Champagne
Hebrart ‘Noces de Craie’ 2015 was a test for my schoolboy French. ”Nuptials of chalk” was my best guess, which seemed a bit weird. Luckily I had upgraded my …
South Africa
Rabelais from Thelema Mountain Vineyards is widely thought to be one of South Africa’s best Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines. It is grown in the Stellenbosch viticultural area where South African …
Champagne
Vintage Gratien Champagne is one of the handful of advantages of being a member of the Wine Society as they are the UK agent and no one else sells …
Cocktails
After the utter horror of the filthy, repellent Rathfinny Blanc des Noirs 2015 – fucking shit that was horrible – I vowed to report on another drink within five …
Egomania
Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of Elitistreview! What a great milestone! How I have managed to keep it up I will never know, especially considering how rubbish some of …
England
The chérie in the title is The Editor, in this article it is Nyetimber Cuvée Chérie Demi-Sec sparkling wine. We drank Nyetimber Cuvée Chérie in place of dessert after …
England
The owner of Tillingham Wines (who shall remain nameless, see next sentence) claims he wants to champion English minimal intervention wines. On the basis of these two wines I …
South Africa
Lismore Estate Reserve Syrah is something I thought I would not be trying for a while. The one bottle of 2017 I had procured for myself and had saved …
South Africa
Ian Naude Old Vines Chenin Blanc 2015 raises the bar of the quality expected from this varietal above the already towering level set by other South African Chenin Blancs. …
Burgundy
Last Saturday, The Editor and I met our excellent friend Richard for lunch. He was the first appointment in our social calendar for three months and so it was …
