Pale straw in colour with a spicy, anise, apple and oaky nose; medium-bodied, dry, quince and lemon flavours. Firmly structured with a mouth-freshening acidic finish, a seafood wine if ever there was.
Clear medium-deep yellow. Pear and orange and wood on the nose. Full-bodied with quaffable but interesting oaky apple and pear flavours. Score applies only if you like oak. Drink up.
Lovers of Gewürztraminer rejoice! Here you will find an intense textbook offering which inundates the senses with rose, lychee, sweet peach, honey, grapefruit and cardamom. Off-dry, ripe and long-lasting. Époisses or Munster cheese please!
Here’s a Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire’s Touraine region that comes on like a white Bordeaux. Medium straw in colour, it has a spicy lanolin and lemon balm nose with a note of cut grass. Medium-bodied and crisply dry, it has flavours of elderberries and gooseberries — very fresh and lively on the palate.
Clear, medium-deep orangey-pink. Made from a mixture of varietals, but the smell of red candied apple coating emphasizes the Grenache, accompanied by other aromas of Spartan apple, banana and even a bit of cinnamon. Light-bodied, simple and a bit dilute, it tastes of mixed fresh red berries. Short finish. Drink up.
A mild Sauvignon Blanc with aromas of fruit salad, lime, apple, melon, grapefruit, lilac, grass and white pepper. Dry, with a mineral core and hints of passion fruit and herbs on the finale.
A mature claret drinking beautifully now. Deep ruby-purple in colour with a cedary, baked plum and blackcurrant nose with vanilla-oak notes. Medium-bodied and dry with savoury, ripe plum flavour. Firmly structured with earthy tannins on the finish.