Huia Pinot Noir is a brilliant example of elegant Kiwi Pinot, offering up seriously smooth, rich red berry fruits, alongside lots of smoke and spice.
Featured Wines
Jun
24
Garage Wine Co. Dry-Farmed Old Bush Vine Carignan 2010 (Maule, Chile)
There were an awful lot of fantastic wines at our Americas’ Most Wanted Tasting on Tuesday: old Californian Pinots from Calera, the latest releases of Catena’s stunning single vineyard Malbecs and Corison Cabernet to name but a few. However, the wine that really made me smile is a tiny-production, old vine Carignan from Chile…
Jun
09
Chateau Dauzac 2010 (Margaux, Bordeaux)
Chateau Dauzac is one of the region’s most underrated properties and typifies 2010 Margaux…offering elegant, expressive floral fruit, alongside impressive acidity.
Jun
02
St Cosme Little James Basket Press Red NV (France)
Look beyond the Beano-esque label and this is a very interesting wine: aVin de Table red from a top French grower made using the solera system more usually found in Jerez, the home of sherry…
May
26
Quinta do Seival Castas Portuguesas 2006 (Campanha, Brazil)
If you were planning an advertising campaign for the Brazil tourist board, you’d probably think of tanned bodies on Copacabana, bicycle-kicking footballers and capoeira. I doubt vineyards or wine would get a look in. Gradually over the next decade that might begin to change…
May
12
Bisol Brut Crede 2009 (Veneto, Italy)
Light, crisp and delicate, the Crede has a lively, fruity palate of apple and pear. With a touch of honeysuckle, and a slight sweetness on the finish…you could say the perfect fizz for a day at the races!
May
06
Chateau Sigalas Rabaud 2006 (Bordeaux, France)
Chateau Sigalas Rabaud is an interesting Chateau, situated on just one single plot of 14 hectares, making it the smallest of the first growths, and only some 500 metres away from its illustrious neighbour, Chateau d’Yquem.
Apr
28
Balfour Brut Rosé 2006 (Kent, England)
Here’s to another bank holiday Friday and to the happy couple…lets all raise a glass of England’s finest!
Apr
21
Dinastia Vivanco Reserva 2004 (Rioja, Spain)
It’s going to be a hot Easter, full of cloudless blue skies and the smell of barbecued lamb fat. Bliss. I recommend a butterflied leg rubbed with the holy trinity of garlic, rosemary and thyme and chucked on the coals until the outside chars and the inside is a juicy pink. It’s not the weather for roast tatties and mint sauce, but some punchy tzatziki and some flatbreads will go down a treat.
Apr
15
Chateau Haut Batailley 2010 (Bordeaux, France)
Hmmm… a wine of the week that hasn’t even been bottled, isn’t on sale yet and won’t be seen in the UK for at least another two years. Such is the peculiarity and ridiculousness of the en primeur system….
