Around the world in 13 Rolland wines

Here are my notes, virtually as written at the time, taken during Michel Rolland’s recent presentation of 13 of his wines to a group of wine writers in London. See wine news tomorrow Saturday 30 April 2005 for my appreciation of the influence of Michel Rolland and inside information for some of his core beliefs in The world according to Rolland.

MR: “The first flight is very short – one (Indian) wine. It’s very different from any of the other wines. There’s no dormancy so the vines permanently grow. Normally we could do two vintages a year but one...