Winery – Chateau Musar Wine – Gaston Hochar Red Vintage – 2000 Varietal – CS/Cinsault/Carignan Approx 1/3rd each. Score – 95/100 Price – GBP £29.99 USD $44.04 This is a world class wine, showing perfectly and smack bang in the middle of it’s drinking window. Offering genuinely good value for …
Winemaker: Merinda Kruger-Van Eck Wine: Perdeberg Winery Vineyard Collection Vintage: 2015 Varietal: Pinotage Price: GBP £11.99 USD $15.59 My love affair with Pinotage continues! It’s been a while, but I’m back in the saddle and couldn’t think of a better way to get back on the horse. There can often …
Wine: Musar Red Winemaker: Chateau Musar Vintage: 2004 Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan & Cinsault Price: £27 Buy Now: Roberson Wine As with many other 04’s I’ve enjoyed, this example had the same youthful nose, not something one can often associate with Musar; very Bordeaux in style: blackcurrant and blackberry, with earthy notes and a …
We’re not just huge fans of alliteration here at Drink Me, we’re also monumentally mega mad about all wines sparkling and with Spring fast approaching, the hedgerows are beginning to fill with colour and the sun is making the occasional rare appearance! With that in mind we’ve decided to compile …
Wine: The Black Pig Prize Shiraz Winemaker: Fuse Vintage: 2016 Variety: Shiraz Price: £19.99 Buy Now: Virgin Wines A big bulky Shiraz, with a powerful bouquet and wonderfully extracted flavours of inky dark fruits, vanilla, liquorice and leather. Incredibly intense, with grippy, almost wild tannins, a bit of a mouthful for sure and …
Wine: Eghemon Passimiento Winemaker: Maurizio Biscardo Vintage: 2015 Varieties: Nero d’Avola Price: £15.99 Buy Now: Virgin Wines An absolutely stand out wine at this price point. Really very impressive indeed. Huge, powerful aromas of inky dark fruits: blackcurrant and damson, supported by fresh vanilla bean and an alluring wood spice. In the mouth sweet …
Wine: Remolinos Vineyard Malbec Winemaker: Decero Vintage: 2012 Variety: Malbec Price: £13.50 Buy Now: Wine Direct I’m not a big drinker of Malbec, nor am I particular fan of the variety, but when a good example smacks you round the chops, you stand up and take notice and that’s exactly what happened with this …
With the euphoria of the plethora of above average wines undoubtedly consumed by us all over the festive period, now a mere distant memory and the come down of the New Year and the bump back to reality well and truly present, we thought we’d bring you a handy list of …
Winemaker: Fuse Winemakers Wine: Beneficio Winemakers Selection Mclaren Vale Grenache/Shiraz Vintage: 2016 Varietal: Grenache/Shiraz Blend Price: GBP £19.99 USD $25.99 There’s very little not to love about this wine, it’s got character aplenty coupled with a clear dynamism and clarity on both the palate and nose. I was first struck by just …
Winemaker: Some Young Punks Wine: Passion Has Red Lips Vintage: 2014 Varietal: 70% Shiraz 30% Cabernet Sauvignon Price: GBP £14.99 USD $18.63 The 2013 was a great vintage and this wine showed well, the 2014 is even better. At this price point it’s one of the very best Shiraz based …
Winery: Lyme Bay Wine :Shoreline Vintage: 2014 Varieties: Bacchus, Pinot Noir and Seyval Blanc (Undisclosed %) Price: GBP £12.99 USD $16.06 I was really taken by surprise by this wine. I approached it with limited expectations as white wine isn’t a huge indulgence of mine and English white wine is …
Winemaker: Vallegarcia Wine: Syrah Vintage: 2010 Varietal: 100% Syrah Price: GBP £19.99 USD $24.88 An aromatic bouquet, with raspberry and plum prominent, subtle background notes of fresh vanilla bean and violets mingle effortlessly; ever so slightly perfumed, intoxicating, a real thought provoker. The palate is expansive and characterful; the initial …
