Category Archives: Wine Reviews

Next-level Italian wine. A rich, sleek beauty with subtle gingery spice. Outstanding with festive ham or pork. in YOU Magazine , 29th Nov 2020

The Biker Blinis present a rather interesting vinous challenge but this wine is up to it because it is the finest value Chianti of the year! The Colli Senesi is the southernmost of the seven Chianti sub-zones and Campriano is a superstar here. Do not miss out on this heavenly, sensual wine. It is drinking […]

Cask sample, tasted at the domaine. What a stunning nose! Piercingly fresh and expressive notes of violet, garrigue and black-olive tapenade. Defined tannins support the fresh zesty mid palate and is all beautifully encased in a toasty cape of dark fruit. (AC) Drink 2024 – 2032 on www.jancisrobinson.com , 23rd Nov 2020

Jacky Blot is a revered producer in the Loire and this is a very special wine made from chenin blanc, picked from 50-80 year old vines, aged in oak. Think of the waxy florality and fragrance of quince, allied to a lively current of acidity. Beautiful. in , 21st Nov 2020

A vibrant and vital Syrah. I’ve placed my order! A world class wine. in YOU Magazine, The Mail on Sunday, , 1st Nov 2020

A case, selected by Victoria Moore, containing wines from the seven member wine merchants that make up The Bunch. Below is Victoria’s note for our contributions to the case: Haynes, Hanson & Clark, which has branches in London, Stow-on-the-Wold and Whitchurch, also has two reds in the box. One is a brilliant-value claret – Ch […]

I enthusiastically recommended the 2017 release of this wine, but I make no excuse for doing the same thing with the 2018. Schiava, otherwise known as Vernatsch, is the grape variety behind this wonderful, old-vine red from a brilliant co-operative in the Italian Alto Adige. Showing the Alpine freshness of a vineyard at 400 metres, […]

There’s so much low-rent chianti around, it’s easy to forget how delicious – and brilliant with food – it can be. A youthful, unoaked style, but none the worse for that. Real elegance for the price. in , 16th Oct 2020

HH&C represent the 120-year-old Cantina Kurtatsch in Alto Adige, and presented their Amos 2017 – a wine that charmed Julia recently but which I did not retaste.   The following notes are taken from Jancis Robinson’s Purple Pages, following the annual tasting with The Bunch in September 2020. 2018 Montlouis sec Rémus, Domaine de la […]

Ranuccio Neri founded his estate among the ancient farm buildings of his family home in Campriano, near Siena, in 1993 before going on to study winemaking in both California and Bordeaux. He knows his stuff and this hits the spot. An un-oaked blend of 80 per cent Sangiovese, 15 per cent Canaiolo Nero and 5 […]