Wakefield 80 Acres Cabernet Shiraz Merlot 2015, South Australia (£6.99 Aldi) Vibrant young wine, combining leafy, minty, oily blackcurranty Cabernet flavours with some earthy spice from Shiraz and a touch of plummy berry from Merlot. Ripe and juicy, but always fresh, very tasty. S- Wakefield 80 Acres Shiraz Viognier 2015, […]
Yearly Archives: 2017
Quinta Nova Pomares Moscatel Galego Branco 2016, Douro, Portugal (see Wine Searcher for stockists) Combines tangy grapefruit and grape characters with a slightly candied rose petal note to good effect. Soft generous flavours, but enough of a pithy edge to hold them in balance. B+
Quinta Nova Pomares Moscatel Galego Branco 2016, Douro, Portugal
Kayra Narince 2015, Tokat, Turkey (£12.50-£14 Strictly Wine, Eton Vintners, Great Wines Direct, Novel Wines) Confident young wine, with an earthy, almost volcanic character in there with the floral, spicy aromas and sappy pink grapefruit and pear flavours. Quite weighty despite the 11.5% alcohol, with a dry and refreshing finish. […]
Kayra Narince 2015, Tokat, Turkey
Château d’Esclans Déesse Astrée Côtes de Provence Blanc 2015, France (see Wine Searcher for price & stockists) Lovely rich but fresh style, showing the typical pine/herb citrus edge of Vermentino/Rolle alongside bolder ripe pear and passionfruit flavours, with a touch of slightly dough-like cake mix in there too. Very tasty […]
Château d’Esclans Déesse Astrée Côtes de Provence Blanc 2015, France
Sendiäna Grand Vin 2014, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon (N/A in the UK) There’s an exotic spicy note alongside the rich, rounded, plummy berry character, but there’s also a smoky/charred vanilla edge plus a touch of raw tannin – overtoasting of not the very best oak maybe? Good in parts… B-
Sendiäna Grand Vin 2014, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
Blind Spot Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2016, Yarra Valley, Australia (£10.95 The Wine Society) Pale and gentle, with a herbal-scented rose hip character alongside the fresh and lightly cooked strawberry flavours, fresh but persistent, could happily take a light chill on a summer day. S- Santa Rita ‘National Gallery’ Pinot […]