Ceci n’est pas un Cigare Volant 2014, Central Coast, California (£15.99 Laithwaites) Wonderfully enticing wine, packed with life and freshness, with sandy/spicy overtones to the vibrant red berry and cherry flavours and a light floral fragrance, light in body but full in flavour, and dangerously gluggable. S(+)
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Emiliana Signos de Origen ‘La Vinilla’ 2015, Casablanca, Chile (£15 Hanging Ditch) Fascinating wine, doesn’t try to overwhelm you with weight but instead lures you in with its ever-so-slightly exotic musky pear and peach flavours, floral aromas and refined citrus freshness. More wines like this please Chile… S(-)
Emiliana Signos de Origen ‘La Vinilla’ 2015, Casablanca, Chile
Ramos Pinto LBV Port 2011, Douro, Portugal (~£19 widely available) LBV is supposed to be ready to drink on release, but this is a bit of a pup, and seems to be built to survive another decade or more. Dark, young and juicy, packed with blackberry, blackcurrant and damson flavours, […]
Ramos Pinto LBV 2011 + Some Wine Gadgets
Tedeschi Lucchine Valpolicella 2013, Veneto, Italy (£11.99 Italian Continental Stores, R Campbell & Sons, BJR Hanby, Polygon Wines, The Square Wine Company, Grape Sense) Gentle, squishy ripe red cherry (fresh and cooked) with a tinge of bitterness to add freshness, a touch of volatility but it’s in balance, and the […]
A couple of friendly Italian reds
The Society’s Exhibition Sancerre 2015 (Serge Laloue), Loire, France (£12.50 The Wine Society) Succulent Sancerre, showing some of the flesh of a warm vintage but still with flinty citrus tension and a light floral touch too. S- Domaine Gadais La Grande Réserve du Moulin Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie […]
Three Loire Whites (and all from different grapes)
Kayra Beyaz Kalecik Karasi Blanc de Noir 2015, Denizli, Turkey (£12.39 Strictly Wine) Lightly charred character alongside ripe strawberry and apple, with hints of vanilla and even ginger. Interesting, tasty and moreish. B+ Kayra Kalecik Karasi 2014, Denizli, Turkey (£12.40 Strictly Wine, Great Wine Direct) More of that smoky note […]