Some 2017 Northern Rhones
30 May 2023
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I review some 2017 Northern Rhones, mostly Cornas.
Do you miss Burgundy?
1 May 2023
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Taganan 2020 from Envinate on Tenerife is a great wine for those who can no longer afford Burgundy.
A Bret Brothers Pouilly Climat 2021
10 April 2023
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Pouilly-Fuissé Climat En Carementrant 2021 from Bret Brothers is a taut, focussed wine of precision and balance.
Clark Foyster Wines portfolio tasting
31 March 2023
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A sample of the excellent wines on show at the Clark Foyster portfolio tasting.
Grand Cru Sillery Champagne by Francois Seconde
24 March 2023
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Grand Cru Sillery Champagne from Francois Seconde is a good drink.
Fruity and fresh
24 February 2023
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A new wine from the brilliant Minimalist Wines – hooray! Sam Lambson’s ‘winemaking as therapy’-Stars in the Dark has blown my mind every time I have tried it; a …
2021 Burgundy from Clark-Foyster wines – a lament
17 January 2023
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A lament about red Burgundy based on a tasting of 2021 Burgundy by Clark Foyster Wines
Proper Crozes-Hermitage
7 January 2023
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For the first time in an age, I am writing a new post for Elitistreview. A tasting note of 2020 Crozes-Hermitage from Alain Graillot. Why the first time in …
Opus 1,600 – an unexpected perversion
5 September 2022
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This post is the 1,600th published on the excellent, exquisite Elitistreview, and to celebrate Opus 1,600 I am going to indulge in a little perversion of mine. I only …
Plaited pleasure
27 August 2022
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After my last tasting note of Envinate’s Benje Blanco 2020, we are back on the volcanic island of Tenerife to try Trenzado 2020 from Suertes del Marques; another wine …