CAROL YAU

Member of the Hong Kong Wine Society and Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne, among other societies, and wine collector

The current challenging environment has made Carol Yau think about wines made in difficult circumstances. Chateau Musar’s Serge Hochar, with whom she had the pleasure to sit at a tasting in 2012, continued production throughout Lebanon’s civil war. Although on the evening her choice was the 1969, which she described as impressively youthful, for purchase today she would recommend the

Chateau Musar 1998

(red-fruited, floral and minty) or 1999 (elegant, with red and black fruit, spice and chocolate) for drinking or laying away, since they have the potential to significantly appreciate in price over time.

Sommelier, founder of World of Wines and wine educator

Several of the luminaries I asked spared a thought for Italy: Arlene Oliveros, who normally splits her time between the Philippines and Toronto, recommends the Italian cult white wine producer Miani of Colli Orientali del Friuli. Its

Miani Pettarin Ribolla Gialla 2017,

elusive even in Italy, comes from the iconic Rosazzo vineyard (one of the two Ribolla “Grand Crus”). It’s aged in 100 per cent new oak with no racking or batonnage to “shut down the wine so that it can develop more slowly”. Oliveros describes it as “rich, round and complex with nuances of lemon, tangerines, chamomile and honey”.

Consul for the Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne Shanghai