Château de Grandmont Beaujolais-Villages Nouveau 2012 (£7.75 Christopher Piper) Lively, crunchy style, with jolly raspberry and blackberry flavours freshened up by an apple-y bite and some earthy spice, B(+) Craggy Range Calvert Vineyard Pinot Noir 2010, Central Otago, New Zealand (£35-£40 Slurp, Swig, New Zealand House of Wine, Majestic, Farr […]
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Les Pionniers Champagne 2004 (£25.99 Co-operative) Young, lively and fresh style with broad, rich citrus fruit flavours and a green apple bite, not huge complexity, but a rich, honest juicy style. B(+) Champagne Duménil Brut Millésime 2004 (N/A in the UK) Smells as if it’s going to be quite sleek […]
Wine Tasting Video: Four Champagnes
Les Lions de Suduiraut Sauternes 2009, Bordeaux, France (£15 per half Averys, Berry Bros & Rudd, Cambridge Wines) Curious wine, takes a while for the botrytis character to come through, and the slight catty edge seems to suggest a high proportion of Sauvignon (but it’s only 4%). I like sweet […]
Wine Tasting Video: Sauternes, Tokaji & Pedro Ximenez
Beronia Colección Rioja Tempranillo 2010 (£11.99 Ocado) Young, fresh style, bouncy but not too brash, with an herby/spicy tinge to its slightly earthy orange peel and red berry flavours, and touches of coffee and chocolate too – just let down by slightly forceful smoky-bacon-y oak. B+ The Society’s Rioja Crianza […]
Wine Tasting Video: Tempranillo from Rioja, Ribera del Duero & ...
Tinpot Hut ‘Turner Vineyard’ Riesling 2012, Marlborough, New Zealand (£15.99 Liberty Wines) Still has some of the slightly candied dolly mixture character of youth but this recedes with time, letting the zippy, zesty lime and mandarin orange fruit emerge. Off-dry in style with a decent framework of acidity and a […]
Wine Tasting Video: Riesling from Germany, New Zealand & Australia
Mairena Bonarda 2010, Ugarteche, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza (£11.45 Cupari Wines) I like the sweet rich berry and blackcurrants fruit backed up by a savoury/meaty note, but I’m in two minds about whether that chocolate-wafer-biscuit-like oak is just a little OTT – some will love it. B+ Trapiche Broquel Bonarda […]