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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Around this time last year, we struck it lucky. My colleague, Laura Hollingsworth, and I headed to a tasting in Munich to assess a range of different German Pinot Noir, or Spätburgunder, and happened upon the wines of Weingut Dautel. This tasting afforded us a great opportunity to compare examples from leading estates and gain a view of the...
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The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino‘are dark yet radiant, expressive, nearly explosive at times, yet pure, poised and structured. These are wines that capture your imagination; and no matter how youthfully tense they are today, you simply can’t help but revisit a glass over and over again; because in many cases, the aromatics alone a...
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An Italian producer reached out to me on a networking platform that I have previously regarded as more of an irritant than a benefit. I am pleased that he did as a discussion led to me having a chance to taste his fascinating wines, though it may take more than one such instance for me to change my mind about the platform!
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I recently managed to catch up with Gianluca Grasso to gain some background on his 2017 Barolo, which I tasted yesterday and are offered here for the first time. For those who are not aware of his wines, Grasso has carved out an enviable reputation for quality and consistency over many years and certainly counts as one of Atlas' favoured estates...
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