This French bubbly is Luc Belaire‘s latest release Cuvée, a new addition to the range that already counts with Luc Belaire Rare Brut and Luc Belaire Rosé. ‘Luxe’ is a cuvée made from 100% Chardonnay grapes in Burgundy and blended with an oak-aged dosage from Chablis, France. As is...
Score: 90/100 Score 90/100 Tasting Notes This Kiwi and unusual Sauvignon Gris comes in a lemon-yellow color of medium intensity, yet it is bright and shiny a hints of gold hues, perhaps touches of green hues too but I’m not sure. The nose however...
Score: 89/100 Score 89/100 This Barbera d’Asti DOCG wine by La Carlina, is quite obviously made from 100% Barbera grapes grown on clayey-calcareous and calcareous-siliceous soils near Bionzo in the province of Costigliole d’Asti, Piedmont, Italy. Grapes were 100% hand-picked in small cases. The...
There is a great deal of information out there on pairing wine with the perfect food, whether it is pasta, steak or seafood. But what if you are going out to treat yourself to the perfect dessert? Which wine would you pair with the delicious...
Score: 89+/100 Score 89/100 Les Auzines is an estate relatively recently acquired by Languedoc vigneron, Laurent Miquel in the Corbières area. The vineyard sites here are very unusual for the Corbière appellation, with a much higher altitude than most in the area, rising up on a plateau of 170...
Score: 87/100 Score 87/100 This Languedoc white wine by Pic Saint Loup winery Clos des augustins is a blend of Roussane, Chardonnay, and Vermentino (Rolle). Made by Fréderic Mezy, it comes under the long-named protected appellation of IGP Saint Guilhem le Désert – Val de Montferrand....
Score: 91/100 Score 91/100 This Sancerre wine made by Joseph Mellot, one of the most reputable producers in the Upper Loir Valley, is a 100% Sauvignon Blanc white wine. It is made from the estate’s oldest vines, planted on pebbly clay-limestone slopes, known locally as «caillottes»....
Score: 95/100 Score 95/100 This iconic French Syrah wine by local legend-winery Etienne Guigal is in fact a blend of 93% Syrah with 7% Viognier as is traditional in the famous Côte-Rôtie appellation. Grapes are sourced from 7 vineyards, on steep slopes and exceptional terroirs: Le Clos...
Score: 88/100 Score 88/100 This Languedoc Chardonnay white by Laurent Miquel is made from 100% Chardonnay grapes sourced from hillside vineyards on limestone and gravels soils. After fermentation and maturation on lees in stainless steel tanks, it was aged in used French oak barrels for...
Score: 88/100 Score 88/100 Spy Valley winery is a famous and popular Kiwi wine producer based in the Waihopai Valley of Marlborough. The grapes for this Gewurstraminer wine were sourced from the Johnson Vineyard, so it is virtually a single vineyard wine from the Southern Valleys...
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