Wine: Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Côtes De Provence Rosé Country: France Region: Provence Year: 2020 Grapes: unspecified blend ABV: 12.5% Bottle top: cork Price: £10.0 Purchased: Sainsbury’s (23/06/2022) Rating: Tasting Notes This pale Côtes De Provence Rosé wine is part of Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference range, so expectations were high. We’re big fans of rosés …
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Christian Patat Pecorino
Wine: Christian Patat Pecorino Country: Italy Region: Abruzzo Year: 2020 Grapes: Pecorino ABV: 12.5% Bottle top: cork Price: £9.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes I’d only previously heard of Pecorino as an Italian hard ewe’s cheese, but apparently it’s a grape variety too. It’s a light-skinned white grape most commonly used in …
Wine Route Chardonnay
Wine: Wine Route Chardonnay Country: Spain Region: Valdepeñas Year: 2021 Grapes: Chardonnay ABV: 12% Bottle top: screw cap Price: £7.00 Purchased: Tesco Rating: Tasting Notes This is a distinctly average white wine. It’s part of the meal deal offering from Tesco, so we’ve had it a couple of times and I thought it was OK …
Galodoro Tinto
Wine: Galodoro Tinto Country: Portugal Region: Lisbon Year: 2019 Grapes: Castelao Blend Bottle top: screw cap ABV: 13% Price: £8.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes This is tasty red wine is a blend of various grape varieties from the Lisbon region in Portugal. We’d previously tried and loved the Galodoro Rosé from …
Tesco finest Sancerre
Wine: Tesco Finest Sancerre (Fournier Père et Fils) Country: France Region: Loire Year: 2020 Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc ABV: 13% Bottle top: cork Price: £14.00 Purchased: Tesco Rating: Tasting Notes This fantastic Sancerre wine is produced and bottled by Fournier Père et Fils in the small village of Verdigny, close to the medieval hilltop town of …
Arabella Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine: Arabella Cabernet Sauvignon Country: South Africa Region: Western Cape Year: 2020 Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon Bottle top: screw cap ABV: 14% Price: £9.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes This Cabernet Sauvignon is produced by the De Wet family, who have been involved in the wine industry in South Africa since 1697, and …
Wairau Cove Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
Wine: Wairau Cove Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc Country: New Zealand Region: Marlborough (South Island) Year: 2020 Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc ABV: 12.5% Bottle top: screw cap Price: £7.50 Purchased: Tesco Rating: Tasting Notes This wasn’t a wine we had chosen ourselves. I think it turned up as a substitution in our Tesco order one week, when one …
Lacaze Carménère
Wine: Lacaze Carménère Country: Chile Region: Valle Central Year: 2019 Grapes: Carménère Bottle top: screw cap ABV: 14.0 % Price: £12.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes This Chilean red wine is made from the Carménère grapes that originated in the Bordeaux region of France but are now primarily grown in the South …
Galodoro Rosé
Wine: Galodoro Rosé Country: Portugal Region: Lisbon Year: 2020 Grapes: Castelão ABV: 12.5% Bottle top: screw cap Price: £8.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes This is a light, crisp and refreshing rosé wine from the Lisbon region of Portugal. The label features a golden cockerel, which is roughly what the name ‘galodoro’ …
Jen Pfeiffer The Rebel Merlot
Wine: Jen Pfeiffer The Rebel Merlot Country: Australia Region: Central Victoria Year: 2019 Grapes: Merlot Bottle top: screw cap ABV: 14.5% Price: £9.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes This is yet another superb wine from the Naked Wines range. They really do manage to source some of the best wines (and winemakers) …