As a result, the 2009 Bordeaux reds have lush, opulent fruit and ripe, velvety tannins.
Châteauneuf is always a big wine, but these wines were huge — full of lush, opulent fruit with powerful, jammy flavors.
Best of all is a heroically proportioned peach pie with a rough lattice crust, its opulent fruit flavor coaxed out by the magic heat of burning wood.
£9.99, Morrisons Splash out 2009 Rully 1er Cru La Pucelle This is excellent white Burgundy from the virgin soils of the Côte Chalonnaise, a full-bodied chardonnay whose opulent fruit concentration finishes with a nutty flourish in a fresh, bone-dry framework of fruit.
£10.99, buy 2 = £9.99, Majestic Splash out 2009 Michael Hall Eden Valley Syrah, Flaxman's Valley, Eden Valley, Australia Behind the cinnamon and cardamom spice lies an opulent blackberry fruit quality.
Around £16.99, Laithwaites, 0845 194 7720 Splash out 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon, Thelema, Stellenbosch Bright ruby in colour and mint-tinged in its fresh fragrance, this pure Cape cabernet sauvignon displays an opulent cassis-fruit quality.
Vintners are clearly drawing inspiration from Rhône Valley reds, with California versions marked by white pepper and earthier flavors, and from Australian Shiraz, the Golden State renditions of which are more opulent and fruit-driven.
The Haut-Brion seemed bigger and more opulent, with exotic fruit flavors and a strong tobacco-like aroma.
The opulent, tangy First Fruit ($22), 96percentt sauvignon blanc and 4percentt sémillon, is modeled on Bordeaux blanc.
The 1996's and 97's are textbook examples of the deep colors, intense fruit and rich, opulent style that have always defined Phelps syrahs.
(Classical Wines From Spain) Valderiz, $43, ** Ribera del Duero Valderiz 2004 Plush, opulent and balanced with lots of fruit and lots of oak.
