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 […]
New Zealand
A quick trip around a set of Pinots from The Wine Society. Think I should have been sent the wines in this case offer but there was no Momo and the Kumeu River instead. Anyway… Kumeu River Village Pinot Noir, 2009, Auckland (£8.95 The Wine Society) Smells good, with cherry […]
Wine Tasting Video: New Zealand Pinot Noir
Hunter’s Miru Miru NV, Marlborough (£13.95 Jeroboams) Nice solid, toasty style, quite winey, shows pineapple and apple flavours with notes of chocolate limes and wafer biscuit, ripe but still refreshing and refined. S(-) Cloudy Bay Pelorus NV, Marlborough (£13.99 Harvey Nichols, Waitrose, Harrods, Fortnum & Mason, Philglas & Swiggot, Majestic […]
New Zealand Sparkling Wines – and very tasty they are ...
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 […]
Greywacke – Kevin Judd’s new venture in Marlborough
Hugel Muscat Tradition 2008, Alsace, France (£10.95 The Wine Society) Lovely crisp, grapey style, delicate yet full in flavour, fresh and forward with notes more on the floral than the spicy side, wonderfully moreish with a musky finish. S- Gladstone Pinot Gris 2008, Wairarapa, New Zealand (£13.95 Great Western Wine) […]
Spicy whites from Alsace, Argentina and New Zealand
Crossroads Merlot 2008, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (£11.50 Mentzendorff) Ripe, but with some leafy freshness to its bright blackcurrant & berry flavours and tinges of chocolatey oak, OK, but just a bit simple & fruity. B- Crossroads Talisman 2008, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (£19 Mentzendorff) More of that chocolate wafer […]