{"id":23798,"date":"2019-06-23T19:47:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T19:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=23798"},"modified":"2019-06-24T11:52:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T11:52:21","slug":"another-ba-lounge-wine-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/uncategorized\/another-ba-lounge-wine-round-up","title":{"rendered":"Another BA lounge wine round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Flew back from Sicily. Three hours to kill at Gatwick before I head to Edinburgh this evening for a very exciting masterclass of New Zealand wines tomorrow, so I headed to the British Airways lounge and tried all the wines.<\/p>\n

Champagne Castelnau NV France<\/strong>
\nNice to find Champagne on free-pour in a lounge. Normally you have to ask someone for it, because people love guzzling Champagne in the lounge. This one is f<\/span>ull flavoured with toasty apple and pear fruit, with peach and nut richness. Some sweetness adds volume. A crowd pleaser. 88\/100<\/p>\n

Vitte Colte Roero Arneis Villata 2017 Piedmont, Italy<\/strong>
\nAn atypical Arneis? Soft and fruity with nice pear and yellow cherry notes. Some waxy savouriness. Quite broad-shouldered. 86\/100
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Paul Cluver Riesling 2017 Elgin, South Africa
\n<\/span><\/strong>Rich, vivid and off dry with sweet citrus, some green apple, and a bit of spicy, pithy bite. Very attractive. 90\/100<\/span><\/p>\n

Lovivalo Verdejo de Rueda 2017 Spain<\/strong>
\nThis wasn’t very good.\u00a0<\/span>Fresh and very appley. Juicy with a fruity character but a bit oxidised. 81\/100<\/p>\n

Saint Supery Dollarhide Sauvignon Blanc 2016 Napa Valley
\n<\/span><\/strong>This is toasty and nutty with lots of wood character as well as ripe, quite exotic Sauvignon notes. Very much in the rich, flamboyant style. 85\/100<\/p>\n

Yering Station Pinot Noir 2016 Yarra Valley\u00a0<\/strong>
\nWhat has happened to Yering Station?\u00a0<\/span>Sweet, soft, warm herby fruit here. Broad and ripe and a bit formless. Rich style. 86\/100<\/p>\n

Domaine Des 3 Cellier Ch\u00e2teauneuf du Pape 2016 Southern Rh\u00f4ne, France
\n<\/span><\/strong>Ripe, sweet and lush with a green herbal edge to the cherry and raspberry fruit with some jamminess. 87\/100<\/span><\/p>\n

Ballad Old Vine Garnacha 2015 Caribe\u00f1a, Spain
\n<\/span><\/strong>Soft, sweet, lush and dense. Has a herbal edge to the warm, rounded berry fruits. A little tired? 85\/100<\/span><\/p>\n

Las Olas Malbec Reserve 2016 Famatina Valley, Argentina
\n<\/span><\/strong>Nice plum green-tinged blackcurrant and blackberry fruit here. Lush but well defined with a slight saltiness. 88\/100<\/span><\/p>\n

Other lounge wine write-ups – here<\/a> and here<\/a><\/p>\n

Find these wines with wine-searcher.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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