Real purity here. It was aged in barrels but that does not show – I like it a lot.Saladini Pilastri Rosso Piceno DOC 2022
Real purity here. It was aged in barrels but that does not show – I like it a lot.Real purity here. It was aged in barrels but that does not show – I like it a lot.My favourite wines: Tyrrell’s Semillon 2023
Hunter Valley semillon is a unique white wine style (although Australian riesling is similarly built one could argue) and while not widely available in Europe, it’s really worth seeking out. Start with this one from Tyrrell’s – it’s one of my favourite whites consumed in the last few months. Continue reading
Supermarket wines: Les Truffiers Ventoux 2023 from Lidl
Simple (and cheap) wines can be totally delicious. 4,5 € means cheap in the wine world (in Europe for sure), you only get entry level quaffers for that price but when well-made they can be more enjoyable than some more expensive ones lacking balance. And this is pretty solid.
Bernard Baudry Chinon Le Domaine 2020
Is it low intervention kind of funk or just the regular brett thing of this producer? Not a bad wine at all, although I prefer cleaner styles of Loire Valley cabernet franc and there are plenty of good examples out there including Couly-Dutheil and Bertrand & Vincent Marchesseau, just to name a few…
Cru quality Cotes du Rhone: Saint Cosme 2023
I bought Saint Cosme wines every year around 2010 and really loved the producer – I even visited them in 2013 which was a great experience. Then I somehow missed many vintages so I was happy to re-visit them again – and what a return! This basic cuvée was always great value but the current vintage is next level. I need to buy more!
Pieropan Soave Classico 2023
A classic that I always wanted to try. Regular Soave can be quite dull, but this is anything but dull. I liked it a lot! Continue reading
Summer red: Rhonea Les Artistes Rouge 2022, Cotes du Rhone
If you know the red wines of Southern Rhone then this might surprise you. 11,5% ABV? Does not taste like an early harvested wine and it turns out that some of its alcohol was just removed. Sounds weird but the result is appealing.
Supermarket wines: Lidl Trebbiano D’Abruzzo 2023
Outstanding Beaujolais Cru: Chateau Grange Cochard Morgon Vieilles Vignes 2015
I often read that Beaujolais Cru ages surprisingly well, but on the contrary I mostly find that they develop relatively quickly – tasting mature and tertiary as a 5 years-old wine. But this isn’t one of those cases.Old kadarka vines in Szekszárd at the Márkvárt Pince
Hungary has a long history of winemaking but it does not have many old vineyards – the 20th century wasn’t kind to us. But you can see a kadarka plot in these pictures (click on them to enlarge), planted in 1935.