Prestige de Calvet Bordeaux Semillon/Sauvignon 2009, France (£5.24 Sainsbury’s) Nice juicy honest wine, with slightly catty Sauvignon to the fore at the moment, good rounded guava and greengage flavours, with Semillon giving pithy weight. B (Dear Calvet – you must have a web site, let me know where it is […]
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Paul Cluver Pinot Noir 2009, Elgin (£14-15 SA Wines Online, Vivat Bacchus, High Timber Restaurant) Big toasty oak is the first thing you notice, then raspberries, strawberries (both fresh and cooked) and plums, quite rich, ripe and tasty, but just a little too correct. B(+) Newton Johnson Pinot Noir 2009, […]
Wine Tasting Video: Three South African Pinot Noirs
Tenuta Degli Dei ‘Le Redini’ IGT Toscana 2008, Italy (~£18) Quite a lush modern style with berry, sour cherry and damson skin flavours, Alicante adding some iron and herbiness and oak giving a smoky vanilla sheen, finishes in gentle, soft and supple style but maybe just too smooth? S- Caiarossa […]
Wine Tasting Video: Three Italians and a Zinfandel
A selection of wines I tasted from bodegas in Castilla y Leon (NW Spain) – apparently none is currently represented in the UK, although I’m sure I’ve seen the excellent Carmelo Rodero wines here – maybe with The Winery? Ledo .8 Bierzo Crianza 2007 Soft, juicy, fragrant style, has the […]
Wine Tasting Video: Bierzo, Cigales & Ribera del Duero
It’s not all that much of a surprise to see Francis Ford Coppola acquiring the Inglenook name and rechristening his Rubicon estate Inglenook – more newsworthy is the arrival of Philippe Bascaules from Chateau Margaux as Estate Manager and Winemaker. Click here for more info
Rubicon Becomes Inglenook
Cave de Turckheim Pinot Gris 2008 (£8.99 Majestic) Offers a nice combination of richness and freshness, with juicy orange (fresh and crystallised), pineapple and peach flesh balanced by tangy citrus acidity. B+ Albert Boxler Pinot Gris 2008 (£28.26 Gauntleys of Nottingham) Much bigger, weightier style, smells like it has less […]