Exton Park ‘Britagne’ Rosé NV, Hampshire, England (£29.95 extonparkwines.com – additional stockists on their website) I like the crispness and the apple (fresh and cooked), citrus and red berry flavours, and there’s a smoky bacon note here too, but I’m slightly concerned by the cheesy/lactic that note developed after I’d […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
Nice quartet of wines, you may find some of them soon in Oddbins & Cambridge Wine Merchants Domaine Le Clos du Serres ‘Le Clos’ Terrasses du Larzac 2013, Languedoc, France (N/A in the UK) Juicy and refreshing style, a bit dumb to start with but then opens up to show […]
Four wines from Terrasses du Larzac
Casa Silva Late Harvest Semillon/Gewurztraminer 2014, Colchagua, Chile (£8.95 Barrels & Bottles, Frank Stainton Wines, Addisons, Inverarity/Morton, Michael Jobling Wines, The Cheese & Wine Co, Naked Grape, Island Wine Company, Charles Steevenson Wines, Vesuvio, Lewis & Cooper, Palmers Wine Store, Xander Wines, Field & Fawcett, Portland Wine Company) Combines the […]
Casa Silva Late Harvest Semillon/Gewurztraminer 2014, Colchagua, Chile
Viña Real Rioja Reserva 2010, Spain (£18.45 Hailsham Cellars, Clifton Cellars, Planet of the Grapes) Rich and knowing style of wine, battle-scarred, but still very much alive, with meaty red berry and plum flavours, and spicy orange peel notes on the finish. Very tasty, and still on the young side. […]
Tempranillo from Rioja and Toro
Maybe not the most serious of wines, but I don’t mind this at all… Bottega Il Vino dell’Amore Petalo Moscato Dolce NV, Italy (contact Matthew Clark) A frothy, frivolous style, all about immediate pleasure, with juicy, freshly-crushed grape flavours and a lightly floral edge that stays just the right side […]
Bottega Il Vino dell’Amore Petalo Moscato Dolce NV
Altano Quinta do Ataíde Douro Reserva 2011, Portugal (£12.50 Halifax Wine Company, Cambridge Wine Merchants, vintagemarque.com, Hoults, Bodnant Welsh Food, Wined Up Here, The Jolly Vintner, Cheese at Leadenhall) Polished, confident style, with herb-infused dark plum and blackcurrant flavours and a touch of spice, rich but never too large, powerful […]