I headed down to Stevenage today for a tasting at The Wine Society. It was amazing: such good wines at really good prices. Here are a few wines that I’ll…
Le Sang des Cailloux Vacqueyras Cuvée Azalaïs 2012, a brilliant Southern Rhône red
This was another Prowein discovery. It’s from biodynamic Vacqueras producer Le Sang des Cailloux. This is the domaine’s traditional cuvee and it alternates over a three-year cycle with the names of…
Five nice Rhône wines
Some notes on five Rhône wines that I selected for last week’s Côtes du Rhône wines Google hangout. It was fun trying these with fellow bloggers, and – remarkably –…
Christmas Day highlights (2): Suduiraut 01, La Chapelle 97, Le Dome 96, Gruaud Larose 00
Some more Christmas Day wines. Château Suduiraut 2001 Sauternes, Bordeaux, France 14% alcohol. Remarkably fresh still with complex, spicy lemon and grapefruit notes as well as viscous apricot, pear and…
Southern Rhône, I have neglected you – Brusset Les Hauts de Montmirail 2012
Southern Rhône, I have neglected you. We used to be good friends. When I first got into wine you used to give me a lot of pleasure. Vieux Telegraphe and…
Fine wines with lunch, old-school wine trade style
These wines were recently tasted at a rather fine lunch at La Trompette, which is a great restaurant. It went on a long time, as you can imagine. I’m always…
A couple from Jean-Luc Colombo
Jean-Luc Colombo, based in Cornas, is a Rhone modernist. His Cornas wines aren’t in my favourite style, I’m afraid. But I do like the wines he makes when he tries…
Nicolas Perrin Crozes Hermitage Blanc 2012
Northern Rhone whites are some of the unheralded stars of the wineworld. There’s a good story to this wine, too. Before around 1995, Jaboulet were one of the top producers…
Three lovely Rhones: two Chaves and a La Turque
Had a great lunch at The Glasshouse restaurant in Kew yesterday, hosted by Keith Prothero. In attendance: Malcolm Thwaites, Greg Sherwood and me. The Glasshouse is such a great restaurant….