Category Archives: Wine Reviews
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 [...]
Feb
2008 Orpale, Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru
Figs, bruised apples and toasted nuts with a stylish, smoky quality. Elegant and complex, tension [...]
Feb
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. [...]
Nov
2019 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine Font de Courtedune
A reminder of why the southern Rhône has such a reputation. There’s a fluency and [...]
Nov
2021 Scorpo Noirien Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula
This lot love good pinot noir from Australia or New Zealand and this, grown close [...]
Nov
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 [...]
Nov
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 [...]
Nov
2020 Picnic Pinot Noir, Two Paddocks, Central Otago
Two Paddocks makes beautiful pinot noir in one of the world’s best pinot noir regions. [...]
Oct
2022 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée de l’Héronde, Domaine de Vavril
I have just returned from my annual pilgrimage to Piemonte, in North-West Italy, to taste [...]
Aug
2022 Esprit Rosé, Domaine Tour Campanets, Coteaux d`Aix-en-Provence
Bone dry, a pinkish cherry-blossom colour and with a faintly floral smell that is suggestive [...]
Jul
In Praise of Independents
Our Buying Director, Siobhán Astbury reports: Offering good value is an essential element of our [...]
Jun
Jancis Robinson reviews…
Ch Coustolle 2016 Canon-Fronsac Full bottle just 1,203 g. 70% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% [...]
Jun
2022 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence
I have been buying this wine every year since it first landed on our shores [...]
Jun
2021 Mâcon-Fuissé Les Bruyères, Domaine Dominique Cornin
Full bottle 1,327 g. Certified organic. From vines planted between 2011 and 2015. Unoaked and [...]
May
2021 Mâcon-Chaintré, Domaine Dominique Cornin
Full bottle 1,326 g. Certified organic. From vines planted between 1968 and 1985. Unoaked and [...]
May