Waitrose Solera Jerezana Palo Cortado (Lustau) NV, Jerez, Spain (£8.99 Waitrose) Yum. Rich but dry style, think of the flavours in Christmas cake with a tangy, biting briny edge, very moreish, with lovely depth and freshness, could sip this all evening. S(+) Taylor’s 10 Year Old Tawny Port, Portugal (£22.00 Booths, […]
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Noval 10 Year Old Tawny (£18.99 Waitrose, Ocado, Fortnum & Mason, Tanners, Roberson, Cambridge Wine Merchants, Oxford Wine Company, Luvians, Fine Cheese Company) Raisins, citrus peel, Christmas cake spices and a touch of walnut combine with an old furniture aroma to tasty effect. Showing the gentleness of maturity, but still […]
Wine Tasting Video: Tawny, Colheita & LBV Ports
Luis Pato Vinhas Velhas Branco 2010, VR Beiras (£10.95 The Wine Society) Lovely mix of richness and restraint, with quite weight honeyed pear and apple flavours sharing the stage with more precise minerally freshness and acidity, and with some exotic musky ginger characters too. S(-) Boas Vinhas Dão Branco 2010 […]
Wine Tasting Video: Portuguese white wines from Beiras, the Douro ...
Ramos Reserva 2010, VR Alentejano (£8.49 Majestic) Still on the young side, but shows plenty of warm, juicy red berry and blackberry fruit backed up by spicy vanilla notes, a touch of boot polish just lets it down. B+ Quinta de Foz de Arouce 2008, Beiras (~£13 contact Oakley Wine […]
Wine Tasting Video: Portuguese Reds from the Douro, Beiras, Alentejo ...
Here’s the ever eloquent Charles Metcalfe in action at the Bristol Foodies Festival talking about food & wine matching. You’ll see in several of the shots references to the Discover the Origin campaign, for which Charles, I and a number of other wine luminaries have been doing talks this spring. […]
Charles Metcalfe waxing lyrical on food & wine
Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo Reserva 2008 (£25 The Real Wine Company) Kicks off with a creamy, smoky bacon oak edge, then the plummy savoury berry and blackcurrant fruit kicks in, with earthy spice overtones to add interest. Also has a note of violets, but I just wished […]