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 […]
Grenache
The world’s finest Rosé? Can’t think of anything better… Château d’Esclans ‘Whispering Angel’ Côtes de Provence Rosé 2009 (£13.49 Bibendum, Philglas & Swiggot, Whole Foods) Young and quite vigorous, with some poke and punch to the apple, blackberry and blackcurrant flavours, plus a sandy earthy side, rich but still fresh. […]
Wine Tasting Video: Château d’Esclans – the world’s finest Rosé?
Latest video, complete with translation error – apparently, while Chasse means hunt, Châsse (with the ^) means reliquary. So there you go, apologies to all offended by my linguistic skills. Anyway, the video… La Châsse Côtes du Rhône Réserve 2009 (£6.99 Asda, Booths, Co-op, Sainsbury’s, Tesco) Fresh and juicy, almost […]
Wine Tasting Video: a great quartet from the Côtes du ...
The sun’s just come out in Adelaide and I’m readying myself for a day of jollity in the Barossa Valley. Got myself into the zone last night with one of the best young Australian reds I’ve ever had. I was with about 15 others in Goodlife Pizza on Hutt Street, […]
Torbreck Natural Wine Project
Three videos to post in the next few days shot without my normal video camera – my son left it outside after filming a sequel to the World Is Not A Nerf. It still works, sort of, but is stuck on 70x magnification, something I only discovered after I’d uncorked […]
Spanish reds from Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Toro and Mentrida ...
So just how much of an effect does terroir have in Châteauneuf du Pape? Many thanks to Maison Ogier for sending me a quartet of 2007s from different vineyards. As you’ll see, the soil makes quite a difference to the flavours of the wines… Ogier Châteauneuf du Pape 2007 The […]