You will, no doubt, have seen a fair few offers of pale, provençal rosés coming from other wine merchants, heralding the start of summer. Whilst there is always a place for those easy drinking, refreshing and inoffensive styles of rosé, I want to bring your attention here to something infinitely more characterful, distinctiv...
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You may well have gathered by now that I am continually impressed by the value that can be found outside of the main regions of Italy. Few other countries, if any, have such diversity – it was once said that there are 350 indigenous grape varieties grown in Italy today, though I am only part way through verifying that!
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As mentioned in our overview, the quality of numerous estates in Saint-Emilion impressed greatly in 2022. Château Laroque is certainly amongst them, as well as being among the keener values released so far this vintage.
Please see below for my note, as well as scores and notes from Jane Anson, Jeb Dunnuck, William Kelley...
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2022 Château Berliquet was released this morning with a reasonable increase in price, up from £229 per 6 in bond last year to £274 per 6 in bond this year, however, this uplift in price is accompanied by a significant uptick in quality and, typos excepted, as William Kelley comments in his note below, Berliquet is "likely to be...
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Now for something completely different…Soave, which emanates from the area around Verona, remains overlooked as a region, possibly with the sole exception of the much revered wines of Pieropan. Even with that notable exception, the image of Soave has not really recovered from being debased over the years, as it became a source of vast qua...
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Château Prieuré-Lichine 2022 was released this morning at £182 per 6 bottle case in bond.
Another undoubted success in the vintage, Prieuré-Lichine shows a terrific vibrancy in 2022. Bright in the glass, with juicy berry fruit, mint, even a slight moist fruitcake touch on the nose. By no means full-bodied, ...
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