Deep plum red. Complex nose with plums, green bell pepper and a pleasant hint of barnyard. Tastes fruity and rich with more plum and black cherry flavours. Tannins are still prominent, will last another couple of years.
Pale salmon pink. Light nose, slightly creamy with strawberry notes, citrus and hints of flowers. The vivid acidity hits you first with its refreshing feel followed by a light bodied yet tight mid-palate that is almost tannic. Finishes on intense fruit carried by gently warm alcohol.
Clear pale coppery-pink. Faint nose of strawberry and grenadine. Medium-bodied with more strawberry and cranberry flavours than the nose promises. Drink up.
One of Southern France's most exciting natural and biodynamic wineries overseen by winemaker Gérard Gauby, who found these abandoned vines in the late 1990s. This extended-skin contact blend of Vermentino and Macabeu is from 20-24-year-old vines on decomposed granite and gneiss, around 500 m altitude in the Fenouillèdes region (the French word for fennel). This is macerated on skins for 15 days before pressing and native fermented, spending one year in oak before bottling unfined and unfiltered. A dusky orange hue, this firm wine is edgy with tangerine pith, bergamot and, aptly, wild fennel. There's a lovely wisp of citrus oil perfumes and heightened, almost nervous acidity to lift, but this wine is led and structured through the grippy tannins. Haunting mineral salts and a wild scrubby mint linger on the lingering finish.
Very pale yellow. Aromatic with citrus and delicate grassy notes, developing flower hints over a minerally dry stone background. Delicate acidity highlighting the nice fruity flavours in a refreshing mid-palate. Balanced finish in this ready-to-drink Sauvignon.
Pale yellow. Inviting nose, slightly perfumed with floral and peach/pear notes. Crisp acidity, the fruity flavour is well present in the full mid-palate. Nice balance and lengthy finish. Good buy.
A lovely time to taste Sauternes, when it's still showing the fruity flush of youth, with just a hint of the honeyed secondary notes to come. Lush aromas of ripe stone fruit, waves of beeswax and floral chamomile. Crème caramel and lemon curd linger on the honeyed finish. Try with fresh Okanagan peaches, prosciutto and roasted hazelnuts.