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 […]
Sauvignon Blanc
Villa Maria Cellar Selection Sauvignon Blanc 2010 (£11.99 Majestic, Tesco, Rhythm & Booze) Has a reasonable gooseberry pie flavour, but let down by an overripe tinned pea and asparagus character, and a finish that is too sweet. Crowd pleaser but not subtle. B- Blind River Sauvignon Blanc 2010 (£13.99 Oddbins) […]
Wine Tasting Video: Three Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs
Second batch of a range of Sauvignons I tried early in 2011 – the first lot (from New Zealand & South Africa) are here. Château Le Payral Bergerac Sec 2008, South West France (£8.99 The Bottle Bank) Typical smoky tinned pear of the region, and a grapey perfume too, just […]
Wine Tasting Video – Sauvignons from Bergerac, Chile & Australia
First of a couple of videos featuring a range of Sauvignons I tasted in early January 2011 (the second is here) – Sauvignon doesn’t always float my boat, but I enjoyed these… De Grendel Koetshuis Sauvignon Blanc 2010, Durbanville, South Africa (£16.99 Oddbins) Bracing wine with grassy green pepper aromas […]
Wine Tasting Video – Sauvignons from South Africa & New ...
Jacob’s Creek Reserve Riesling 2010, Barossa (£9.99 Booths) Perky young wine, floral aromas plus a dusting of icing sugar, also lots of sappy citrus flavours and pithy minerality. Good now but has at least 5 years ahead of it. S- Jacob’s Creek Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2010, Adelaide Hills (£9.99 Tesco, […]
Wine Tasting Video: Jacob’s Creek’s new Reserve range
There’s another video review out there at the moment from a UK writer of the wine from ex-Cloudy Bay man Kevin Judd’s new venture – have a feeling that this is the only one to reference children’s literature, three-legged cats and front bottoms. Details on the wines here and on […]