With English Wine Week fast approaching, I thought I’d post a couple of videos on the rapidly improving English wine scene… Denbies Surrey Gold NV (£7.50 Denbies, www.waitrosewine.com) Clean, fresh, sappy and slightly peachy, like Pinot Grigio with a little dollop of Sauvignon. A blend of Müller-Thurgau, Bacchus and Ortega. […]
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Chivite Gran Feudo Garnacha Rosado 2009, Navarra, Spain (£7.99 Waitrose) Sappy young rosé packed with blackcurrant, apple & blackberry pie flavours, refreshing and juicy, with a dry, succulent finish. B(+) Palo Alto Shiraz Reserva Rosé 2009, Maule, Chile (£7.99 Asda, Booths) Gentle style, maybe lacking some freshness, pleasant red berry […]
Five appetising rosés from Spain, Chile & South Africa
Part 2 of my look at a selection of wines from Naked Wines – Part 1 is here. (any topic you’d like to see me covering in forthcoming videos? Do leave a comment below) Monowai Pinot Noir 2006, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (£10.99 www.nakedwines.com) The berry fruit’s a little stewed, […]
Naked Wines Reds Part 2
All these are from a tasting I was supposed to be doing for James Nicholson in Northern Ireland in early May 2010 – it was postponed due to volcanic ash travel problems but is due to be rescheduled very soon… (and it’s also a video I did in my office […]
Six Southern French wines from James Nicholson
A dozen wines from Naked Wines arrived on the doorstep – here’s what I thought of the first six… Château Lagrave Cissan Listrac-Médoc 2005, Bordeaux, France (£12.99 www.nakedwines.com) Gentle, tender claret, with touches of gravel, tobacco and cedar to its blackcurranty fruit, and a refreshing finish. S- Ocaso Malbec 2007, […]
Naked Wines Reds – Part 1
O Fournier Urban Uco Torrontes 2009, Cafayate, Salta, Argentina (£7.50 Bowes Wines) Clean, fresh, zippy, the grapey edge of Muscat meets the more perfumed hand-cream and lychee edge of Gewürztraminer, not hugely complex but good perfumed quaffer. B(+) Snoqualmie Naked Riesling 2008, Columbia Valley, Washington State, USA (~£11.50 Stratfords Wines) […]