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Multi-sensorial menu at Le Dame de Pic, Raffles Singapore, heralds spring and the newest champagne
Billecart Salmon releases the much anticipated cuvée Elisabeth Salmon 2008 this spring. Made in select vintages, the 2008 vintage is only the 13th time the wine is made. Le Dame de Pic, housed in the iconic Raffles Hotel, continues its collaboration with Billecart and celebrates the launch with a curated spring menu designed by executive chef Anne-Sophie Pic.
Chef Pic’s relationship with Billecart goes back to her days in Valence, where she tasted the cuvée at her father’s house. Her epicurean journey started when she took over the family’s restaurant Maison de Pic, and since then, she has blazed a trail with eight Michelin stars under her belt.
2004 Château Potensac, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
(£59.00, Magnum,bbr.com) There is no mystery here whatsoever as this is a well-known château and 2004 is a decent vintage. So why has it gained a place in this stellar line-up? The answer is that we are all so used to tasting young, vigorous wines that we sometimes forget just how beautiful mature wines can be. Potensac is owned by the Delon family and it shares a portfolio with none other than the mesmerising Saint-Julien Deuxième Cru, Léoville-Las Cases.There is pedigree here and at 16 years of age, this wine is at the peak of its powers. So £59 is the right price to pay for a fully mature, top-class claret and this is why it sits on this page. Oh, and £59 is for a magnum, not a bottle, so I am sure that you are already speed-dialling Berry’s before you have even finished reading this sentence.