Category Archives: Wine Reviews
Champagne Gatinois Brut Tradition, Grand Cru Aÿ NV
Gatinois is one of the most extraordinary wines imaginable – with the faintest of pink [...]
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Dec
Dec
2016 Champagne Pierre Vaudon Grand Cru
2016 Pierre Vaudon Grand Cru Champagne (£50.35, reduced to £44.75 each by the case)is extraordinarily [...]
13
Dec
Dec
2022 Barbera d`Alba, Cascina Alberta
This 14.5% vol delight is crammed with gorgeously juicy autumnal damson fruit. Jonathan Ray, The [...]
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Dec
Dec
Crémant de Bourgogne Blanc de Blancs Brut, Cave de Bissey NV
A fine, delicate blend of chardonnay and aligoté, this crémant delivers gentle notes of citrus [...]
27
Nov
Nov
Tinhof Eisenstadt Neuberger/Weissburgunder 2022, Burgenland, Austria
A blend of the little-seen Neuberger (40%) with Weissburgunder, aka Pinot Blanc, producing gentle, creamy, [...]
27
Nov
Nov
Cascina Alberta Barbera d’Alba 2022, Piedmont, Italy
Perfumed, fruity and spicy with a touch of black pepper and the intensity, energy and [...]
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Nov
Nov
Domaine Font Sarade Les Pigières Gigondas 2022, Rhône, France
Generous, rich, sweet-fruited and spicy, but with precision, freshness and a perfumed lift that Gigondas [...]
21
Nov
Nov
Pascal et Nicolas Reverdy Terre de Maimbray Sancerre Rouge 2022, Loire, France
Light, bright colour, raspberry-accented fragrance and fruit, gossamer-fine texture and fine-boned structure. Sleek, very appealing [...]
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Nov
Nov
2018 Château Tour Marcillanet, Haut-Medoc
Like rioja, classic claret is a must for many at the Christmas table, and this [...]
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Nov
Nov
2023 Muscadet Sèvre & Maine Sur Lie, Domaine de la Chauvinière
Forget white burgundy, scoop up this tongue-tingling, lemon twist and citrus blossom La Chauvinière charmer. [...]
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Nov
Nov
2022 Sancerre Rouge Terre de Maimbray, Pascal et Nicolas Reverdy
Soft, mellow, Loire Valley Pinot Noir that knocks spots off many a red burgundy. Jonathan [...]
07
Nov
Nov
2023 Juliénas, Domaine de Forétal
Jean-Yves, fifth generation of the Perraud family at Domaine de Forétal, makes Juliénas of unalloyed [...]
07
Nov
Nov
2018 Château Tour Marcillanet, Haut-Medoc
Also available in half bottles, this is my pick of the fireside clarets. Victoria Moore, [...]
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Oct
Oct
2023 Parcelles Chardonnay, IGP Val de Loire, Domaine Réthoré Davy
Christophe and Martine Réthoré’s 42-hectare domaine is in the Pays des Mauges, located between Muscadet [...]
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Oct
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