Txacoli Wine
Txacoli is a slightly sparkling dry white wine with high acidity. It is produced predominantly in Northern Spain in the Basque region around Bilbao. It’s normally drunk as a aperitif and is around 11-12% Alcohol. It can’t be stored so needs to be drunk within a year. It’s been around since at least 1520 but until the 1980s was not sold commercially and was mainly drunk as a homemade wine in the Basque. It has a natural spritz or fizz to it and is often poured elaborately from a height into the glass to enhance the effect and for entertainment.
https://www.majestic.co.uk/Atlantis-Txakoli-zid14589
It pairs well with seafood and lighter dishes but is equally good on its own chilled.
Further reading
http://punchdrink.com/articles/how-ameztoi-txakoli-wine-is-made-getaria-spain
Olly’s Wine Rack of the Gods
2. Domaine Romanée Conti 1990
Romanée-Conti is an Appellation for red wine in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy, France, with Pinot noir as the primary grape variety. It is a described as a wine with a forceful bouquet of violet mixed with a scent of cherry, a lively and profound ruby robe, a suaveness of exceptional finesse and has been highly regarded since the 18 th century. A set of eight bottles fetched $224,900 at auction at Sotheby's London in 1996. One of the prime reasons for the high price of this wine is the extremely low yield of the soil in the area of France where it's produced – it takes the produce of three Pinot Noir grape vines to make one bottle. The average age of the vines, extending over 1.8 hectares, is 53 years and the Pinot Noir harvest can produce up to 450 cases of Romanée-Conti DRC wine.
