Colonia Las Liebres Bonarda 2009, Mendoza (£7.99 Whole Foods Market, Selfridges, Highbury Vintners, Noble Green Wines, The Butlers Wine Cellar, Colchester Wine Company, Tivoli Wines, Noel Young Wines, The Halifax Wine Company, Carruthers & Kent, Flourish & Prosper) Vibrant cherry, berry and plum flavours, rich and quite full-bodied, but with […]
Red Wine
Le Champ d’Orphée IGP Côtes du Tarn 2009, South West France (N/A in the UK) Lively, wild and off-the-wall wine, with savoury blueberry fruit backed up by earthy notes and chewy tannins – cassoulet would seem appropriate… S- Clos Poggiale Vin de Corse 2007, France (£12.45-16.50 Jeroboams, Planet of the […]
Wine Tasting Video: Assorted Reds from SW France, Corsica, the ...
Ramos Pinto Duas Quintas Douro Red 2008 (£10.99 Whole Foods Market, Roberson, Partridges, Philglas & Swiggot, Planet of the Grapes, Wines of the World) Young boisterous wine, awash with juicy fruit – black fruits on the nose, but strawberries and redcurrants in the mouth – pepped up with notes of […]
Wine Tasting Video: Four Douro reds
Château Le Barrail Médoc 2009 (£7.11 Tesco) Firm, fruity young wine, with plenty of blackcurrant and damson favour, and a slightly briny edge, but structure of smoky oak and hard tannins just a bit OTT. B(-) Château Prieuré Les Tours Graves 2006 (£9.99 Majestic) More of that savoury/briny character, benefiting […]
Wine Tasting Video: Five Left Bank Bordeaux reds
Latest video, complete with translation error – apparently, while Chasse means hunt, Châsse (with the ^) means reliquary. So there you go, apologies to all offended by my linguistic skills. Anyway, the video… La Châsse Côtes du Rhône Réserve 2009 (£6.99 Asda, Booths, Co-op, Sainsbury’s, Tesco) Fresh and juicy, almost […]
Wine Tasting Video: a great quartet from the Côtes du ...
Dear Co-op, apologies for this, these videos should have been on the site well before now, but circusmtances overtook me, and then I went to California and then…oh well, here they are, like buses – you wait for ages for one and then etc, etc… WHITES Ziel Pinot Grigio-Chardonnay 2009, […]