It’s Malbec that usually attracts the attention in Argentina, with Cabernet – Franc as well as Sauvignon – not too far behind. When it comes to wine, Torrontes is often cited as a trump card, but several producers are seeking out plots of ancient Semillon and putting them to very […]
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Taste The Difference Marzemino delle Venezie 2010, Veneto, Italy (£5.99 Sainsbury’s) Pale and very interesting, with joyful red berry and red cherry fruit and a touch of marzipan, classic chillable summer red, and a great price. S- Encanto Mencía Roble 2009, Bierzo, Spain (£6.99 Sainsbury’s) Don’t mind the fragrant red […]
Wine Tasting Video: Assorted Reds – Marzemino, Mencia, Bonarda & ...
April 17th 2012 is the second World Malbec Day – or Malbec World Day, as the website has it. To celebrate this, some bright sparks thought it would be a good idea to ship some Malbec grapes from the 2011 vintage over to the UK to see how a English […]
World Malbec Day – with an English accent…
Villa Maria Cellar Selection Syrah 2008, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (£13.99 Oddbins, Wine Rack, nzhouseofwine.co.uk) Fragrant and elegant to start with, showing touches of pepper (white & black), berry and plum, but then a slightly thoddy vanilla edge intrudes, and there’s just this feeling of incompleteness, as if it would […]
Wine Tasting Video: Shiraz from Australia, New Zealand & Argentina ...
Bodega Cecchin Malbec ‘Non-added Sulfites’ 2008, Mendoza (£9.75 Caves de Pyrene) Quite pale in colour, and while there’s plenty of juicy cherry, strawberry and dark fruit flavour, there’s also a dainty, refreshing gluggability. Does have some of the clay-slip-like edge I find in many unsulphured wine, but no lack […]
Wine Tasting Video: More Argentine Malbec – some 08s & ...
Some wines tasted in the search for some lighter, more subtle styles of Argentine Malbec for a piece for Square Meal‘s annual guide. These are all 2010s – will post some notes on some 2009s and 2008s soon Santa Julia Malbec 2010, Mendoza (£6.99 Waitrose) Simple and slightly volatile, there’s […]