Have to say that I’m not usually a huge Carmenère fan, but this one hit the spot Morandé Reserva Carmenère 2010, Maipo, Chile (£10.29 The DrinkShop, The Wine Company) Classic combination of plus blackcurrant and dark berry flesh with earthy coffee bean and just enough of the green pepper tang […]
Grapes
Bit of an oddball this one, you think it’s going to be sweet but it isn’t… Pullus G Traminec 2009, Stajerska, Slovenia (£17.95 Winety) Big, oily style, smells like late-harvested grapes, with plump peach and lychee flesh pepped up with exotic rose petal and ginger, with some barley sugar thrown in […]
Pullus G Traminec 2009, Slovenia
Tried the Tons de Duorum from the same vintage and same winery in this video. Check it out to see whether I thought it was TONS better… (did you see what I did then?) Altitude by Duorum Douro Tinto 2011, Portugal (£12.99 Laithwaites) Has the heady juicy violet-scented fresh berry and […]
Altitude by Duorum Douro Tinto 2011, Portugal
Four very different Sauvignons, all with something to say for themselves Sancerre Chêne Saint Louis 2012, Loire, France (£11.99 Spar) I like the herb, citrus and ripe green apple flavours and the touch of gunflint, but just about visible in the background is that slightly dirty/dusty tang of grey rot. […]
Sauvignon Blanc from France & New Zealand
A different style of St Chinian from yesterday’s wine – this is more like good traditional Corbières/Fitou in style, largely due to the hefty dollop (25%) of Carignan Domaine de Montplo ‘Louise’ Saint Chinian* 2008, Languedoc, France (£9.51-£16.99 TheDrinkShop.com, All About Wine, Bibendum) Good old-fashioned rustic style, full and fleshy with […]
Domaine de Montplo ‘Louise’ Saint Chinian 2008, Languedoc, France
Excellent blend of 60% Syrah with 20% each of Mourvèdre & Grenache Mas de Cynanque ‘Acutum’ Saint Chinian 2010, Languedoc, France (£14.99 Cambridge Wine Merchants) It’s that Côte-Rôtie-like roasted character of Syrah that you notice first, but then other flavours get to have their say – plums, blackcurrants, strawberries and […]