Wakefield Estate Riesling 2014, Clare Valley, Australia (£13 Wright Wine Company, Denby Dale Wines, Oliver’s Beer and Wine, Oz Wines) Still has its youthful tension, with zingy citrus fruit and a stony spine, but there’s also juiciness, with what I call a dusting of icing sugar – you know the […]
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Spring in a glass Joseph Mellot Menetou-Salon Les Thureaux 2013, Loire, France (£17.65 North & South Wines, Kingsgate Wines, Noble Green Wines, Village Wines (Amersham), Village Wines (Ware), Evingtons, DeFine, Partridges, Amps Fine Wines, Halifax Wine Company, Sunninghill Wine Merchant, Thomas Peatling, Harrisons Fine Wines, Taylors Fine Wines, BJT Hanby, […]
Joseph Mellot Menetou-Salon Les Thureaux 2013, Loire, France
Well done to Chilean winery Cono Sur for being the sole wine sponsor of the Tour de France (click HERE for details). But even weller done (?) to chief winemaker Adolfo Hurtado and his team for making what could be South America’s best Pinot & Cabernet… Cono Sur Ocio Pinot […]
Cono Sur’s top reds – Ocio Pinot Noir, Silencio Cabernet ...
An opinion divider… Apothic Red Winemaker’s Blend 2012, California (£9.99 widely available) Rich, juicy and round, sweet but not excessively so, with a slightly confected blackberry jam/blackcurrant pastille character alongside the creamy vanilla, coffee and chocolate cherry liqueur flavours. C+ (tried this later that evening with a local wine group […]
Apothic Red Winemaker’s Blend 2012, California
Wood have been better if… McGuigan Reserve Shiraz 2012, South Australia (£9.99 Sainsbury’s, Morrisons) Starts off well with aromas of berry fruit, leather and liquorice, but there’s also a whiff of smoky bacon-tinged oak. And then when you come to taste it, that oak and its drying tannins is just […]
McGuigan Reserve Shiraz 2012, South Australia
Of course I’ll be able to tell which is which… The two wines are:- Champagne Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial NV, France (£35 widely available) and Hambledon Classic Cuvée NV, Hampshire, England (£28.50 Berry Brothers & Rudd, Fareham Wine Cellars, The General Wine Company) Left Hand Glass (my left hand) Aromas of […]