult to place as Chablis.

A very attractive brilliant deep golden colour gave away its age and maturity, 22 years old, and from a very good year for Burgundy. The bouquet was characteristic of old Chablis

indeed, a deep aroma of mixed nuts with light orangey notes; on the palate the taste of an old white, an intriguing blend of mixed nuts and citric fruit, accompanied by very good freshness. The taste filled the mouth, lingering clean and long. At peak and s…