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 …
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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) …
Réserve de Pierre Viognier
Wine: Réserve de Pierre Viognier Country: France Region: Rhone Year: 2020 Grapes: Viognier ABV: 13% Bottle top: cork Price: £10.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes This is a crisp white wine made from viognier grapes in the Rhone region of France by winemaker Pierre Latard and sold in the UK by Naked …
Casillero del Diablo Rosé
Wine: Casillero del Diablo Rosé Country: Chile Region: Central Valley Year: not supplied Grapes: Cinsault, Garnacha, Carmenere, Syrah/Shiraz ABV: 12.5% Bottle top: screw cap Price: £8.00 Purchased: Tesco Rating: Tasting Notes This is a delicious rosé wine, and is undoubtedly one of our favourites. It’s described as ‘a medium-bodied dry rosé packed full of blackberry …
Stefano Di Blasi Pinot Grigio Blush
Wine: Stefano Di Blasi Pinot Grigio Blush Country: Italy Region: Veneto Year: 2020 Grapes: Pinot Grigio ABV: 12% Bottle top: screw cap Price: £8.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes This is a light, fresh, crisp Italian rosé produced by Stefano Di Blasi from pinot grigio grapes in the Veneto region. It is …
Karen Birmingham Zinfandel
Wine: Karen Birmingham Zinfandel Country: USA Region: California Year: 2018 Grapes: Zinfandel Bottle top: cork ABV: 14.5% Price: £13.49 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes Karen Birmingham is an American wine maker whose eponymous creations can be obtained in the UK via Naked Wines. This 2018 Zinfandel hails from the town of Lodi, …
Trivento Reserve Malbec Rosé
Wine: Trivento Reserve Malbec Rosé Country: Argentina Region: Mendoza Year: 2020 Grapes: Malbec ABV: 12% Bottle top: screw cap Price: £8.00 Purchased: Tesco Rating: Tasting Notes This rosé wine from Mendoza in Argentina is named after the three winds that affect the climate in the region and help to make it such a productive and …