Passionate about the essence of regionality in its wines, Chilcas focus on nurturing individual vineyards within the Maule, creating wines with real character and personality. One wine from the Chilcas range which really highlights their passion for individual vineyard sites is the Chilcas Single Vineyard Cabernet Franc 2009. Created from the 11 year old vines of …
This week’s wine of the week comes from one of these very regions, the Walker Bay in South Africa, with Newton Johnson’s Domaine Pinot Noir 2009. Produced further east along the coast from Cape Town in one of South Africa’s cooler regions and premier Pinot country. Based in the Bay’s Hemel en Aarde Valley, Newton …
A lot of talk this week has been focused around the wines of Montalcino, and in particular Brunello’s younger sibling, Rosso di Montalcino. This small part of Italy is on the verge of a major change, as next Wednesday a vote will be held in the Assemblea of Montalcino wine producers on whether to allow the use of international varieties into the wines …
The Bibendum Times wine of the week post is usually our spot to wax lyrical about a wine we’ve been drinking recently, with a few random facts on the producer and the region they call home. Well this week we are bringing you our wine of the week with a difference, via the wonder that is …
The story of Priorat is one of the most amazing in wine. An isolated, deserted rocky wilderness to the south-west of Barcelona it has been transformed from a forgotten rural backwater to the home of Spain’s most expensive wine in just over 20 years…
Once upon a time budget-conscious lovers of Piedmontese wines would scan restaurant wine lists for a Barbera from a top grower rather than a super-expensive Barolo or Barbaresco. Nowadays – if they are anything like me, at any rate – they skip the Barbera and seek out the Dolcetto.
Grown in some of the highest vineyards in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, this cracking Riesling offers awesome lime fruit, partnered with that flint and slate minerality which characterises the best Aussie Riesling.
A hugely underrated white, the Galego is packed full of aromatic citrus fruits, as well as rose and pink grapefruit characteristics. Produced by Vallado’s excellent winemakers, the juice is refined with a great balance of fruit and acidity. Perfect summer drinking!
Dinastia Vivanco use some of the latest technology in their expansive winery, alongside traditional winemaking techniques, creating fruit driven, bright, bold, modern Rioja. Beautifully balanced, with ripe red fruit, spicy oak and smooth, rustic tannins, this is the ideal wine to cheer on Mr Jimenez. Cigars optional!
Huia Pinot Noir is a brilliant example of elegant Kiwi Pinot, offering up seriously smooth, rich red berry fruits, alongside lots of smoke and spice.
