Recent wine reviews from Matthew Jukes, Rose Murray Brown, Cherry Magazine & The Telegraph.
The Best of The Bunch, matthewjukes.com 05/10/2022:
2021 RIBOLLA GIALLA Friuli Colli Orientali Azienda Agricola Visintini
拢15.95 | 拢13.95
Review: ‘Hello Ribolla. This is the definitive version if you have yet to taste this grape in isolation (it loves to hide in swanky blends). Pure, floral, bitingly clean, and one step sideways from PGs, PBs and legions of innocuous Soaves, this is a brilliant wine with serious 茅lan, and it stays one step ahead at all moments! While this wine might be a bit of a punt if you usually stick to tried and tested, I can underline its importance by saying that this was a stalwart on my Bibendum Restaurant wine list back in the day. This 2021 is leagues ahead in quality than those cheeky drops in the old days!’聽
2021 DOLCETTO DOGLIANI Pap脿 Celso Marziano Abbona
拢21.95 | 拢19.50
Review: ‘Classy, louche, resplendent in its selective glory, and yet rather delicious, this is a sensational Dolcetto, and it electrocutes the palate with its vivid blueberry and spice tones. How to deploy this wine ought to be the only question (I assume you are a buyer). It is simple; this is the wine before the BIG Italian wine. Every time. Just let it do what it does best. This is a support act wine that adores having a chance to perform before select palates. Just make sure you don鈥檛 miss out on how delicious it is.’
GEORGIA鈥橲 WHITE GRAPES, rosemurraybrown.com, Rose Murray Brown, 08/10/2022:
2020 KHIKHVI QVEVRI Qvevri Wine Cellar
拢21.95 | 拢19.95
Review: ‘Fresh vibrant example of Khikhvi matured in qvevri made by Ivane Nareklishvili; floral notes, quite citric in flavour with the grape鈥檚 characteristic glycerol mouthfeel, silky soft palate and balanced grippy tannins.’
ORGANIC. DELICIOUS, AND UNDER 拢15, Cherry, Jane Parkinson, 11/10/2022:
2019 CH脗TEAU LES VIEUX MOULINS Cuv茅e Pirouette C么tes de Blaye
拢13.95 | 拢12.95
Review: ‘A new and fantastic find, this is new-school red Bordeaux with enticing aromas of incense and perfectly聽fleshy plum fruit laced with a bit of spice.’
The secret of British sparkling ros茅, The Telegraph, Victoria Moore, 14/10/2022:
LANGHAM ESTATE Ros茅 Brut NV
拢31.95 | 拢29.95
Review: ‘One of my favourite English sparkling ros茅s is Langham Wine Estate Ros茅 Brut NV. It has a glorious smell of fresh raspberries and wild strawberries, and misses out on a wine of the week slot only because it was there quite recently.’
The best wine magnums for a dinner party showstopper, The Telegraph, Victoria Moore, 21/10/2022:
Review: ‘Looking around it seems Bordeaux might be the wine that鈥檚 most popular in a magnum so it鈥檚 worth pointing out that red wines (and Champagne) are thought to age particularly well in this bottle size. Lea & Sandeman sells its excellent own-label claret in big bottles (the classic 2016 vintage is 拢23.50 for a magnum; the warm and generous 2018 is 拢24.50).’
2016 Lea & Sandeman Bordeaux聽
拢23.50 | 拢20.95
2018 Lea & Sandeman Bordeaux
拢24.50 | 拢21.95
‘From Italy, I also like the damson-and-cherry-scented Heba Fattoria di Magliano Morellino di Scansano 2016. It鈥檚 a soft, bright and juicy take on sangiovese.’
2016 MORELLINO DI SCANSANO Heba Fattoria di Magliano
拢36.50 | 拢32.95
Quick Fire, Nine Tremendous Wines, matthewjukes.com, Matthew Jukes, 19/10/2022:
COATES & SEELY Ros茅 Brut English Sparkling Wine
拢34.95 | 拢32.50
Review: ‘Made from 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Pinot Meunier this exquisite wine has stealthily become one of the most elegant and rewarding of all English sparkling ros茅s. With a couple of years on lees and six months minimum in the bottle, coupled with a dash of reserve wine to add a smidgen of depth, this is not a weighty, dark style but a Tinkerbell, casting tiny magical spells on your taste buds. It is discreet, silky, rosehip- and cranberry-kissed, pervasive and yet not forceful or bullying, allowing its charms to seep into your senses effortlessly and infect your mood with unavoidable composure and a growing sense of delight.’
Droughts, Heat & Fire: The future of wine in the climate crisis, The Guardian, David Williams, 20/09/2022
2019 RIOJA ALAVESA Sierra de Tolo帽o
拢15.95 | 拢14.50
Review: ‘One of the most exciting new-wave producers in Rioja. Sara Bravo of Sierra de Tolo帽o鈥檚 recipe for keeping balance and freshness in a rapidly warming world relies on old vines planted much higher than the Rioja norm at 650m above sea level, creating a wonderfully fluent, bright, black-fruited red.’
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