Louis Jadot is a very reliable negociant from Burgundy/Beaujolais and they have done it again with this friendly 2010 Beaujolais Villages. Not a Beaujolais nouveau, this wine was made to last a couple of years and is drinking very well now. Intensely coloured for a Beaujolais (garnet), the wine is full of strawberry and raspberry flavours, well balanced between fruit and acidity, this is a great wine for winter stews, cassoulets and maybe even bangers and mash.
Reviews By The Winesleuth
02/07/2012 - 12:24
Il Merlonero Vinoquotidiano translates roughly as "daily wine" and that's exactly what this barbera/dolcetto blend is, an easy drinking, fruity wine with a bit of backbone. The wine is softened with the addition of merlot and pinot noir which eases the high acidity levels that you often find in barbera and dolcetto. Fresh, red red and black cherry notes on the nose and palate and a silky smooth finish make this a perfect everyday wine. Having 13% alcohol is quite reasonable as well, you can have a glass or two with dinner and you'll be none the worse the next day.
Il Merlonero is available from Oddbins.
01/26/2012 - 13:10
A fresh and delightfully dry rosè wine from Portugal. This is a great wine to have with dinner as it's not overly fruity and dry enough to work with most foods. A cherry and raspberry flavoured wine, it was fab with grilled chicken and a simple spinach salad. Widely available for £6.49, can't go wrong with this wine.
01/17/2012 - 13:43
A great example of NZ sauvignon blanc, made the way it used to be made with none of those stark, acidic citric flavours, this wine had an appealing nose of gooseberry, passionfruit and lime, nicely textured wine, not too thin with none of the over-the-top acidity that seems all too common in NZ s.blanc nowadays. A great food wine, I had this with pork pie and it was delish, the acidity cutting through the fattiness of the pork and pastry. On a side note, this wine is biodynamically produced. Thumbs up!
01/17/2012 - 13:21
I was really looking forward to this wine but was sadly disappointed. A flat white wine with not much on the nose or palate save for yeasty, with a slight nutty note, lacking the acidity, a very blah wine. Definitely give this one a miss.
01/16/2012 - 20:24
Violets, roses, and spices float from the glass, sweetly aromatic, bold and full bodied, opulent and jammy with plenty of candied red fruits, hints of mocha and tar, intensely concentrated with a sweet spicy finish. I do enjoy vintage port with roquefort cheese, can't go wrong.
01/16/2012 - 20:12
A great red wine from the Bandol appellation in Provence, medium bodied with loads of licorice and black fruit on the nose and palate, tannins that have calmed down with age and drinking wonderfully at the moment. Smooth and still fresh, also found lots of soft black fruits on the palate, with good structure and acidity. Great with pepperoni pizza.
01/16/2012 - 20:00
A tasty Bordeaux blend from Colchagua Valley in Chile, a sumptuous, opulent wine, well balanced, soft and fruity, round tannins with a medium chocolate finish. I had this with a pork chop, a nice match, didn't overpower the meat. The alcoholic content was 14.5% but it was not evident on the nose or palate, a real winter warmer!
01/16/2012 - 19:45
Medium bodied wine, much fuller then it's Chianti cousins,a deep ruby colour with plenty of violets and cherry on the nose, good acidity with very smooth tannins. Flavours of cherry and bright red fruits, excellent with a plate of spaghetti and pancetta.
01/16/2012 - 16:48
Pazzia means crazy in Italian and the winemakers were thought of as crazy by the locals to make this wine, an ancestor of zinfandel, is full bodied and rich with loads of black fruit flavours, this is perfect to have with a burger or pizza. If you like CA Zinfandel, you'll be sure to like it's Italian great great grandpapa.
