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Jancis's diary – June 2024

ballooning in Cappadocia

A month in which the travel highlight was ballooning in Anatolia. We were not alone, as you can see.

We got back from our family holiday on Corfu just in time for the start of the month and a fine dinner at Harry’s Bar in London, where Maurizio Zanella of Ca’ del Bosco in Franciacorta launched the 1980(!) vintage of his top cuvée, Annamaria Clementi RS, the product of a full 42 years’ ageing on lees in bottle under cork, not crown cap. Needless to say, rich enough through ageing to need no dosage at all. When the 6,000 bottles...