Tesco Finest* Gigondas 2008 (£13.29 Tesco) Good mix of fresh berry, bramble and plum with a more developed fruit-cake-y raisin edge, a ripe yet fresh bear hug of a wine with a herby tang to the finish. S- Also tried the 2009 at the recent Tesco press tasting, similar in […]
Rhône
Coates & Seely Britagne Rosé NV, Hampshire, England (£27.95-29.95 Coates & Seely, Lea and Sandeman) Fresh, lively young wine with lush gentle strawberry flesh and a touch of sherbet balanced with taut appley acidity. Would benefit from a little longer on the lees, but still very tasty. S- Brandal Albariño […]
Wine Tasting Video: English fizz, Albarino, Chateauneuf, Carmenere & Ausbruch
Guigal Cotes du Rhône Rosé 2009, France (£9.99 Amps Fine Wines, Hailsham Cellars, Yorkshire Vintners, www.vintagemarque.com) Showing some mellow maturity, but its plummy, earthy orange and raspberry flavours tinged with vanilla, nuts and burnt sugar are rather appealing – rosé for white Burgundy fans. B+ (Hey, Guigal, update your website! […]
Wine Tasting Video: Rosés Part II – from the Rhone, ...
Uploaded this video to YouTube a while ago, but forgot to post it here – it’s the second installment of a set of 12 whites I tasted in late June (the first installment is here) Tyrrell’s Old Winery Semillon 2009, Hunter Valley, Australia (£8.39 Remarkable Wines, Charles Steevenson Wines, EH […]
Wine Tasting Video: Assorted whites from France, Australia and South ...
A tasting of six wines from FindWine – nice sextet, and their videos aren’t bad either… Monte Schiavo Pallio di San Floriano Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore 2009, Marche, Italy (£8.99) Young, rich yet fresh wine, with juicy pear, guava and lychee flesh but also a stern, earthy, […]
Wine Tasting Video: Six wines from FindWine.co.uk
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 […]