Domaine Long-Depaquit Chablis 2011 (£13 Oddbins) Classic Chablis with rich flavours – blood orange, apple and even a touch of cranberry – and sleek minerally structure. Tasty now, but good for 3+ years. S Louis Latour Pouilly Vinzelles En Paradis 2010 (£12.99-£14.99 Majestic, Mill Hill Wines, Campbell Moore, Whole Foods […]
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Wind Gap Syrah 2008, Sonoma County, California (£27.72 Vineyard Cellars) Combines a smoky bacon-fat note with gentle berry and plum fruit, wonderful herby freshness and streak of minerality. Would be hard pushed to spot this as a Californian red. S(+) Charles Smith Boom Boom! Syrah 2010, Columbia Valley, Washington State […]
Wine Tasting Video: US Syrah from California & Washington State
Zoetendal Sauvignon Blanc 2011, Elim, South Africa (£9.99 The Real Wine Company) Very pungent and intense, but just too stark and green for pleasure, with a smoky not to the grassy, slightly armpit-like, green pepper, elderflower and citrus flavours. C+ Harvey Nichols Sauvignon Blanc 2011 (Auntsfield), Marlborough, New Zealand (£14.00 […]
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Roxanich Rosé 2008, Istria (£22 Pacta Connect, The Vineyard, The VinBin, Market Row Wines) Has a warm welcoming cooked strawberry richness, lightly perfumed, maturing, but still with perky fruit, fascinating, like red Burgundy with a spicy edge. S Piquentum Rouge 2009, Istria (£19 Pacta Connect, The Vineyard, The VinBin, Market […]
Wine Tasting Video: Rosé and Red wine from Croatia
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 ...
Harvey Nichols Pinot Noir 2010 (Framingham), Marlborough, New Zealand (£18.00 Harvey Nichols) Reasonable plummy strawberry flavours with a touch of spice, but there’s also a stewed edge that speaks of slightly heavy-handed winemaking and just-too-ripe fruit. B(-) Louis Latour Mercurey Rouge 2009, Burgundy, France (£16.99 slurp.co.uk, The Wine Cellar, T […]