Nicolas Perrin Syrah Vin de France 2010 (£13.99 Wine Rack) Vibrant, juicy oak-free Syrah, bouncy and fragrant, with a savoury edge to the smoky berry fruit, delicious and refreshing red wine. S(-) Château d’Anglès La Clape Rouge Classique 2008, Languedoc, France (£11.99 Wine Rack) On the mellow side, with the […]
Australian Wine
Some wines I filmed before Christmas when I’d been banished to one of the darker rooms in the house… Wakefield Estate Merlot 2009, Clare Valley, Australia (£9.99-£10.99 Cheers, Constantine Stores, Majestic, Nidderdale Fine Wines, Oliver’s Beer and Wine, Saxty’s, Sommelier Wine Co) Reasonable ruddy berry and plum fruit with a […]
Wine Tasting Video: Cabernet & Merlot from Australia, Italy and ...
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 ...
Wakefield Riesling 2010, Clare Valley, Australia (£10.49-£12.99 Waitrose, www.slurp.co.uk, Nidderdale Fine Wines, Oliver’s Beers and Wines, Wadebridge Wines, Wine in Cornwall, Wines of the World, Sommelier Wine Company, Victor Hugo Wines) Good mix of the full, fleshy plummy rhubarb flavour with more sleek and tangy citrus notes. Add in some […]
Wine Tasting Video: Rieslings from South Australia & the Rheingau ...
Calvet Limited Release Sauvignon Blanc 2010, Bordeaux, France (£6.49 Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Waitrose) Crisp zesty young wine, with refreshing grapefruit and lemon flavours plus a slightly ripe nectarine edge, and a touch lemon-grass herbiness. B(+) McHenry Hohnen Semillon Sauvignon 2010, Margaret River, Australia (£11.99 – £12.99 Bablake Wines, The City […]
Wine Tasting Video: Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux, Margaret River, Casablanca ...
Alain Grignon Cuvée Chasseur 2010, Vin de France (£4.29 Waitrose) Smells decent, like a slightly leafy Bordeaux propped up with a draught of the warm south, but while the blackcurrant and blackberry flavours are reasonable, it would be far better without that touch of sweetness. C+ Parducci Zinfandel 2009, Mendocino […]