Category Archives: Wine Reviews
2023 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence
If you’re after the archetypal pale pink from Provence, here it is: fine but sinewy, [...]
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Jun
Jun
2023 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence
Very pale and also very refined, this thyme-scented rosé is my top pick in this [...]
01
May
May
2022 Pinot Bianco, Kellerei Kurtatsch, Alto Adige
Described by the winemaker as an elegant mountain wine, this is one of the nicest [...]
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Mar
Mar
2022 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée de l’Héronde, Domaine de Vavril
I could almost fall for Cuvée de l’Héronde’s glistening purple-ruby colour alone, but it’s the [...]
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Feb
Feb
2008 Orpale, Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru
Figs, bruised apples and toasted nuts with a stylish, smoky quality. Elegant and complex, tension [...]
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Feb
Feb
2020 Savennières Clos du Petit Beaupreau, Domaine des Deux Vallées
From the Loire’s most intense Chenin Blanc appellation. Interesting nuts and hay on the nose. [...]
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Nov
Nov
2019 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine Font de Courtedune
A reminder of why the southern Rhône has such a reputation. There’s a fluency and [...]
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Nov
Nov
2021 Scorpo Noirien Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula
This lot love good pinot noir from Australia or New Zealand and this, grown close [...]
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Nov
Nov
2022 La Fruitière, Vignes Blanches, IGP Val de Loire, Famille Lieubeau
A calm but also bright and crystalline white, this blends the grassy freshness of sauvignon [...]
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Nov
Nov
2019 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine Font de Courtedune
Gloriously lush, four-year-old chateauneuf that’s worth paying extra for. An ideal roast turkey wine. Fiona [...]
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Nov
Nov
2020 Picnic Pinot Noir, Two Paddocks, Central Otago
Two Paddocks makes beautiful pinot noir in one of the world’s best pinot noir regions. [...]
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Oct
Oct
2022 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée de l’Héronde, Domaine de Vavril
I have just returned from my annual pilgrimage to Piemonte, in North-West Italy, to taste [...]
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Aug
Aug
2022 Esprit Rosé, Domaine Tour Campanets, Coteaux d`Aix-en-Provence
Bone dry, a pinkish cherry-blossom colour and with a faintly floral smell that is suggestive [...]
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Jul
Jul
In Praise of Independents
Our Buying Director, Siobhán Astbury reports: Offering good value is an essential element of our [...]
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Jun
Jun
Jancis Robinson reviews…
Ch Coustolle 2016 Canon-Fronsac Full bottle just 1,203 g. 70% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% [...]
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Jun
Jun