Author Archives: HH&C

Dom de la Grosse Pierre, La Grosse Pierre 2018 Chiroubles

16pts – 100% Gamay Noir. East-facing, 4-ha vineyard at 350 m on deep granite soils. [...]

2017 Condrieu Rouelle-Midi, Domaine Vallet

17/20 Aged for 10 months, 70% in stainless steel, 30% in barrels. Buttery, creamy, toasty. [...]

2017 Cent Visages, Touraine Côt, Jean-François Merieau

A couple of years ago I wrote six columns for the short-lived, highbrow, erotic magazine [...]

2018 Ritou Syrah, Vin de France, Domaine Vallet

Domaine Vallet Ritou Syrah 2018 Vin de France is a gleaming syrah, with a plume [...]

2018 Ritou Viognier, Vin de France, Domaine

When it comes to white I naturally incline to dry, focused wines with a clean [...]

2018 Chiroubles, Domaine de la Grosse Pierre

Chiroubles is one of my favourite Beaujolais Crus (the 10 jewels in the Beaujolais crown [...]

2018 Lagrein, Kellerei Kurtatsch, Alto Adige

A wonderful example of northern Italy’s Lagrein grape – deep coloured and bathed in black [...]

Coates & Seely Rosé Brut NV

This sophisticated pink fizz has emerged as one of England’s finest. Its tantalising aromas of [...]

2018 Quincy Villalin, Domaine Jacques Rouzé

Quincy is one of the Sancerre satellites and typically a step above Touraine sauvignon but [...]

2018 Mas Bres Pinot Noir, Cévennes

Holiday pinot noir that seems to have a faint waft of lavender and blowsy florals [...]

2018 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence

I hadn’t tasted this palest pink wine when I wrote my recent top rosés list [...]

2018 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence

I was lucky to see a very early sample of this wine and it is [...]

2017 Pleno Tempranillo, Navarra

Tempranillo is the rioja grape, but this is from the northern Spanish region of Navarra. [...]

2017 Basa Blanco, Rueda, Telmo Rodriguez

It’s the streamlined shape of this elegant wine that makes it such a pleasure. It’s [...]

2017 Touraine Sauvignon, Domaine de la Bergerie

…this is altogether sleeker and more refined – a real mini sancerre. Very finely delineated, [...]

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