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Bouchard Finlayson, Blanc de Mer, 2019, Western Cape South Africa

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Bouchsrd Finlayson, Blanc de Mer, Western Cape South Africa

Bouchard Finlayson, Blanc de Mer, 2019, Western Cape South Africa

South African wine can be some of the finest in the world and this blend of Riesling, Viognier and chardonnay is really excellent.

There are flavours and aromas of citrus – lime lemon with stone fruits – peach and apricot in there with floral, minerals, honey and wetstone poking it’s way through. It has great depth and it’s fresh.

Great with a salad in the garden on a summer’s day. At £12 a bottle its not going to break the bank either.

 

Mate Marinaia, Toscana, Italy

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Mate Marinaia, Toscana, Italy

Mate Marinaia, Toscana, Italy

Italian red wine is normally as a very high quality if you spend the money and £30 a bottle you expect something quite special and this Mate Marinaia, Toscana is just that.

Made with sangiovese grape medium bodied wine with good subtle tannings, quite dry and balanced acidity. You get lots of flavours ranging from sour cherry and cranberry to blackcurrant and plum with tobacco and Oak notes coming through which are all well-balanced.

Catherine Marshall, Peters Vision, 2017, South Africa.

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Catherine Marshall, Peters Vision, 2017, South Africa

Catherine Marshall, Peters Vision, 2017, South Africa

Made with cab franc and merlot this is good morning red from South Africa. So pretty bold wine reasonably smooth with Titanic’s and very dry. You have flavours and aromas of black fruit, oak and herbaceous notes but with a leather and earthy undertone.

It’s one to drink with food definitely a good steak or tomato based pasta and at £25 a bottle it’s a little bit on the pricey side that said it’s a very good bottle.

Dark Corner, Durif – Shiraz, 2021, Australia

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Dark Corner, Durif - Shiraz, 2021, Australia

Dark Corner, Durif – Shiraz, 2021, Australia

Dark Corner, Durif Shiraz is a real Australian heavy red wine that that’s you back a decade or two. This is a dry big hitting red with plenty of black fruit aromas and flavours.  There’s a chunk of spice thrown in for a wine that although smooth does shout meat and more of it. Its a wine that goes very well with steak or a hearty stew. A bit big on its own for me.

At £12 a bottle it’s OK value, you are unlikely to finish the bottle quickly.

 

Tanner’s, Patrono Fine Ruby Port, Portugal

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Tanner's, Patrono Fine Ruby Port, Portugal

Tanner’s, Patrono Fine Ruby Port, Portugal

Tanner’s, Patrono Fine Ruby Port from Portugal it’s a standard good quality Port it’s not amazing but then at £12 a bottle you’ve got to be realistic on what you’re getting. There are flavours of plum and blackberry and a decent length on the taste.

I’m not sure if this is is any better or any worse the many at this price bracket. I still think that the Graham’s six grape what is that is a bit better only £2-£3 more.

 

Von Winning, Ruppertsberger Reiterpfad Riesling, 2016, Pfalz, Germany

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Play the extra and get good German wine is what’s needed in the UK and this Riesling from Von Winning shows why. A medium dry wine that has a surprising amount of acidity. There are flavours of citrus, lemon, grapefruit with apple and  peach. Mineral and stone highlights with a honey background coming through.

About £15 to £20 a bottle it more than you may want to pay, but that’s what you going to pay for decent wine in Germany.

Von Winning, Ruppertsberger Reiterpfad Riesling, 2016, Pfalz, Germany

Von Winning, Ruppertsberger Reiterpfad Riesling, 2016, Pfalz, Germany

Chateau De Targe, Cuvee Ferry, Cabernet Franc, 2017, Loire Valley, France

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Chateau De Targe, Cuvee Ferry, Cabernet Franc, 2017, Loire Valley, France

Chateau De Targe, Cuvee Ferry, Cabernet Franc, 2017, Loire Valley, France

I love Loire wines and recently the wine maker from  chateau De Targe presented to the Colchester Cellar Club. His Cabernet Franc is very good with good length and decent amount of red fruit flavours and aromas. There’s underlying oak and an earthiness feel to it. It’s dry and pretty bold and all the components are working well together.

At about £10 a bottle its decent red wine.

Chateau Fuisse, Pouilly Fuisse, Le Clos Monopole, 2014, France

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You know if you have good wine friends when they bring you a bottle of this Chateau Fuisse, Pouilly Fuisse, Le Clos Monopole, 2014 to dinner.

Some of the other people at the dinner table were very excited when they saw this wine, I was very excited when I drink this wine.

Coming from burgundy you do expect good wine but this was exceptional it was medium bodied reasonably dry with excellent balance of acidity and flavours. You had lime, peach, apple and honey flavours with mineral notes with an underlying creamy butter that had just the right level of oak underlying it all.

The worst thing is that at £60 a bottle most people will never get to try such an amazing mine.

Dr Deinhard, Grauer Burgunder, 2014, Pfalz, Germany

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Deinhard, Grauer Burgunder, 2014, Pfalz, Germany

Deinhard, Grauer Burgunder, 2014, Pfalz, Germany

German wines are generally very good but not necessarily the ones in the UK, you have to hunt them out and pay that little bit more like for this Dr Deinhard Grauer Burgunder.

Made with Pinot Gris this is a growing up wine with plenty of citrus flavour and subtle mineral notes coming through.

At about £20 a bottle it’s little bit on the pricey side but then again you do have to pay extra to get good German wine in the UK.

Aldi, Henry of Pelham, The Falls, Riesling, Canada

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Aldi, Henry of Pelham, The Falls, Riesling, Canada

Aldi, Henry of Pelham, The Falls, Riesling, Canada

Aldi sell some amazing wines and some terrible wines luckily this one made by Henry of Pelham is amazing especially for the price. The Falls, Riesling comes from the Niagara region in Canada. It’s very hard to get a bad bottle of Canadian wine in the UK but you normally have to spend 2 or 3 times the £7.99 the Aldi are charging for this wine.

It’s dry why with plenty of citrus fruit flavours with a slight kerosene undertone as you would expect from a new world Riesling but it’s fresh and credibly drinkable. This is the wine of the summer for me. THANK YOU Aldi for such a great wine.