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Can cheap red Burgundy be good? Doudet-Naudin Macon 2020
Lovely Loire Valley cabernet franc: Yannick Amirault La Source 2021
Supermarket wines: Pierre Chanau Cotes de Bourg 2021
A great example of vintage variation: compare this 2021 to the previous release of the wine (reviewed here), it will be quite obvious how better 2020 was. Continue reading
Saint Cosme Condrieu 2018
Personally I would not age a condrieu, but I was surprised that it’s a 2018, when my friend revealed this after a blind tasting on our recent Cristmas party. Continue reading
Supermarket wines: Pierre Chanau Plan de Dieu 2021, a solid Rhone red
I had a bad experience with the 2017 of Auchans Plan de Dieu, but this 2021 is quite the opposite. Rock solid for the price. Continue reading
Supermarket wines: Pierre Chanau Alsace Gewurztraminer 2021
Pierre-Marie Chermette Griottes 2022
Can a Beaujolais Nouveau be still good in the following summer? Surely it can – at least the better ones from serious producers.
Refreshing Loire Valley cabernet franc – Alfred Rock’M’Roll 2020
Fun label. And indeed, the wine rocks! Continue reading
Supermarket wines: Auchans Montagne Saint-Emilion 2020
Auchans own label called Pierre Chanau is quite reliable, at least that’s my experience from the last few years. Except a few underperforming bottles I had mostly good to very good ones, and many are great values. This Montagne Saint-Emilion is another well-made wine. Continue reading