Some top wines from December

As usual, tasting notes were stuffed into our groaning database like presents into a stocking here on JancisRobinson.com in December, with a particularly high proportion of standalone notes (those that are not published in any of our tasting articles).

A few select highlights of these follow below.

• A 'lissom' 2004 sparkling from Ca'del Bosco in Franciacorta
• 'A vinous bakewell tart' from Greece's Alpha Estate, as tasted by Julia
• Superlative 1989 Vouvray from Huet's Clos du Bourg
• A very good bottle of Latour 1990
• Authentic Australian Chardonnay from Caledonia in Gippsland
• The Gonzalez Byass Amontillado that Jancis drank on Boxing Day...