Lower Alcohol Wines
If you crave just a little less abv in your life, here is a goodly selection of wines which should leave a clear head in the morning.
[Read more...]2022 CAPELLANA Blanco Bodegas Nodus
Utiel-Requena Valencia Spain 12% White
Macabeo. Certified Organic
100% Macabeu from the historic “Finca El Renegado” vineyards, the oldest part of Bodegas Nodus estate. The vines are approximately 800 metres above sea level in the beautiful area surrounding the town of ‘Caudete de las...(read more)
L&S2022 CAPELLANA Tinto Bodegas Nodus
Utiel-Requena Valencia Spain 13% Red
Tempranillo. Certified Organic
For the last thirty or so years, I have played a wine-hunting game at this time of year. The challenge I set myself is to find the two best party wines for the forthcoming festive season. The rules are simple: the wi...(read more)
Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com2022 VERMENTINO Domaine les Yeuses
Languedoc-Roussillon France 13% White
Vermentino.
Vermentino from the French Mediterranean coast with citrus and dusty minerals. Very sophisticated wine at its price level, and better by miles than anything we have found in Italy (where this grape originates) at up to t...(read more)
L&S2022 'EN LA PARRA' BLANCO Bodegas Nodus
Valencia Spain 12% White
Moscatel, Chardonnay. Certified Organic
This organic beauty comes from the brilliant team at Bodegas Nodus in Valencia. Organically made at their Finca 'El Renegado' it is a blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Moscatel. The result is delicious; a bright, prettily...(read more)
L&S2021 VINHO VERDE Espigueiro Casa Agricola de Compostela
Vinho Verde Portugal 11.5% White
Arinto, Trajadura, Loureiro.
Recently described by a restaurateur (who was looking for a match for chicken wontons) as 'a wine that knocks all its competitors into a cocked hat', this breezy Vinho Verde is appley fresh and thirst quenching, with a d...(read more)
L&S2022 OLD HANDS BLANCO Sauvignon Ecológico Bodegas La Purisima
Jumilla Spain 12.5% White
Sauvignon Blanc. Certified Organic
2022 VIOGNIER Domaine les Yeuses
Languedoc-Roussillon France 13% White
Viognier.
Very much our style of Viognier, nothing is overdone, freshness is key. Some delightful aromatics including wild flowers, apricot and honey, then on the palate, good texture, balanced fresh stone fruit, nectarine and apr...(read more)
L&S2022 NEGROAMARO Salento Cantine de Falco
Puglia Italy 13% Red
Negroamaro.
This is an absolute beauty, deeply fruity, with black cherry, blueberry and plum fruit, all underpinned with a delicious floral note. In the mouth the wine is lithe and supple, perfumed violets, red and black fruits, tou...(read more)
L&SCUVÉE ROSÉ Spumante Rosato Brut Il Follo
Italy 11.5% Rosé
Prosecco, Cabernet Sauvignon. Vegetarian
Delicately pink sparkling wine from the Prosecco region, blended with 15% Cabernet Sauvignon making for a very attractive and quaffable 'aperitivo'.
L&SPROSECCO TREVISO Spumante Brut il Follo Prosecco
Veneto Italy 11.5% White
Glera. Low-alcohol, Vegetarian
Bright fresh and zippy with rich citrus, peach and white flowers, palate has nice intensity with Apple, lemon and peach fruit, crisp and lively, decent mousse, good length.
L&S2021 SOAVE CLASSICO Montesei Le Battistelle
Veneto Italy 12.5% White
Trebbiano di Soave, Garganega.
Bright and clean Soave that totally delivers. Crisp but with no hard edges - no brisk acidity, just a great texture and clean mineral flow. There is no wood used here - but the juice stays on the lees for about 4 months...(read more)
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