Domaine Tempier’s rosé is one of the greatest produced anywhere in the world, of that I am certain. There is no overly elaborate label, fluted bottle nor celebrity owner, just an exceptional wine in the bottle and a wine that has delivered great quality vintage after vintage, decade after decade. The rosé market is perhaps wh...
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I am really pleased to be able to offer the new vintage of Recaredo’s outstanding Reserva Particular Brut Nature. This wine was an absolute stand-out for me last year and it continues to impress greatly.
Where is it from you may ask? Well, it is from Corpinnat, which was previously a...
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I worked a vintage at a winery in Marlborough, New Zealand, back in 2000. It was a great opportunity to build my knowledge (I was working towards my Master of Wine qualification) as the winery I worked for cultivated numerous varieties, but first and foremost they were considered pioneers for Pinot Noir. At this point in time, Marlborough produc...
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This small estate, situated in Priorat in Catalunya on north-eastern Spain’s Mediterranean coastline, crafts a breath-taking array of diverse wines. Their ethos is refreshingly straightforward; they only work with their own vineyards and therefore do not purchase fruit from other sources to augment their production, as they want to ensure ...
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I have been assessing a good number of rosés from the end of February into March, and I have a couple of new wines to offer in due course. That said, it isn’t all change; simply put I struggle to get past the value offered by the 2019 Il Rosato from Nervi in Piemonte – this exceptional rosé has been a mainstay for us si...
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When Simon offered the 2016 vintage of this wine last year, he commented that it was one of the more fascinating wines he had tried and comfortably the most exciting newcomer he had tasted from Ribera del Duero. Well, we have now tasted the 2017 vintage and it seems these comments still very much ring true. 2017 r...
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