Two highly individual Rioja from Bodegas Tobía - 2018 Maturana and 2016 Graciano
I recently had the chance to taste a range of Rioja from Bodegas Tobía, an estate that was founded by Oscar Tobía and Ana Castello in 2004, after Oscar had qualified with a Masters Degree in oenology and viticulture. Given so many o...
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“Only one factor inhibits Nicolas Rossignol from waxing lyrical about the 2019 vintage, and that is that he is even more excited by their 2020s!” wrote Jasper Morris MW in his 2019 vintage report on the highly informative insideburgundy.com. This comment chimes with our own sentiment about this increasingly in form domaine. There is ...
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1,212 bottles each year is not a lot of stock to meet global demand, particularly when the wine in question is an outstanding, remarkably fairly priced, Grand Cru Champagne from De Sousa.
I am pleased to say we have just purchased our new allocation of Atlas’ fastest-selling Champagne. Thi...
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The winemaking approach at Ponce is remarkably traditional, though very little sulphur dioxide is used to preserve the wines. The aim is to produce wine as naturally as makes sense. The grapes are fermented with their stems, as is an increasing trend in modern-day Burgundy. The stems, when ripe, are a valuable source of tannins and add a spicy c...
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One of the most popular offers last year was the 2017 Dog Point Chardonnay. This New Zealand Chardonnay impressed many clients with its nod to a Burgundian style and we are pleased to be offering the 2018 release. As Jancis Robinson once commented ‘unusually for a NZ producer, (Dog Point) takes Chardonnay seriously’. This Marlborough...
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Siepi has become a Tuscan icon, but it is a highly unusual blend of grape varieties, namely Merlot and Sangiovese. The blending of a so-called international variety and an indigenous one is no issue, particularly given that Merlot has been in evidence in a number of great Tuscan wines for many decades now, but these two varieties aren’t ne...
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