Opened a bottle of Nicolas Potel’s Nuits St Georges 1er Cru Roncière this weekend with a little trepidation. Red Burgundy’s one of those wines where I always have a back-up bottle of something different on-hand just in case of a bad hair day. But on this occasion, it was just […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
TTH – it’s a term I often use in my tasting notes for wines that are Trying Too Hard to impress. Most of the time, they’re just too loud, with the excess volume coming through in either boisterous oak, overripe fruit or OTT extraction (and in some instances all three). […]
Asda price, jolly nice – Argie Malbec
I’m not going to direct you to the Decanter web site for the latest piffle about the St Emilion classification. You’re grown up, you have a computer, go and find it yourself. But I will print the list of ‘Related Stories’. Normally on the Decanter news stories, there are a […]
St Emilion classification – yawnus maximus
Raft of wines to get through this afternoon, some good, some not WHITESCavit Alta Italia Pinot Grigio 2008, Valdadige, ItalyThe label’s rather drab, but this actually smells of something beyond the bland, a good start for any PG. Gentle, peachy style, with a waxy, nutty core, it’s not earth-shattering, but […]
Tuesday afternoon selection
Lots of stuff in the news at the moment about how Brits are deserting Champagne for Prosecco, Cava and other cheaper fizzes. Not much of a surprise that, since most of us aren’t awash with cash at the mo. But Prosecco and Cava are for me rather different beasts. Bog-standard […]
Champagne Gaviscon
Cast your mind back 20 years, if you can (and if you can’t, sorry, indulge a sad old wine man for a few moments). Cheap Californian wine was just as disappointing as it was today, but in the midst of the gloom, one producer stood out like a beacon – […]