Emirates First Class
EK 412 Dubai – Sydney – Auckland
February 2012

Wine

Champagne
Cuvee Dom Perignon 2002
2002 was a warm year in this illustrious region producing
beautifully full bodied and ripe wines. The Dom Perignon has an
intensely floral nose leading into the powerful yet creamy palate
wit h uncharacteristic peach, passion fruit and apricot fruits all
mingling in the flute with a subtle hazelnut and toasty finish. Aged
on the lees for seven years before disgorgement, followed by a
further year in bottle, this is drinking perfectly now.

White
Sancerre Exception 2007
Pascal Jolivet
Jolivet's ambition with Exception is to make a wine that could
be considered as a grand cru. Made from the finest quality hand
picked grapes exclusively selected from three of Sancerre's finest
vineyards - Chene Marchand, Mont Damne and Clos du Roy. which
lie on the chalky soils of the central vineyards. A subtle nose of
pear and citrus leads into an intensely mineral palate rounded with
a slight creaminess.
Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2006
Margaret River Western Australia
The Art Series Chardonnay has been best in class for well over a
decade now. It is to white Aussie wine as what Grange is to their
red. It fuses fresh and exuberant Western Australian fruit with an
almost Burgundian minerality and core. The 2006 poured here is
deftly balanced with pear. guava and spice lingering effortlessly on
a graceful. open textured frame. We are delighted to offer you a
glass of Australia's finest dry white wine.

Red
Chateau Duhart Milon Pauillac 2000
Duhart Milan is owned by the Rothschild family who also own
Lafite Rothschild, the most highly sought after wine in Bordeaux
at present, benefits from the same technical brilliance as applied
to its stablemate Lafite. The 2000, with a varietal break up of
roughly 80% Cabernet and 20% Meat is one of the finest ever
produced at the estate. A brilliant ruby colour leads to a youthful
nose, starting to show maturity as it enters its twelfth year. The
palate, dense with blackcurrant fruit, crushed rocks and pencil
lead, is round and sweetly textured, with ripe tannins and a long
lingering finish.
Kilikanoon Oracle Shiraz 2008
Clare Valley
Recently voted as a five star winery by Australian wine critic James
Halliday, Kilikanoon is fast approaching icon status in Australia. The
Oracle is a fine example of Clare Valley Shiraz. The 2008 has an
opaque purple-colour and a nose of toasty French oak, black fruits,
freshly cracked pepper and hints of violet. The palate is explosive,
exuding lashings of densely layered, rich but savoury black fruit
flavours and notes of coffee and chocolate.
The Factor Torbreck 2005
Barossa Valley
Rich and hedonist are two adjectives that don't even come close to
describing the Factor 2005, Torbreck's 100% Shiraz, sourced from
multiple sites across the Barossa Valley and aged for 24 months
in 50% new French oak. The opaque purple colour gives a pretty
good indication for what lies ahead. The nose delivers expressive
coffee, dark berries, licorice spice and black pepper. The palate
explodes in the mouth with blue and black berries, notes of spice
and leather emerge and a tingling mineral edge offers harmony to
the huge fruit. Voluptuous and full with warm climate style.

Dessert
Chateau Rieussec 2003
Sauternes
Devotees will need no introduction to this great wine. For the
novice, the chance to sip and savour the great 2005 Rieussec is
a treat and superb induction to the genre. Honeyed power, great
definition and excellent viscosity. Thick and juicy seem simple
words for such a spectacular wine, but that is what its like. Perfect
with foie gras or as a digestif after dinner, the extraordinary
flavours just go on and on.
Port
Quinta do Nova' 2000
Vintage Port
Purple, almost black in colour, the 2000 Vintage is a superbly rich
port oozing creme de cassis liqueur, gentle spice and notes of
licorice. Full bodied with intense concentration, notes of chocolate
and an utterly unctuous and silky finish. Perfect with blue cheese
and rich desserts.