Viña Real Rioja Reserva 2010, Spain (£18.45 Hailsham Cellars, Clifton Cellars, Planet of the Grapes) Rich and knowing style of wine, battle-scarred, but still very much alive, with meaty red berry and plum flavours, and spicy orange peel notes on the finish. Very tasty, and still on the young side. […]
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Maybe not the most serious of wines, but I don’t mind this at all… Bottega Il Vino dell’Amore Petalo Moscato Dolce NV, Italy (contact Matthew Clark) A frothy, frivolous style, all about immediate pleasure, with juicy, freshly-crushed grape flavours and a lightly floral edge that stays just the right side […]
Bottega Il Vino dell’Amore Petalo Moscato Dolce NV
Altano Quinta do Ataíde Douro Reserva 2011, Portugal (£12.50 Halifax Wine Company, Cambridge Wine Merchants, vintagemarque.com, Hoults, Bodnant Welsh Food, Wined Up Here, The Jolly Vintner, Cheese at Leadenhall) Polished, confident style, with herb-infused dark plum and blackcurrant flavours and a touch of spice, rich but never too large, powerful […]
Three Douro Reds
If you usually find PX a bit too gloopy, try this. Barbadillo Pedro Ximénez Sherry NV, Spain (£13.49 Rodney Fletcher Vintners, Rannoch Scott Wines, Experience Wine, winesandchampagne.co.uk, Adnams, Connolly’s Wine Merchant, Mumbles Fine Wines, The Drinks Cabinet, TheDrinkShop.com, Baythorne Hall, Harrogate Fine Wine Company, Sandhams Wine Merchants, Beers of Europe, […]
Barbadillo Pedro Ximénez Sherry NV, Spain
Exton Park ‘Britagne NV Brut, Hampshire, England (£26.95 from the vineyard) Keen, clean young style, with green apple, citrus and slightly stewed rhubarb flavours, a touch of the sweet and sour here. Maybe needs a little more time to calm down as the sour edge is a little prominent at […]
Three English Sparkling Wines
Errázuriz Estate Pinot Noir 2014, Aconcagua Costa, Chile (£10.25 Majestic) I like the gentle plummy red berry flavours, and the lush texture, but – like many Chilean wines – the pleasure is dampened by reduction, which leaves a slightly hard finish. Does improve slightly with time, but could have been […]