Three very different rosés Arndorfer Rosa Marie 2014, Austria (£17.99 Caves de Pyrene) On the red wine side of rosé, with plump strawberry flavour – fresh and cooked – alongside the peppery Parma violet character from the Grüner Veltliner, and with a bite of tannin on the finish. Fascinating. S- […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
…even though neither of them is labelled St Chinian. And they say Domaine de Viranel rather than Château Viranel on the label… Domaine de Viranel Trilogie Cessenon Rouge 2014, Languedoc, France (£10.05 Bancroft Wines, Cambridge Wine Merchants) Bouncy young red, with jolly, juicy blackberry, plum and blackcurrant flavours tinged with […]
Two reds from St Chinian estate Château Viranel…
Nearly but not quite there… Morrisons Leyda Sauvignon Blanc 2014, Chile (£6.99 Morrisons) This smells crisp and zingy, with grassy citrus and greengage flavours in abundance, but there’s also an edge of smoky green pepper and elderflower that suggests some of the grapes were picked early to maintain acidity. OK, but […]
Morrisons Leyda Sauvignon Blanc 2014, Chile
…in two rather different styles Villalobos Viñedo Silvestre Carignan 2012, Colchagua, Chile (~£18 Les Caves de Pyrene) I like the floral daintiness here, with a whiff of hops alongside the slightly smoky blackcurrant flavours, but there’s also something a little confected – do they still make Cola Spangles? – plus […]
Two Chilean Carignans
Wakefield Estate Riesling 2014, Clare Valley, Australia (£13 Wright Wine Company, Denby Dale Wines, Oliver’s Beer and Wine, Oz Wines) Still has its youthful tension, with zingy citrus fruit and a stony spine, but there’s also juiciness, with what I call a dusting of icing sugar – you know the […]
Two Rieslings from Wakefield Wines, Clare Valley
Spring in a glass Joseph Mellot Menetou-Salon Les Thureaux 2013, Loire, France (£17.65 North & South Wines, Kingsgate Wines, Noble Green Wines, Village Wines (Amersham), Village Wines (Ware), Evingtons, DeFine, Partridges, Amps Fine Wines, Halifax Wine Company, Sunninghill Wine Merchant, Thomas Peatling, Harrisons Fine Wines, Taylors Fine Wines, BJT Hanby, […]