The first instalment of a set of random whites I tasted in May – the second is here. Torres Viña Sol 2010, Catalunya, Spain (£5.97-£6.99 Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Booths) An old fave that’s as good as ever, clean zippy and fresh with abundant crisp apple flavour and citrus tang […]
Verdejo
Bodegas Monteabellón Verdejo 2009 (£12.50 Quaff Wine Merchants, Berry Bros & Rudd) White Bordeaux meets white Burgundy, with the musky pear skin and smoky tinned pear of the former and the creamy minerality of the latter, just let down by a slightly bitter finish. B Bodegas Naia K-Naia 2009 (£9 […]
Rueda – seven excellent whites
(an experiment with a different video camera that didn’t work as well as I’d have liked – normal service wil be resumed etc) Casillero del Diablo Pinot Grigio 2009, Limarí, Chile (£7.49 Majestic – £5.99 until end of Jan 2010) Young, fresh and appealing, tangy but not much beyond youthful […]