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Hatzidakis Santorini 2008 (£9.49-£13.50 Waitrose, Tanners, Adnams, Theatre of Wine, Green & Blue, Cooden Cellars) Tangy, pleasing style that combines richness with crispness, lots of fresh fruit – green apple, lime, lemon – and a taut citrussy finish. B+ Moraitis Sillogi White 2007, Paros (£9.95 Laytons) Similar citrus crispness, but […]

Four Greek wines from the islands of Paros & Santorini


 Undurraga TH Pinot Noir 2008, Leyda (£10.99 Eagles Wines, Dorje’s Wine Club) A good combination of decadent strawberries (both fresh and tinned) with a fresh, quite grippy structure of acidity and tannin. It’s ripe but never OTT, and there’s an earthy, vegetal note to the finish. S- Undurraga TH […]

Chilean Pinot Noir Part 2


Just tasted my way through a selection of Chilean Pinots for a piece I’m doing for Square Meal. Here’s the verdict on the first four… Emiliana Reserva Pinot Noir 2008, Casablanca (£7.99 Amps, Noel Young) A wine that scores by not trying too hard to impress. Instead it concentrates on […]

Chilean Pinot Noir Part 1



The remaining trio from the clarets that had been hogging the wine rack… Château Preuillac Médoc 2004 (£14 Soho Wine Supply) Nose is a combination of ripe, even overripe fruit with a smoky edge that tends towards the fishy (think smoked mackerel). There’s quite nice ripe blackcurrant, plum and berry, […]

Whistlestop Bordeaux Part 2/2


Had eight Bordeaux reds hanging around waiting to be tasted – here are the first five… Château Maynes-Graves Bordeaux Supérieur 2007 (£7.99 Corney & Barrow) Earthy redcurrant, blackcurrant, cedar, young, refreshing, touch of vanilla, not complex but good Sunday lunch, roast meat type of wine. B- Château Martouret Bordeaux Supérieur […]

Whistlestop Bordeaux Part 1/2


Domaine FL Savennières ‘Chamboureau’ 2007 (£24.99 Whole Foods Market London, Cooden Cellars, Liberty Wines) Appley intensity, earthy metallic minerality, not for everyone, but fine-boned, rich, pure, complex and fresh, tense and lively. Uncoils over several hours to show hidden richness, several years still ahead of it. S(+) Château de Chamboureau […]

Loire Chenin Part 2 – The Savennières Itch