Sep 2025: 2022 Michel Gros Clos des Réas, 2021 Caroline Morey Beaune 1er Les Grèves, 2017 Hundred Acre Kayli Morgan Vineyard, 1994 Pahlmeyer Merlot…

2020 Thomas Morey Saint-Aubin 1er Les Castets, courtesy of Kieron at 67 Pall Mall, 01 Sep 2025. Light greenish. Classic Saint-Aubin bouquet of cool glacial tones amid lemons and clear citrus. Well integrated with very good depth of fruit, imparting fine clarity with a teasing intensity.

2021 Caroline Morey Beaune 1er Les Grèves, courtesy of Kieron at 67 Pall Mall, 01 Sep 2025. Surprisingly evolved in colour, looking like a 15-20 year-old pinot. Decidedly delicious on the nose with an effusive rosy fragrance, the fleshy palate wonderfully fresh and subtly nuanced in red fruits with a hint of tangerines within its gentle layers, producing a quiet focus. Became even more highly expressive as it sat in the glass. Utterly beguiling.

2021 Claude Dugat Gevrey-Chambertin, courtesy of Kieron at 67 Pall Mall, 01 Sep 2025. Classic pinot tint. There is just a bare hint of earthiness amidst the domineering presence of cherries and rose petals, producing an open supple intensity and freshness throughout its lovely length that is almost exquisite. Gelled together very well with a bit of mid-palatal shine, becoming even more plummy and expressive.

2020 Bric Turot Prunotto Barbaresco, courtesy of Kieron at 67 Pall Mall, 01 Sep 2025. Crimson. Racy bouquet of tropical fruits and mint, leading to an exuberant supple intensity throughout its flowing length, tempered by just a hint of vegetal stems within its subtle tannins. Settled down with a lovely feminine grace.

2022 Domaine Michel Gros Vosne-Romanée 1er Clos des Réas monopole, courtesy of Kieron at 67 Pall Mall, 01 Sep 2025. Deep purple. Big, intense and racy, almost New World in its heady mix of vanillin, haw and ultra-ripe raspberries. Obviously well extracted but still immaculately proportioned with supple tannins to yield controlled power and refined intensity, just a tad austere with some gritty detail towards its finish.

2011 Williams Selyem Precious Mountain Pinot Noir. Aired in bottle ahead of dinner at Kai Garden, 04 Sep 2025. Brownish Red. Full presence of ripe plummy fruit, cedar, balsamic elements and forest notes, laced with slick teasing acidity that produced sharp attack with fleet focused intensity. Well-proportioned with smooth rounded tannins, finishing with moderate length amid overtones of eucalyptus, mint, licorice. For the long haul.

2006 Champagne Dom Pérignon P2, courtesy of CJ at Kai Garden, 04 Sep 2025. Pale golden, exuding a bit of barnyard aroma amid floral hues. There is a certain elusive quality in its delicate lift of fruit, very subtly nuanced with ferrous elements that add to its controlled refined intensity. Superbly balanced, turning a little more crisp over time. Modest finish.

2017 Bentrock Santa Rita Chardonnay, courtesy of LF at Kai Garden, 04 Sep 2025. Pale yellow. Distant notes of summer hay on the nose, though the full palate is well endowed with fleshy layers of distilled citrus, proffering excellent balance and clarity. Very well proportioned. Moderate length. Drinks like a burgundy premier cru.

2019 Le Petit Cheval, courtesy of Sanjay at Kai Garden, 04 Sep 2025. Pale. This dry white of Château Cheval Blanc is surprisingly relaxed and elegant, only medium weight, proffering great clarity with a tinge of salinity that produced a bit of mid-palatal shine.

1994 Pahlmeyer Merlot, courtesy of LF at Kai Garden, 04 Sep 2025. Deep purplish core with a crimson rim. Earthy herbaceous aromas dominate on the medium-full palate that is wonderfully supple with a tensile quality, richly imbued with deep plummy fruit and soy that produce superb lift and linearity throughout its integral length. Still remarkably youthful.

2015 Castello di Amarone Butala Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, courtesy of Lui HF at Kai Garden, 04 Sep 2025. Deep garnet. Concentrated presence of raspberries, blackberries and dark currants in generous proportions, producing an intense brooding tone though there is already a certain lushness.

2007 Sine Qua Non Dangerous Birds, courtesy of LF at Kai Garden, 04 Sep 2025. Impenetrable deep garnet, opening with a pebbly warmth that led to a sharp attack and rasping intensity on the medium-full palate, replete with overtones of tobacco snuff. Modest finish. Made of 100% syrah.

