Mark: C+
Monday, 28 June 2021
Sunday, 27 June 2021
Chapel Hill Sparkling Rosé Alcohol Free Collection, Hungary
Nice alcohol-free glugger. Serve chilled otherwise comes across as too sweet. Strawberries, raspberries, and a bit of lemon on the finish. Fizz dies out quickly.
Mark: C+
Saturday, 26 June 2021
Vina'0 Le Rosé, Alcohol-free, Bio Organic, Germany
Some sweetness, strawberry, a bit of orange on the finish. I have had better non-alcoholic rosés.
Mark: C
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Sunday, 20 June 2021
Lui Rosé Pinot Noir Brut, Mendoza, Argentina
Strawberry and raspberry, a bit of lemon, yeast and rich tea biscuits. Bone dry with a big mousse.
Mark: C
Saturday, 19 June 2021
Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay 2019, New Zealand
Could keep this for another couple of years and maybe the oak will integrate a bit more but this is excellent right now. Oak, mango, pineapple, green apple, pear, sweetcorn. Extremely juicy long finish with a bit of spice.
Mark: A
Friday, 18 June 2021
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Monday, 14 June 2021
Sunday, 13 June 2021
Pittnauer r&b, natural wine, Burgenland, Austria
Natural wine, yeast, cherry, strawberry, very dry, long aftertaste. Not my cup of tea but one of the better naturals that I have tasted.
This wine is a blend of 25% St. Laurent and 75% Grüner Veltliner. "r&b" is from the french "rouge et blanc" meaning red and white.
Most of the grapes come from the 2020 vintage but some are from earlier vintages which is this wine was bottled as non-vintage.
This is wine is bone dry having only one gramme per litre of residual sugar.
Mark: C
Saturday, 12 June 2021
Seigneurs d'Aiguilhe 2018, Castellon, Bordeaux, France
Fantastic value. Fruity and a great smooth texture. Not a complex wine but slips down with ease. Blackcurrant, plums and a bit of cedar and tobacco.
Mark: A
Poggerino Chianti Classico 2028, Tuscany, Italy
Sour cherries, raspberries, oak, nougat, milk chocolate. Let it breathe for at least 30 minutes and it really opens up.
Mark: B