The second instalment of a set of random whites I tasted in May – the first is here. Cantina di Monteforte ‘Passo Avanti’ Soave 2009, Veneto, Italy (£7.99 Waitrose) Proper Soave, offering tangy peach and tropical fruit flavours with a nutty honeyed edge and a fresh, pure minerally finish. S(-) […]
Viognier
Penultimate post with the cruddy camera…but some unusual wines to take your fancy. Grace Koshu Kayagatake 2009, Japan (£15.49 Hallgarten Druitt) Clean, crisp & fresh, has a citrus minerally bite and soft peachy fruit, gentle but hardly inspiring. C+ Grace Koshu Hishiyama Private Reserve 2009, (Japan £ 18.99 Hallgarten Druitt) […]
Japan, Savoie, Estremadura, La Clape & Winifred – white wines ...
First Drop Wines Bella Coppia Arneis 2009, Adelaide Hills, Australia (£12.99 from October 2010 New School Wines Ltd, The Secret Cellar, Cambridge Wine Merchants) Clean, fresh and zesty, combining fleshy pear fruit with crisp citrussy acidity and a slightly briny/savoury finish. B+ Zalze Bush Vine Chenin Blanc 2009, Western Cape, […]
Three Cape Chenin Blancs + Viognier, Arneis & Marsanne
All these are from a tasting I was supposed to be doing for James Nicholson in Northern Ireland in early May 2010 – it was postponed due to volcanic ash travel problems but is due to be rescheduled very soon… (and it’s also a video I did in my office […]
Six Southern French wines from James Nicholson
No particular theme, just four wines that needed tasting…. Tahbilk Viognier 2009, Nagambie Lakes, Central Victoria, Australia (£9.99 The Wine Society, Jeroboams, City Beverage, Stanton Wine Company, Morecambe Bay Wine Company, www.everywine.co.uk, Goodrich Wines, Posh Plonk, Rodney Densem, Cambridge Wine Merchants) Quite heady, almost creamy peach kernel aromas, but then […]
Shiraz and Viognier from Australia + reds from Rioja and ...
(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 […]