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WEBA bargain with an unexpected mix of grapes. From €6.20, $11.70, £13.25. Jean-Pierre Boisson, Le Petit Caboche Rouge 2022 Vin de Pays du Vaucluse, to give it its full name, is a quintessential southern Rhône red from the Boisson family’s admirable Domaine du Père Caboche just north-east of Châteauneuf-du-Pape on the road towards Courthézon.
Wine vintages | JancisRobinson.com
WEBGrowing seasons vary enormously from year to year. Here's your free guide to the most relevant vintages in the most significant regions. We think these brief descriptions are more useful than a numerical score.
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Burgundy Red Wine Vintage Chart: 1978 to 2022
WEB2001. Wet summer with some heat spikes. As for red bordeaux from this vintage, a gentle hand was needed in the winery to retain delicacy and not emphasize the already notable tannins. Quite varied quality. Wines from low-yielding grapes will provide exciting long-term drinking but others are gawky. August hail in Volnay.
How to store wine | JancisRobinson.com
WEBNov 18, 2020 · In very general terms the ideal wine storage temperature is probably between 10 and 15 °C (50 and 59 °F), but no great harm will come to wine stored between 15 and 20 °C (59 and 68 °F) so long as the temperature does not fluctuate too dramatically causing the wine to expand and contract rapidly, with a risk of letting air in. Maximum and ...
What's new at The Wine Society? | JancisRobinson.com
WEBApr 8, 2023 · The average price of a bottle of wine bought from The Wine Society is £11.50, almost twice the national average, and this has increased a bit recently, ‘perhaps because of the trend to trade up and drink less’. But £40 million of their annual sales are of wines under £10. ‘We don’t have huge ambitions in that segment except to ...
New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc – classic and alternative
WEBMar 28, 2024 · Increased attention to subregions and individual style has made this category more interesting than ever. Pictured above, the Appellation Marlborough Wine Collection 2023. Julia writes While Flor tasted many a Sauvignon Blanc at two tastings in London held by New Zealand Wine, my contribution to the notes below comprises the 12 wines selected in a blind tasting held in New Zealand for the ...
Merlot wine grapes | JancisRobinson.com
WEBMerlot conventionally makes lush, plummy, velvety wine that can soften Cabernet's more austere frame and, usefully, matures much faster. Very much a wine of the times, it enjoyed enormous popularity in the United States in the 1990s and early 2000s – until usurped by Pinot Noir. Merlot's homeland is Bordeaux where it is the most important ...
tasting events | JancisRobinson.com
WEBOct 26, 2019 · 25 March 2019 See our tasting notes from this event. 18 February... 8 Feb 2019. Jancis Robinson. Free for all.
Cabernet Sauvignon | JancisRobinson.com
WEBThe progeny of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, is the world's most famous red wine grape, and most planted of any colour.The 'chocolate' to Chardonnay's 'vanilla', Cabernet is much more positively flavoured than Chardonnay, and ripens much later, so tends to be planted in rather warmer areas. The great distinction of the wine it produces is that it has a very powerful and recognisable ...