Jumps out of the glass with lime zest, passion fruit and pineapple flavors on a clean, mouthwatering and juicy frame, while hints of fresh herbs, including lemon thyme, and a dash of sea salt emerge on the finish.
Phil "discovered" this wine in a chance meeting at the Air France lounge in Bordeaux! This blend of 70% Sauvignon blanc, 20% Sémillon, 10% Muscadelle is a textbook white Bordeaux that is wonderfully crisp and jut plain fun to drink. Fun fact: Hubert De Boüard (owner of Chateau Angelus in St. Emilion) consults on this wine!
The 2022 Alpine Rift Sauvignon Blanc is pristine and concentrated, layered with passionfruit, pineapple, green apple, jalapeño, kiwi fruit and honeydew melon. There’s white pepper, shaved fennel and white tea. There’s loads going on. Good! 13% alcohol, se...
Just bottled. A classic blend from a dry vintage, among the driest on record, competing with 2003. Yet the ripeness is beautifully balanced by an underlying freshness due to savvy canopy management. Sappy red to dark fruit allusions, fennel seeds and vio...
An elegant and pretty complex expression with an array of red and black cherries, grilled spices, tapenade and roasted red pepper. Some firm, nicely chewy tannins on the medium- to full-bodied palate gives a tight structure to the juicy fruit. Dialled bac...
A fresh, spicy carmenere loaded with fruit. Dark cherries, tobacco, pepper, spices and touches of paprika, dark olives, graphite and dark chocolate. Juicy and fruit-expressive on the palate with a medium to full body and fresh, fine-grained tannins. Flavo...