Errázuriz Estate Pinot Noir 2011, Aconcagua, Chile (£9.99 Majestic) Good fresh strawberry and cherry flavours veering towards but never hitting the jammy, but let down by an excess of chocolate wafer-like oak – why? B(-) Villa Maria Private Bin Pinot Noir 2011, Marlborough, New Zealand (£11 Coop, Budgens, nzhouseofwine.co.uk, Matthew […]
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Bella by Invivo Sauvignon Blanc 2011, Marlborough (£14.99 Harvey Nichols, www.yourfavouritewines.com, averys.com) Gentle herby style with plenty of grassy rhubarb, citrus and apple crumble flavour, just let down by a slightly underripe green pepper note. B Invivo Sauvignon Blanc 2011, Marlborough (£12.99 Harvey Nichols, www.yourfavouritewines.com, averys.com, Tesco.com) Fresh and grassy, […]
Wine Tasting Video: New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
Yali Wetland Sauvignon Blanc 2011, Lolol, Colchagua, Chile (£7.49 Majestic) Very ‘green’ aromas – grass, nettles, herbs – plus abundant lime and gooseberry flavours tinged with green pepper, quite rounded and generous then some citrus bite on finish. B(+) Casa Silva Cool Coast Sauvignon Blanc 2011, Paredones, Colchagua, Chile (£15 […]
Wine Tasting Video: Sauvignon Blanc from Chile & New Zealand
Second video of a set of NZ Pinots I tried recently – the first featuring wines from Nelson, Martinborough and Central Otago is here. Yealands R3 Pinot Noir 2011, Awatere Valley (£12.99 Marks & Spencer) Youthful style, almost Beaujolais-like in its bouncy Tigger-like raspberry, loganberry and morello cherry flesh, seems […]
Wine Tasting Video: New Zealand Pinot Noir – Marlborough
Another video featuring some Marlborough Pinots is here. Nelson Pinot Noir (Seifried) 2010 (£9.99 Marks & Spencer) A strange mix of stewed and raisinny fruit with the bitter green edge of underripeness of both fruit and tannin, rather scrawny finish. 0 Waimea Pinot Noir 2010, Nelson (£11.49 Majestic) More vibrant […]
Wine Tasting Video: New Zealand Pinot Noir from Nelson, Central ...
Château Marotte Cuvée M White Bordeaux Blanc 2009, France (£7.49 Waitrose) Decent enough with reasonable sappy elderflower flavour balanced by a honeyed richness, but the finish is a touch flat. C+ Hannes Sabathi Sauvignon Blanc Klassik 2010, Styria, Austria (contact The Wine Keller) Lively youngster, quite ripe and full flavoured […]