The Exquisite Collection Côtes de Provence Rosé 2012, France (£5.99 Aldi) Gentle red berry and wrinkled apple, with a touch of peach. OK flavour, but would like a little more wine in my glass. C(+) Barone Ricasoli Albia Toscana Rosé 2011, Italy (£11.99 Yorkshire Vintners, vintagemarque.com) Quite a rounded, rich […]
Rhône
Jean Luc Colombo Crozes Hermitage ‘Les Gravières’ 2011, Rhône, France (£13.99, Waitrose, Ocado) Peculiar wine, not very Rhône-Syrah-like with its vanilla tinged floral peach notes on top of the berry fruit. Some spice and darker fruit does emerge with time, but still a bit of an oddball. B Domaine Vintur […]
Wine Tasting Video: Syrah/Shiraz & Grenache from the Rhone, Australia ...
Domaine La Croix Gratiot Picpoul de Pinet 2011, Languedoc, France (£8.99 Whole Foods Market, Vagabond Wines, Askewine, Taylor’s Fine Wine, Red & White, Scarlet Wines, Shaftesbury Wines, Bray Valley Wine, The Butlers Wine Cellar, Corks of Cotham, Peter Osborne Fine Wines, Connolly’s Wine, Kenilworth Wines, Nickolls & Perks, Worth Brothers […]
Wine Tasting Video: Whites from the Rhone & Languedoc
Gimenez Riili Perpetuum Premium Torrontés 2011, Famatina Valley, La Rioja, Argentina (£10.95 Cupari Wines) I like the gingery spice, the confected lemon jelly cube character is OK, I’m not so keen on the washing up liquid note, C Mairena Torrontés 2011, Cafayate, Salta, Argentina (£10.95 Cupari Wines) A weightier, more […]
Wine Tasting Video: Torrontes from Argentina meets Viognier from the ...
The first in a series of three videos on red wines that – according to a range of wine merchants in the Yorkshire Dales – might not be averse to a spell in the fridge, and which could be served in Spring with lamb. The second and third videos are […]
Wine Tasting Video: Assorted reds from Italy, Spain, France & ...
Les Grands Chemins Old Vine Carignan Pays de l’Hérault 2011, Languedoc, France (£8.49 Virgin Wines) Just too smooth and bland, with hardly any of the spice of the south, and a rather sickly vanilla overlay. I’ve noticed that others have made far more positive comments on this wine – I […]