Dry and crisp aromas of apricot Bartlett pear and peach as well as honeysuckle 35% Pinot green 19% Sauvignon Blanc 13% Chardonnay 11% riesling 10% Roussanne 6% Marsanne 3% Gewurztraminer 3% muscat. 13.6% by volume of alcohol and contains sulfites Light golden color appears to be immature white I would describe this as moderate color, dry, #MIN, acidic, fruit intensity, mild to flavorful I don’t detect any oak feels midweight and is still  — 10 months ago
Pleasant surprise! — 6 years ago
My favorite rose this year. — 7 years ago
When Mrs Es been away in the 🇺🇸 all week & she lands .. what does she want 🤣 I think the 2012 is the best priced, finessed & yet w/ depth Sass going @ £107 (now £145+) from 09-15 vintages although 09 & 15 are my favourites 👍
📍 Sassicaia 2012
🏵 95 points
🍇 85% Cabernet Sauvignon & 15% Cabernet Franc
🍷 Dark opaque ruby
👃 Minty, herby, sweet cedar & soft smoked oak through dark cherries, raspberry jam, peppery spiced light blackcurrant & wild blackberry w/ stoney minerals, clove, lavender, liquorice & leather 😍
👄 Med body of silky elegant ripe spiced blackcurrant w/ cracked rock mineral & liquorice tones
🎯 Med+ black fruit blackcurrant driven wallop w/ mocha & raspberry liquorice slap
— 8 years ago
6 months on the skins, aged 20 months in neutral oak. 11.8% abv. Drink with mekhong whisky ribs. — 8 years ago
Affordable. — 9 years ago
Mumsigt 👌🏼 beställt på alko — 4 years ago
Not as sweet as 2019 — 5 years ago
One of the few times I gave a wine time to open up and decanted it. Very smooth and even my husband enjoyed a few sips (not a wine drinker). I have a few bottles of 2019 and am wondering how they will compare — 6 years ago
This is probably my favourite Sangiovese for the money so thought I’d take one for the community & try the new 2015 @ £65 so you know if you should buy 😉 The 07 is stunning now & this 15 is drinking well but should be just as fab but is lighter at present 😉 We drank 3 bottles over the weekend 😊 Oakier than others I’ve had but not dominating 😉
🐮 The 3rd bottle paired perfectly w/ Mrs Es slow cooked Beef Stew & Dumplings in gloopy gravy 😍 on a cold rainy ☔️ day
📍 Isole e Olena Cepparello 2015
🏵 92-93 today w/ potential for 95-96 I’d say
🍇 Sangiovese
🍷 Clear rich ruby
👃 Smokey oak infused cherry w/ tones on spiced black fruits, minerals, cranberry, cedar chards & light herbs
👄 Med body of smooth red cherry & black berry in touch dry minerals w/ a slight mocha & cranberry tones coming through
🎯 Med+ big red cherry boom w/ a slight sweet black berry undertone oozing through mineral, red berry & mocha w/ a dry oaky linger
— 8 years ago
In preparing for an upcoming trip to 🇪🇸 we popped a stunning £235 Vega now £320+ Fabulicious now but will be an epic change your trousers moment in time 😍 I better get some spare ones ready 😁 Like eating a decadent cherry raspberry chocolate gateaux in a bramble bush in secret 😎 One of a few wines I think is worth the big bucks 😉
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📍Vega Sicilia Unico 2004
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🏵 98+ points
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🍇 87% Tempranillo & 13% Cabernet Sauvignon
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🍷 Opaque deep ruby
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👃 Rich dark cherry & chocolate gateaux w/ blackberry, vanilla, soft smoked oak & sweet cedar, violets, prune, date, mint driven herbs & blueberry that expressed perfectly in a #zalto bordeaux glass 😍
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👄 Med+ rich chewy cocoa driven ripe concentrated black cherry creamy smooth satin silk body w/ mineral, blackberry, blueberry, raspberry & purple damson
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🎯 Long triple chocy cherry & black berry mouth filling sexylicious yummyness
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⚠️ No trousers were harmed in this review 🤣
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😋 Mrs Es review “It’s Yummy”
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🚨 Don’t forget to enter the Instagram competition for 10k friends to be in with a chance to win a vSpin from @openyourwine & 2 Zalto Burgundy glasses from @zaltify — 8 years ago
Succulent berry and chocolately overtones. — 8 months ago
Firstleaf - pear, crisp, porch drinker, minerality, mild acidity — 5 years ago
Juicy aromas of plum and cherry...and a little spice.
Drinks nicely with juicy flavors of dark berries, cherry and oaky-spice. Lingers on the palate a bit and finishes with some spice. — 6 years ago
a nice hop — 8 years ago
Fabulous relaxed & reasonably priced meal at “Blanc” in the Mandarin Oriental with Chef Carme Ruscalleda, whose restaurants have won 7 Michelin stars! ⏩ Scroll for delish city’s food pics on Instagram ⏩
A truly unique wine that’s €112 in restaurant & €56 from winery that went with all the foods shown perfectly 😍
📍 Terroir Al Limit Pedra de Guix 2014
🏵 95 points
🍇 Pedro Ximénez, Macabeo & Garnatxa Blanca
🍷 Amber honey w/ a bronze orange tone
👃 Light burnt marmalade, stick toffee pudding foam, old sherry cask, fallen green apple & vanilla custard
👄 Med refreshing body of brown green apple in torched brown sugar w/ honey, citrus zest & baked orange w/ soft sherry tickles
🎯 Long aged tortured toffee old apple in honey & brown sugar - a sherry but elegant & subtle
💭 Mrs E says “Nowhere near as heavy as it looks”
— 8 years ago
Lauren Willis
🍷✔️✔️ lovely smooth drinking — 4 days ago