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 […]
Spain
This post is dedicated to the memory of Julian Brind MW, who died on December 19th. A great sherry enthusiast and a man largely responsible for the pre-eminence of Waitrose in the UK supermarket wine world, he was also a thoroughly nice man with an ever-present twinkle in his eye. […]
Sherry from Waitrose & The Wine Society
Three videos to post in the next few days shot without my normal video camera – my son left it outside after filming a sequel to the World Is Not A Nerf. It still works, sort of, but is stuck on 70x magnification, something I only discovered after I’d uncorked […]
Spanish reds from Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Toro and Mentrida ...
Second lot of Spanish whites (first is here), this time majoring on what could stake a claim (along with Rias Baixas & Valdeorras) to be Spain’s finest white wine region. Hermanos Lurton Rueda Verdejo 2009, Spain (~£8) Reminds me of Bordeaux Sauvignon with its slightly nutty citrus and tinned pear […]
Spanish whites part 2: Rueda
Most of these were from a mixed Spanish white case from the Wine Society – tasty stuff… Txomín Etxaníz Geratiako Txakolina 2009 (£12.50 The Wine Society) Interesting and lively wine with a touch of spritz, autumnal pear & apple crispness blanced with some zesty citrus fruit and an ever-so-slightly briny […]
Spanish whites Part 1: Chacoli, Valdeorras, Rioja & Costers del ...
Poggiotondo Toscana Bianco 2009, Italy (£8.99 Liberty Wines, Noel Young, Reserve) One of those wines that creeps up on you, initially fresh and floral with a citrussy bite, but then the taut, pine-like edge of Vermentino comes through, along with an almost volcanic minerality. B+ Raimat Albariño Viña 24 2009, […]