February 5, 2010

1986 : Terrific Tiger Offers
Last week, we highlighted a few great wines from the Tiger Year, 1998--this week we're going back even further in time to feature wines from another terrific Tiger year, 1986. These wines are drinking beautifully now, but are also cellaring in the short term. Offering yet another reason why the Year of the Tiger is worthy of celebration all year long.

Fiorano No. 25 Bianco 1986

The wines of the late Prince Alberico Boncompagni Ludovisi created a phenomenon for their ability to age. However, to ensure that his legacy would not be misrepresented, Ludovisi destroyed his vineyards, passing his private cellar to Italian food and wine critic Luigi Veronelli and entrusting him to find individuals who could keep his vision alive. This mission continues today, as the vintage wines have been left to Sergio by the late Veronelli.

HK$1,168.00

Fiorano No. 39 Semillon 1986

The wines of the late Prince Alberico
Boncompagni Ludovisi created a phenomenon for their ability to age.
However, to ensure that his legacy would not be misrepresented,
Ludovisi destroyed his vineyards, passing his private cellar to Italian
food and wine critic Luigi Veronelli and entrusting him to find
individuals who could keep his vision alive. This mission continues
today, as the vintage wines have been left to Sergio by the late
Veronelli.

HK$1,218.00

Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto Riserva 1986

For more than sixty years, Bruno Giacosa, the Langhe's most consistent producer, has made some of Italy's greatest Barolos and Barbarescos in the traditional Piemontese style. His success is based on his painstaking selection of grapes. In poor vintages, Giacosa sells his fruit in bulk; in exceptional vintages, he honors the wine with the coveted red label Riserva, as he has done here. The Falletto Riserva includes grapes from the famed Rocche del Falletto plot (a small area of old vines on top of the Falletto slope), making it particularly attractive to collectors.

HK$8,800.00

Grattamacco Rosso 1998

As its fellow Super-Tuscans from the house of Ornellaia, Grattamacco is known for delivering remarkable constancy—yet another example of a premier producer whose efforts are not compromised by aberrant vintages. It knew exactly what it was before Super-Tuscans came to be.

HK$458.00

Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Santo Stefano Riserva 1998

Among the best Barbarescos produced by this devoted traditionalist. A cellar staple—this wine will easily age for the next two decades. It’s all about, licorice, sweet tobacco, red fruit and balance. Drink and watch it evolve.

HK$1,758.00

Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Masseto 1998

Over the last several years, Toscana has emerged as a bastion of high-calibre Merlot. Foremost among these names is Masseto, Tenuta dell’Ornellaia’s monovarietal Merlot. Despite having debuted only in the 1986 vintage, Masseto is working on establishing the epic mystique of the storied Château Pétrus. The simple fact is that Masseto’s past—however recent—provides just as compelling a testament to the wine's splendor as the genesis of Pétrus. The 1998 Masseto is opulent and expansive, and offers ripe dark fruit along with secondary notes of tobacco, The '98 could benefit from further cellaring, with anticipated maturity expected from 2008-2018.

HK$6,278.00

Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella 1998

Sergio has confessed that he remains at a loss as to how Quintarelli does that thing he doesâ€”namely, the crafting of life-altering wines that induce impassioned states in wine enthusiasts of all persuasions. Quintarelli once told Sergio that the most in

HK$2,688.00

Double Happiness Gift Basket

It isn't often--in fact, it's quite rare--that Valentine's Day and the Chinese New Year fall on the very same day. At IWM we're celebrating with a special "Double Happiness" package of Movia Lunar 2007 and Tua Rita Giusto di Notri 2006. Not only are these two wines from of Itay's top producers, but their productions and packaging hold a special significance as well. The Tua Rita, a red from Sicilia, is decorated with an orange and red label (the colors of luck and good fortunate) while the Movia Lunar, a white wine from Slovenia, is made in accordance with the movements of the moon and the principles of Feng Shui. It pairs well with traditional New Year's dishes like fish maw and dried abalone. Double your happiness in the New Year!

Includes 1 of each wine below:
Movia Lunar 2007
Tua Rita Giusto di Notri
Small Woven Gift Basket

HK$998.00

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