The Entertaining Mixed Case

Bordeaux 2018 was a particularly good vintage for merlot - especially at Château Méaume where their 'Réserve du Château' is sourced from their oldest vines. Merlot vines each at an average age of 50+ years, whose low yields make for a wonderfully... Read More

"...a juicy, brambly blend of Sangiovese and Merlot, vinified and aged in stainless steel for freshness, with just a touch of old oak at the end for texture. With its welcoming ripe, sweet fruit and soft tannins, Toine thought it the perfect house... Read More

After retasting Domaine Bellevues Sauvignon Touraine at a Loire-focused, I was once again bowled over by how superior it was alongside the dozen or so others showing on the day.  As it is with every vintage. And I mean superior in pristine,... Read More

"...produced by Christian Collovray and Jean-Luc Terrier from carefully chosen, bought-in fruit, half an hour further down the A6 from Uchizy at the southernmost point the Mâconnais. This, too, is unoaked and is full of beautifully judged tropical... Read More

A sumptuous, highly drinkable malbec - resplendent in its smart new livery - now called 'Cepas' this is a definite cut above most malbecs around, and hails from a specific 48-hectare vineyard terroir - 'Alto Agrelo'. Malbec is Argentina's signature... Read More

Perfumed and aromatic on the nose; off-dry on the palate with lightly honeyed, baked apple flavours, along with lychee, stone fruit and rose petal, then with subtle spice on an opulent, long and rounded finish. Quite perfect with Asian food.