A second batch of wines to celebrate German Riesling Week – the first one is here and there’s now a third one here. Dr L. Riesling 2010, Mosel (£6.99-£7.49 widely available) Tightly-wound youngster, plenty of earthy ripe red apple and orange flavour and tense minerality, excellent value. B+ Schloss Lieser […]
Wine Tasting
Coates & Seely Britagne Rosé NV, Hampshire, England (£27.95-29.95 Coates & Seely, Lea and Sandeman) Fresh, lively young wine with lush gentle strawberry flesh and a touch of sherbet balanced with taut appley acidity. Would benefit from a little longer on the lees, but still very tasty. S- Brandal Albariño […]
Wine Tasting Video: English fizz, Albarino, Chateauneuf, Carmenere & Ausbruch
Guigal Cotes du Rhône Rosé 2009, France (£9.99 Amps Fine Wines, Hailsham Cellars, Yorkshire Vintners, www.vintagemarque.com) Showing some mellow maturity, but its plummy, earthy orange and raspberry flavours tinged with vanilla, nuts and burnt sugar are rather appealing – rosé for white Burgundy fans. B+ (Hey, Guigal, update your website! […]
Wine Tasting Video: Rosés Part II – from the Rhone, ...
Château Léoube Rosé de Léoube Côtes de Provence 2010, France (£12-50-£14.95 Daylesford Organic, Corney & Barrow, Haynes Hanson & Clark, rose-wine.com, James Nicholson Wine) Very pale, but packed with character, has fresh peach and sappy citrus flavours with a touch of raspberry, light in body, but with warmth and intensity. […]
Wine Tasting Video: Rosés from France, Italy & New Zealand
Bishops Head Riesling 2008, Waipara, New Zealand (£11.33 Private Cellar) A good balance between sweet and sour, with tangy citrus and apple flavours and a touch of mineral set against a honeyed sweetness – add in the floral, petrolly notes and you have a rather tasty wine. B+ Cave […]
Wine Tasting Video: Aromatic Whites from Alsace & New Zealand
Uploaded this video to YouTube a while ago, but forgot to post it here – it’s the second installment of a set of 12 whites I tasted in late June (the first installment is here) Tyrrell’s Old Winery Semillon 2009, Hunter Valley, Australia (£8.39 Remarkable Wines, Charles Steevenson Wines, EH […]