Not a huge Pinotage fan, but I can imagine quaffing this with pleasure on a chilly evening Neethlingshof Pinotage 2012, Stellenbosch, South Africa (£8.99 Wine Rack) Classic Pinotage characters of spice-infused berries and bananas, along with notes of chocolate. There’s also a savoury tomato note in there too , alongside […]
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Verdelho doesn’t seem to be as popular as it was a few years ago – a shame when there are wines like this… Tyrrell’s Old Winery Verdelho 2012, Hunter Valley, Australia (£11.99 The Wine Society, House of Menzies, Amathus, vintagemarque.com) Imagine a wine that has the peachy weight of Chardonnay in […]
Tyrrell’s Old Winery Verdelho 2012, Hunter Valley, Australia
Just wish the person who made the first wine had been given the fruit from the second… Morrisons Claret NV, Bordeaux, France (£4.49 Morrisons) Hmmm. I don’t mind the leafy blackcurrant and blackberry character, sappy, earthy notes and fresh finish, but this is just too scrawny for real pleasure. C- […]
A couple of Merlot-y French reds
A very nice halfway house between the Loire and…no, not New Zealand, but South African or Chilean Sauvignon Dourthe La Grande Cuvée Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc 2013, France (£9.29 Waitrose) Quite pungent, with citrus (grapefruit), nettle and blackcurrant leaf characters more reminiscent of the Loire, but while there’s a lovely tense […]
Dourthe La Grande Cuvée Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc 2013, France
These folk also make Tesco’s own-label Albariño… Martin Codax Albariño 2013, Rías Baixas, Spain (£12.99 Slurp) Tasted this a couple of times in early summer. On the video, you’ll see I liked it for its quite ripe plush peach and pear flesh tempered by juicy citrus and green apple acidity, […]
Martin Codax Albariño 2013, Rías Baixas, Spain
We should really all be drinking more wines like this… Kuentz Bas Riesling Tradition 2012, Alsace, France (£11.50 The Wine Society) Bounds out of the glass to say ‘hello’, with citrus charm in abundance – clementine crystallised orange and especially blood orange – along with spicier notes like ginger and […]