2013 Sine Qua Non Jusqu’ à l’os, courtesy of MH at Kai Garden, 04 Sep 2025. Deep garnet. Generous presence of red fruits and strawberries that exude a certain warm ripeness with early secondary characters. Open enough at this stage, yielding good detail and sweet supple intensity within its robust structure, but shorn of all opulence.

2017 Hundred Acre Kayli Morgan Vineyard, courtesy of CHS at Kai Garden, 04 Sep 2025. Deep crimson, boasting a concentrated focus of delicious red fruits amid a dash of vanillin within its lush velvetiness, supported by an even deeper vein of darkish fruit. Subtly vibrant without any hint of its 16.1% abv. Predominantly grenache.

2014 Domaine Thibert Père et Fils Pouilly-Fuissé Les Cras. Popped and poured at Eastern House of Seafood, 07 Sep 2025. Pale yellowish. This wine opens with a profusion of intense yellow citrus and white flowers that produce initial exquisite intensity. Settled down with greater clarity as the fruit gave way to a more austere ferrous presence.

2017 Domaine de Montille Saint-Aubin 1er En Remilly. Aired four hours ahead of lunch at Otto Ristorante, 09 Sep 2025. Pale yellowish. Delicate intensity of clear citrus and lime that impart a high-toned palate amid cool glacial notes underpinned by understated chalky and ferrous elements.

Rockford Black Shiraz (2023 disgorgement). Popped and poured at Asia Grand, 12 Sep 2025. Deep garnet, imbued with the unmistakable shiraz character of darkish rich plummy fruit laced with black currants and licorice. Well layered with a velvety intensity, just a little sweetish as it fans out with a liquored finish amid a deeper vein of black fruits. A Barossa classic.

PengWine Emperor III Blend NV at New Ubin Seafood, 13 Sep 2025. Very deep crimson. Some forest floor and dried mushrooms on the nose whilst currants and plummy red fruits dominate on the fleshy palate with a dash of earthiness, structured with smooth rounded tannins that impart controlled fleeting intensity. Well-proportioned with fine length and linearity. Wax seal.

2017 PengWine Royal at New Ubin Seafood, 13 Sep 2025. Deep crimson. Somewhat subdued on the nose though quite generously proportioned with a firm minerally line cushioned by soft tannins, yielding rustic detail though the mid-palate is unresolved with a high-toned brightness.

2014 PengWine Royal at New Ubin Seafood, 13 Sep 2025. Deep crimson. Hint of velvety red fruits on the nose. Distinctly juicier and more succulent than the 2017, showing better resolution with tannins that are structured but pliant, well integrated with its subtle minerality.

2018 PengWine Rockhopper Gran Reserva Carmenere at New Ubin Seafood, 13 Sep 2025. Deeply coloured. Distant bouquet of warm red fruits that belie the lush velvetiness on the full palate, tinged with a hint of capsicum. Very well balanced. Modest finish.

2018 PengWine The Humboldt Cabernet Gran Reserva at New Ubin Seafood, 13 Sep 2025. Deep crimson. Velvety lift of ample red fruits and dark currants. Quite delicious and integral. Well balanced with a hint of sandiness.

2019 Henschke Keyneton Euphonium. Popped and poured at the in-laws, 14 Sep 2025. Very deep purple, proffering an attractive density of ripe raspberries, blueberries and violets on the nose and palate, structured with soft velvety tannins that impart a rich luxuriant mouthfeel to the ample fruit, quite impeccably balanced against the refined acidity. Delicious and irresistible now, yet will keep for decades. Highly satisfying.

2020 Domaine Morey Coffinet Saint-Aubin 1er Les Frionnes, after a brief aeration at Xin Cuisine, 20 Sep 2025. Clear pallor. Charming complex of light citrus, wildflowers and orchard fruit matched by a cool relaxed placid elegance that yield great clarity, the fruit quietly concentrated, gradually developing a gentle floral bloom over time.

2020 Turkey Flat Shiraz, semi-double decanted for an hour prior to dinner at the in-laws, 21 Sep 2025. Deep garnet. Somewhat more introverted now even though the deep fleshy Barossa fruit is clearly evident, replete with the obligatory dash of licorice and balsamic spice, controlled with immaculate precision and balance within a sheen of ultra-smooth tannins that impart a certain cool elegance.