Not a Shiraz – Mayer Syrah 2019, Yarra Valley, Australia
Oak and Garnacha – Alto Moncayo 2013 from Campo de Borja
Back in September I held a tasting of top Grenache wines taken from my collection. The lineup consisted of many that I regard benchmark examples of the variety and a few that I have never tasted before. Continue reading
Chateau Fontareche “Cuvée 1682” 2017, Corbieres
A nice Stellenbosch Chardonnay – DeMorgenzon DMZ 2018
Such an enjoyable and reliable chardonnay. I liked all vintages I’ve tried so far and the 2018 delivers again.
Királyleányka, a Hungarian aromatic white grape variety
Muscadet with age: Landron Amphibolite Nature Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine 2014
Fram Cinsault 2017
South African Cinsault in Old World mode. Being Hungarian, to me this looks like a Mediterranean version of our Kadarka wines – a pale, light red that’s easy to drink and love.
Star buy red – Domain Abbaye Sylva Plana “La Closeraie” 2018, Faugeres, Languedoc
When the Languedoc delivers, it’s hard to beat. Continue reading
Solid Furmint sparkling from Tokaj: Péter
I find it a bit confusing that besides many sweet and dry white styles Tokaj producers started to make sparklings in recent years as well. Nevertheless this example from Péter Pince is quite convincing…