The Wine Society<\/a> press tasting yesterday. Here’s my first six-pack of good buys. Lots to like in the \u00a310-15 range, which is handy.<\/p>\nDomaine Sylvain Pataille Bourgogne Aligot\u00e9 2016 Burgundy, France<\/strong>
\n\u00a312.50 The Wine Society
\n13% alcohol
\nFermented in 500 litre barrels. Fine and lemony with lovely pear fruit richness and a subtle nuttiness. Stylish and complex with a hint of baked apple, and lemony focus. 92\/100
\n(available 28 Sept)<\/p>\nDeltetto Langhe Favorita Servaj 2017 Piedmont, Italy<\/strong>
\n\u00a312.50 The Wine Society
\n13% alcohol
\nFavorito is the local name for the Vermentino grape variety, and Servaj translates as wild. Delicate and pure with nice fruit. Expressive tangerine and pear notes, with real focus and delicacy. 90\/100
\n(available 22 Oct)<\/p>\nVon Kesselstatt Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett 2016 Mosel, Germany<\/strong>
\n\u00a310.50 The Wine Society
\n9.5% alcohol
\nThis is from the steep Herrenberg vineyard in the Saar, and it’s a bargain. Off-dry and juicy with grapefruit, apricot and pear fruit. Very fruity and linear. 91\/100
\n(Available 19 Nov)<\/p>\nJean-Paul Brun Terres Dor\u00e9es Beaujolais L’Ancien 2016 France<\/strong>
\n\u00a311.95 The Wine Society
\n12.5% alcohol
\nVery floral with a green sappy and beetroot edge to the cherry and raspberry fruit. Bright, fresh and sappy with raspberries to the fore. Light and expressive and quite pure. 92\/100<\/p>\nMartin Wassmer Sp\u00e4tbrugunder Markgr\u00e4flerland 2015 Baden, Germany<\/strong>
\n\u00a314.95 The Wine Society
\n13.5% alcohol
\nJuicy and linear with nice sappy freshness and some mineral undercurrents. Appealing cherry and plum fruit with well integrated oak. Really refined. 93\/100
\n(available 28 Sept)<\/p>\nClos Alivu Patrimonio Rouge 2017 Corsica, France<\/strong>
\n\u00a314.95 The Wine Society
\n13% alcohol
\n100% Nielluccio, which is the same as Sangiovese. Very floral, bright and fruity with expressive, pure red cherry and raspberry fruit. Linear, with a bit of structure. Quite delightful. 91\/100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some lovely wines, as usual, at The Wine Society press tasting yesterday. Here’s my first six-pack of good buys. Lots to like in the \u00a310-15 range, which is handy. Domaine…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21581,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21579\/revisions\/21581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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