Berberana - 2001 Gran Reserva Rioja

Vintage: 2001
Type: Rioja Gran Reserva
Country: Spain



An Excellent Rioja that has been aged well. Great bold full flavours and an excellent finish. A blend of 80% Tempranillo and 20% Grenache.

Chateau Rousselle - 2001

Vintage: 2001
Type: Bordeaux
Country: France




This was the oldest of the vintages of red at the wine tasting session. This wine has a very herbal taste, perhaps because of the terroir the grapes came from.

Babich

Vintage: 2001
Type: Cabernet Merlot
Country: New Zealand - Hawke's Bay



This is a non-review as the bottle that I tried was corked. It promised to be good...

Borgogno

Vintage: 2001
Type: Barolo
Country: Italy




An excellent strong Barolo. Great colour and fragrance, quite a bold flavour. Perfect with a steak (I wouldn't drink this on itself).

Selfridges Vintage Port

Vintage: 2001
Type: Port
Country: Portugal



As I love port I thought it would be interesting to try the Selfridges brand port (bottled by Whytingham's). Long story short, spend your money elsewhere. You can get better port at a better price and I was very disappointed with this bottle. The flavours were not full and even the colour was too light. Not worth the price.

Castillo De Calatrava

Vintage: 2001
Type: Tempranillo
Country: La Mancha - Spain



This win was quite disappointing for the price. I found nothing special about it.

Cape Promise

Vintage: 2001
Type: Merlot Shiraz
Country: South Africa



An excellent dry red wine. It had an nice full flavour with a hint of spice, a good aftertaste and a great aroma.