Chateau Cardinal Villemaurine, Grand Cru, 1975, Saint-Emilion, France
An old Bordeaux is always something to try and this Chateau Cardinal Villemaurine, Grand Cru, 1975, Saint-Emilion is a good wine to see why. At 47 years old theres still complexity and flavours to find but with softness and soothing that has a decent length. The red and black fruit, hints of tobacco and oak are all subtle and mellow but that’s not a problem.
At £120 a bottle it’s not one to get in by the case.
Chateau Fuisse, Pouilly Fuisse, Le Clos Monopole, 2014, FranceYou 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.
Coteaux du vendomois, Chant Grives, 2014, Loire, France
The Loire in France makes some rather excellent wine and this Coteaux du vendomois, Chant Grives, 2014 good example of a reasonable priced everyday drinking wine that should just be enjoyed. Given its 8 years old there was plenty of right citrus fruits in there with honey notes it’s a semi sweet wine made with the Chenin grape.
Clos de l’Anhel, Les Dimanches, 2009, Corbieres, France
Clos de l’Anhelmake excellent wines and it’s often the case that you should drink wine in a particular period after its been made and this Les Dimanches, 2009 shows why.
Coming from the Corbieres region in France wines are generally left to age little and and although this is still old wine it has decent amounts of black fruit, plum, blackcurrant with chocolate and a smoke and earthy undertone, after 13 years it’s still have been drunk earlier.
The turnings for starting to Fe and the dryness was a little bit too much. Possibly 3 or 4 years ago the fruit would a balanced out better.
Definitely want to have his food but try not to have anything with a heavy sauce if you’re going to drink something at this age.
Domaine de Mourchon, seguret Grand Reserve 2011, Rhone villages
Domaine de Mourchon know how to make good wine and this Seguret Grand Reserve 2011 is a good. Although this probably should have been drunk 3 or 4 years ago it still had a full body, with smooth tannins that were punchy with flavours of raspberry, redcurrants and plum with liquorice and pepper in the background. Younger vintages are selling for around £20, which is a little expensive but that said it is a very good wine. Certainly one to have with food, preferably cheese and biscuits or a good steak.
Langlois-Chateau, Vieilles Vignes, Saumur, Loire, France
Purchased on our trip to the Loire this white wine from Langlois-Chateau in Saumur in the Loire. Made with Chenin its dry, light and acidic. Loads of aromas and flavours of yellow apple, pear and pineapple with notes of vanilla and hints of butter, a slight creaminess and a little honey in there.
At £20 a bottle its not cheap but its a quality wine. Enjoy with friends over a meal, went well with home made pizza.
Chateau Bellerive, Quarts de Chaume, 2005, Loire, France
I loved this wine from Chateau Bellerive in the Loire, it was AMAZING, lush and full of flavour. Whats best is this desert wine is in a full sized bottle – magic.
There are flavours and aromas of honey, marmalade, peach, orange and mineral undertones that are well balanced and not over powered by sweetness. At £40 a bottle its well worth trying and taking your time over it. Have it with fresh fruit to bring out the best.
Aldi, chassaux et fils, Grenache, Cinsault, Rose, 2020, France
The issue with Audi wine and not just with their rosé is that they produce an absolutely corkers and then it’s gone on which is really frustrating. This Rosie made with Grenache and Cinsault is a classic example it was an impulse purchase as it was £2.99 so not exactly a lot of money.
It’s a clean Rosie with lots of red fruit and aromas of strawberry and redcurrant it’s not elegant but it’s a nice rosé wine that I really enjoyed drinking in February, which is not a month associated with drinking such wine in the UK.
Domaine Cazes, Rivesaltes, Ambre, 1997, France
Domaine Cazes knows about desert wines and their Rivesaltes, Ambre, 1997 shows just how brilliant they are at making wine and that’s an understatement. It’s like the Bentley of the wine world. Classy in so many ways.
You get aromas of orange, citrus, chocolate with a smokie undertone and a chunk of raisin. There’s flavours of dried fruit with honey, stone fruits, citrus and a caramelised oaky note that is quite frankly amazing.
Sure at £20 a bottle it’s not cheap but it’s brilliant.
Chateau Du Meursault, 1st Cru, 2002, Burgundy, France
Bold, Dry with great balance of acidity this Chateau Du Meursault, 1st Cru, 2002 from Burgundy is excellent. Smells of honey and butter with stone fruit that comes through in the flavour with pear hints. A little thicker in texture than many white wines it’s a grown up wine for a dinner party.
At £40 a bottle it’s pricey but blimey it’s good.