Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference Albariño 2010, Rías Baixas, Spain (£7.99 Sainsbury’s) Still young and showing the dolly mixture/dry dusty icing sugar edges of fermentation, but otherwise this is quite powerful wine, with tangy peach and apricot flavours and a rich but fresh finish. B(+) Zarate Albariño 2010, Rías Baixas, Spain […]
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Leeuwin Estate Prelude Chardonnay 2008, Margaret River (£20.50 Domaine Direct) Rich but refined style with tangy apple and nectarine flavours set against a creamy leesy richness. More forward than the Art Series bottling, but still a classy mix of richness and restraint. S- Xanadu Chardonnay 2008, Margaret River (£12.85 AG Wines, […]
Wine Tasting Video: Four Australian Chardonnays
Tasted 10 Pinots one afternoon, and split them over two videos. This should have been the second installment, but it’s ended up being the first. The first (with some Aussie and NZ Pinots) is here. Laroche Viña Punto Alto El Chaparro Pinot Noir 2009, Casablanca, Chile (£16.99 Liberty Wines) Classic […]
Wine Tasting Video: Pinot Noir from Chile and France
Prestige de Calvet Bordeaux Semillon/Sauvignon 2009, France (£5.24 Sainsbury’s) Nice juicy honest wine, with slightly catty Sauvignon to the fore at the moment, good rounded guava and greengage flavours, with Semillon giving pithy weight. B (Dear Calvet – you must have a web site, let me know where it is […]
Wine Tasting Video: Four Aussies, Four Frenchies – who comes ...
Paul Cluver Pinot Noir 2009, Elgin (£14-15 SA Wines Online, Vivat Bacchus, High Timber Restaurant) Big toasty oak is the first thing you notice, then raspberries, strawberries (both fresh and cooked) and plums, quite rich, ripe and tasty, but just a little too correct. B(+) Newton Johnson Pinot Noir 2009, […]
Wine Tasting Video: Three South African Pinot Noirs
Tenuta Degli Dei ‘Le Redini’ IGT Toscana 2008, Italy (~£18) Quite a lush modern style with berry, sour cherry and damson skin flavours, Alicante adding some iron and herbiness and oak giving a smoky vanilla sheen, finishes in gentle, soft and supple style but maybe just too smooth? S- Caiarossa […]