Category Archives: Wine Reviews

2022 Gigondas Les Pigières, Domaine Font Sarade

60% Grenache, 35% Mourvèdre and 5% Syrah from the 1.25-hectare Les Pigières on the western [...]

2022 Gigondas Les Pigières, Domaine Font Sarade

2022 Gigondas Les Pigières, Domaine Font Sarade […] a bright, fresh, herbal-red-fruited version of the [...]

Château de Bousval, Jardins de Wallonie

2022 Gouttes d`O Chardonnay, Château de Bousval, Jardins de Wallonie Complete, fresh nose indicates some [...]

2023 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence

…made from a blend of Syrah, Grenache, Cinsault and Cabernet Sauvignon, it has robust ingredients, [...]

2021 Les Montys le Parc, Muscadet Sèvre & Maine Sur Lie, Jéremie Huchet

What makes this Muscadet different from mass-market labels is the wonderful depth of flavour that [...]

2023 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence

If you’re after the archetypal pale pink from Provence, here it is: fine but sinewy, [...]

2023 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence

Very pale and also very refined, this thyme-scented rosé is my top pick in this [...]

2022 Pinot Bianco, Kellerei Kurtatsch, Alto Adige

Described by the winemaker as an elegant mountain wine, this is one of the nicest [...]

2022 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée de l’Héronde, Domaine de Vavril

I could almost fall for Cuvée de l’Héronde’s glistening purple-ruby colour alone, but it’s the [...]

2008 Orpale, Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru

Figs, bruised apples and toasted nuts with a stylish, smoky quality. Elegant and complex, tension [...]

2020 Savennières Clos du Petit Beaupreau, Domaine des Deux Vallées

From the Loire’s most intense Chenin Blanc appellation. Interesting nuts and hay on the nose. [...]

2019 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine Font de Courtedune

A reminder of why the southern Rhône has such a reputation. There’s a fluency and [...]

2021 Scorpo Noirien Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula

This lot love good pinot noir from Australia or New Zealand and this, grown close [...]

2022 La Fruitière, Vignes Blanches, IGP Val de Loire, Famille Lieubeau

A calm but also bright and crystalline white, this blends the grassy freshness of sauvignon [...]

2019 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine Font de Courtedune

Gloriously lush, four-year-old chateauneuf that’s worth paying extra for. An ideal roast turkey wine. Fiona [...]

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