Champagne H. Blin L’Esprit Nature Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut NV, France (£40 Wine Cellar Club, The Secret Cellar) Young, fresh style of Champagne, which sees quite voluptuous baked apple, stewed rhubarb and brioche flavours wrapped round a slender, steely/stony mineral backbone with a chalk note to the finish. Very […]
Monthly Archives: June 2018
A tasty and well-presented duo Pemo Pecorino Terre di Chieti 2017, Abruzzo, Italy (£8.99-£9.99 Ocado, Steevenson Wines, Starmore Boss, Eden Fine Wines) A wine that scores for texture as much as flavour, with a nutty, creamy feel to the fresh but fleshy peach kernel, nectarine and green banana fruit. S- Pemo […]
Introducing PEMO – Pecorino & Montepulciano from Abruzzo
A whistle-stop tour of some of Spar’s new wines for 2018 – more details about them HERE Villa Cerro Garganega Pinot Grigio 2017, Veneto, Italy (£6.50 Spar) Simple fresh glugger with hints of citrus fruit and apple, what I call ‘fair enough’ wine. C Wildflower Pinot Grigio 2017, Romania (£6.50 […]
Spar’s new wines for 2018
Calmel & Joseph Villa Blanche Terret Blanc 2017, Pays d’Oc, France (£8.99 Waitrose) Reminiscent of a plump Picpoul, with plush Peach Melba flavours alongside sleeker aniseed and citrus notes, not hugely complex, but slips down alarmingly easily. B+
Calmel & Joseph Villa Blanche Terret Blanc 2017
Sylvaine et Alain Normand Macon La Roche-Vineuse Vieilles Vignes 2014, Burgundy, France (£14.83 Vino Beano) Great value Burgundy that offers a satisfying mix of richness and restraint, with generous, deep and almost creamy pear, apple and tinned plum flavours offset by a savoury tang and a seam of citrus freshness […]
Sylvaine et Alain Normand Macon La Roche-Vineuse Vieilles Vignes 2014
Or indeed for any other day in the year… Blandy’s Madeira 10 Year Old tasting gift pack (£36.49 Amazon, Speciality Drinks, Lance Strother, Cambridge Wines, Thomas Peatling, Liquorice, In the Pink , Shenfield Wine , Guildford Wine Co , Peake Wine) The packs contains 1 x 20cl bottle of each […]