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White
DOMAINE DE MENARD, ELIZABETH JEGERLEHNER, Côtes de Gascogne
2015 Cotes de Gascogne “Cuvee Marine”
The terroir for the Cuvée Marine is special with a subsoil comprising decomposed seashell (similar to that of Chablis) with a clay/calcareous topsoil, which allows the blend of Colombard, Ugni Blanc and Gros Manseng to express fully its minerality and purity. The Marine is elegant and aromatic, with beautifully defined citrus flavours of lemon and grapefruit and mineral notes of chalk and seashell.
BODEGAS TERRAS GAUDA
2015 ALBARINO, ABADIA DE SAN CAMPIO
The wines of Terras Gauda are located in the subzone of O Rosal on the terraces that rise steeply above the river Miño which divides Spain from Portugal. The Abadia de San Campio (100% Albariño) is very attractive with citrus, grapefruit, pineapple and mandarin flavours.
SOKOL BLOSSER, Dundee Hills - Organic
NV EVOLUTION WITH 18th EDITION
Evolution white was created out of the desire to make a fun wine, one that would accompany the modern predilection for yoking different kinds of food together. It is a blend of nine grape varieties to wit: Müller-Thurgau, white Riesling, Semillon, Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer, Muscat Canelli, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Sylvaner. And a soupçon of kitchen sink. It is a beautiful mosaic with, as they say, snap, spice and zing, very much more than the sum of its very disparate parts. The label will also give much pleasure to the diehard traditionalist.
Red
LAURENT CAZOTTES, Villeneuve sur Vere - Organic
2014 VIN DE FRANCE CHAMPETRE ROUGE - BRAUCOL
Le Pech Abusé is a mix of Merlot (40%), Cabernet Sauvignon (20%) and Cabernet Franc (40%), a garnet-hued wine mellowed in old oak foudres after égrappage and three weeks vinification in stainless steel vats, developing striking prune and leather aromas after several years in the bottle
DOMAINE JEAN FOILLARD, Morgon – Organic
2014 MORGON “CLASSIQUE”
The Morgon is fabulously pure, an unfiltered, unfined, unsulphured turbid Gamay. The colour is on the dark side of cloudy ruby red, whilst aromas boom happily out of the glass, notably kirsch, rhubarb and sweet blackberries; there’s a more fugitive bouquet of warm earth, stones and dried spice evolving into dark chocolate and cinnamon. You can stay and play with the generous nose or delve into a palate that seems to meet you more than halfway. It is extremely refreshing, bright sweet fruit is complemented by a smooth, silky tannic structure, somehow immediate and pleasing yet subtle and complex.
MONTE DALL’ ORA, CARLO VENTURINI & ALESANDRA ZANTEDESHI, SAN PIETRO IN CARIANO, Veneto – Biodynamic
2015 VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO “SASETI”
The Valpol Saseti is fermented in stainless with natural yeasts and is unfiltered and unfined. Ruby red colour with purplish reflections, and scents of red fruits such as cherries and juicy red plums with a hint of bitterness. On the palate, the fruit is vinous, with a suggestion of dew-covered grass. The minerality of the estate’s limestone soil is evident in this wine and the finish tasty and fresh.