Andrew Peace ‘The Unexpected’ 2014, Victoria, Australia (£5.99 The Co-op) Young fresh Aussie blend, with a minty note in among the berry and blackcurrant flavours, does have a bite of acidity and some spice, but veers towards the jammy dodger – fair enough at £6. C+ Mission Estate Cabernet/Merlot 2013, […]
Merlot
Same price, same region, but not same flavour… Château Haut Courneau Graves 2011, Bordeaux, France (£10.00 Oddbins) I like the sweet fleshy plummy berry flesh and hint of cedar; I’m less keen on the touch of greenness and slightly baked character, and I don’t think it’s going to get any […]
Two Bordeaux reds from Graves
Château de Ricaud Bordeaux Supérieur 2012, France (£9.99 Booths) Honest, juicy style, ripe plummy red berry flavours backed up by chewy but never harsh tannins, plus a refreshing finish. Good midweek quaff. B Château Fonguillon Montagne-Saint-Émilion 2012, Bordeaux, France (£9.99 Tesco) Deeper, darker style with plummy blackberry and blackcurrant flesh […]
Three 2012 Reds from Bordeaux
No videos for the next fortnight – I’m doing a catch-up of wines I’ve tasted in the last few months but which for some reason didn’t make it onto film (or SD card). So here goes… Chateau Tayac Margaux 2007, Bordeaux, France (£14.99 31dover.com) Gentle and juicy, now mature, but there’s […]
Some Bordeaux-inspired reds
An opinion divider… Apothic Red Winemaker’s Blend 2012, California (£9.99 widely available) Rich, juicy and round, sweet but not excessively so, with a slightly confected blackberry jam/blackcurrant pastille character alongside the creamy vanilla, coffee and chocolate cherry liqueur flavours. C+ (tried this later that evening with a local wine group […]
Apothic Red Winemaker’s Blend 2012, California
Barone Ricasoli Brolio Chianti Classico 2012, Tuscany, Italy (£17.49 The Bottle Stop, The Wine Chambers, Wine Store at No 4, Lewis and Cooper, Cambridge Wine Merchants, Italian Continental, Southwick Court Fine Wines, Noble Green Wines, Four Vintners, Flagship Wines, Pallant of Arundel, Hedonism, Dike and Son) This is all about […]