Great winter warmer – although maybe next winter rather than this one… Wakefield Estate Shiraz 2013, Clare Valley, Australia (£12.99 Majestic, Eden Fine Wines, Hammonds of Knutsford) On the young side – the toasty oak ideally needs another few months to calm down – but this is lovely warm hearted […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
Bit of a backlog in the video department at the moment, let’s see if we can rectify that with this collection of three sub-£10 reds from southern France Coin des Coquins Mourvèdre/Cabernet Sauvignon 2013, Pays d’Oc, France (£7.99-£8.99 Old School Wines, The Salisbury Wine Store) Reasonable fruit and freshness, but […]
Three Pays d’Oc Reds
Grown-up Chilean Savvy Casa Silva Cool Coast Sauvignon Blanc 2013, Paredones, Colchagua, Chile (£15.95 Oxford Wine Company, Fine Wines Direct, Averys) Precise, high-cheekboned style, with a minerally citrus spine round which some richer nutty, creamy pineapple flavours are wound, elegant, lithe and very tasty. S
Casa Silva Cool Coast Sauvignon Blanc 2013, Chile
Probably not as in-yer-face as it once was, but still not exactly subtle Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Chardonnay 2012, California (£14.99 Village Cottage, Robert and Speight, Hennings Wine Merchant, Partridges of Sloane Square, Wine Importers, The Wine Shop (Winscombe), Ann et Vin, The Wine Chambers, The Bottle Stop, Hailsham Cellars, Liquid […]
Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Chardonnay 2012, California
Couldn’t ask for more from a Loire Sauvignon at this price Morrisons Touraine Sauvignon 2013, Loire, France (£6.99 Morrisons) Classic Spring flavours here, sappy, grassy apple and lemon flavours, with a touch of gooseberry, slightly catty, with a mineral bite, and a tongue-tingling finish. B(+)
Morrisons Touraine Sauvignon 2013, Loire, France
Not sure whether this has quite nailed the leaner style… Wakefield St Andrew’s Chardonnay 2013, Clare Valley, Australia (£22 Denby Dale Wines, Oz Wines, Fareham Wine Cellar) Quite tight and closed to start with, but slowly uncurls to show rich cashew and melon set against more precise citrus freshness, with […]