Domaine Long-Depaquit Chablis 2011 (£13 Oddbins) Classic Chablis with rich flavours – blood orange, apple and even a touch of cranberry – and sleek minerally structure. Tasty now, but good for 3+ years. S Louis Latour Pouilly Vinzelles En Paradis 2010 (£12.99-£14.99 Majestic, Mill Hill Wines, Campbell Moore, Whole Foods […]
Chablis
Hush Heath Skye’s English Chardonnay 2010, Kent, England (£20 hushheath.com) Clean, bright style wine some Chablisque flinty notes, piercing citrus and apple fruit, a touch of nuttiness and a salty mineral tang. B(+) Ocean Eight Verve Chardonnay 2010, Mornington Peninsula, Australia (~£25 Hallowed Ground) Pure precise style, lightly cooked apple […]
Wine Tasting Video: Chardonnay – Chablis, England, Mornington Peninsula and ...
Taste the Difference Chablis 2010 (£9.99 Sainsbury’s) Young perky style, sprightly and lively with tangy rhubarb, apple and lemon fruit and a richer, mealy streak. S Waitrose ‘In Partnership’ Chablis 2010 (£10.49 Waitrose) Feels younger and dumber than the above to start with, but as it opens up, the nutty/leesy […]
Wine Tasting Video: Supermarket Chablis
The aim of the Discover the Origin campaign is to highlight the impact which the origin of a product has on its flavour. The wine side of the campaign includes Douro Table Wines, Burgundy and Port, and over the last few weeks, I’ve presented a number of masterclasses featuring all […]
Wine Tasting Video: Discover the Origin – Burgundy
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 […]
Wine Tasting Video: Four Aussies, Four Frenchies – who comes ...
Torres Natureo Muscat 2009 (£5.99 Waitrose, Booths, Partridges, Soho Wines) Clean, fresh and grapey, but you get the feeling that there’s something missing – donut wine… C(-) Domaine Laroche Chablis St Martin 2009, Burgundy, France (£15.99 Liberty Wines) Classic Chablis, has the waxy lanolin and orchard fruit characters in balance […]