It was with great pleasure that I took delivery of 2 cases of my stock of Wine Society reserves.
This stunning Chianti Classico is packed full of fruit but has a long-lasting toasty/tarry liquorice finish
Highly recommended .
Category Archives: wine of the month
Peter Lehmann ‘The Futures’ Shiraz 2008 Barossa
Deep flavoured, concentrated, intense shiraz, full of spice, liquorice and black fruits. Lovely balance, silky tannins and long finish.
Found in Iceland! at the seafood grill Reykjavic, managed to buy half a case. N/A UK. Please contact me, I may part with a tasting sample!
Berry Bro’s & Rudd Ltd Extra Ordinary Claret 2009
Produced for Berry by Jean-Michel Cazes, this is an elegant claret, packed with juicy black fruits and cassis with a lovely balanced finish. Perfect for Christmas day lunch and great value at £12 (though 2010 now available – also a fantastic Bordeaux vintage).
Buitenverwachting ‘Christine’ 2008
Excellent South African Bordeaux blend from the marvellous Swig.
One of eight Swig wines tasted at our wine quiz night for 120 this week.
Perfumed, cassis, savoury notes, fresh acidity, smooth texture and length. A real pleasure.
2007 Gaja Sori Tildin Barbaresco-Langhe, Piedmont, Italy
It’s a bit cheeky putting this as wine of the month. Firstly it’s a couple of hundred pounds a bottle and secondly it should be wine of the year.
Hard to find the right words but haunting, ethereal, sensual, evocative and deeply alluring come to mind. A wine you just want to keep smelling and can’t put down.
A wine that takes you to another place. Maybe a Christmas treat if you get a good bonus!
Te Muna Road Sauvignon Blanc 2011 Craggy Range
One of the stars of the show from our Craggy Range tasting with Master of Wine Steve Smith. This is a Martinborough Sauvignon, more restrained than Marlborough sauvignons, but beautifully balanced with a long intense finish.
Available from Slurp and Majestic for around £13.
Marques de Riscal Rioja 2006
Lovely ripe fruit vanilla smooth tannins hint of chocolate and spice balanced and drinking beautifully now. Majestic and other outlets for approximately £15 currently reduced to £10. 99 (2007).
2010 Briccotondo Barbera Piemonte DOC Fontanafredda
Smokey, soft, rounded, blackberry and red berry fruits, smooth soft and sweet tannins. From the large Fontanafreda estate. Great value and quality. Available from Wine Direct and Enotria.
Mcguigan ‘The Shortlist’ Coonawarra Cabernet 2010
Classic Coonawarra Cabernet, ripe blackcurrant fruit, minty, eucalyptus, liquorice and not long later smoky, coffee, dark chocolate. A steal at £11.99 with current 20% off Australian offer at Majestic. Winner of multiple gold medals recently in Australia, relatively small quantities made; buy, buy, buy!
Kumeu River Chardonnay-Coddinton 2007
Lush, buttery, oily delicious, tropical, great balance, length, mouth feel, a bottle between two passed so lightly and graciously as the sun went down.
A truly fantastic single vineyard chardonnay to match the best of Burgundy. Kumeu wines available from The Wine Society.
WanderCurtis Wine 