Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
So another weekend approaches with the summer weather playlist still on shuffle. Sport wise we have a spot of football action at the weekend, cricket is being played in wellies and Wimbledon is about to start. We find ourselves wondering if Prince William will go to Jimmy Carr (Jersey) Ltd for tax advice now that he has a fair amount of folding in his money clip.<\/p>\n
Winemaker Tasting Wednesday 11th<\/sup> July at 8pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n We are taking a diversion from Cheese and Wine for July and are chuffed to announce that Giacomo Bindi from Podere Il Cocco<\/strong> will be joining us for a tasting of his wines.<\/p>\n Many of you will recognise this as the name behind both our delicious Brunato <\/strong>and Brunello di Montalcino<\/strong>. The estate is on top of Montalcino\u2019s highest hill at around 600 metres and covers about 10 acres.<\/p>\n This is a great opportunity to meet the winemaker and hear about the process from the horse\u2019s mouth as it were. He\u2019s going to bring a couple of interesting bits along and we expect take up to be swift, so don\u2019t miss out.<\/p>\n Cost is the usual \u00a315 and places are limited.<\/strong><\/p>\n Vintage Champagne<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n A few weeks ago Alex wrote about Moutard Grand Cuv\u00e9e, our \u201cgo to\u201d Champagne.<\/p>\n I was lucky enough to taste the 2002 Vintage again recently (last week of the Wine School to be exact) and I was reminded how good it is. Made from 100 % Chardonnay, it has a really elegant style, with some brioche notes and apple fruit.<\/p>\n Being such a good vintage its worth tucking a few away in the wine fridge too, to allow it to mellow and the flavours to evolve to more honeyed apple shortbread characters. We\u2019ll confess to a bit of history here, a couple of years ago we drank some of his 1993 which was deliciously mature.<\/p>\n Moutard Pere & Fils 2002 – \u00a343.99 (or buy six for the price of five!)<\/strong><\/p>\n Tasting this Weekend – Sud de France<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n This is the last weekend of our mini feature on all that is great about the Languedoc Rousillon.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This week we\u2019ll talk to you about Saint Chinian<\/strong>. About 20 km north of Beziers sitting in the foothills of the C\u00e9vennes it is a beautiful area with two distinct styles. Around the village itself, the clay soils give fruitier wines, whereas in the north, schist and sandstones dominate and this kind of acid soil retains very little water, and vine has to adapt to important droughts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2008 Cazal Viel Vieilles Vignes Saint Chinian – \u00a312.99<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 70% Syrah, 20% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre<\/em>.\u00a0 Cazal Viel, with its 135 hectares encompassing 92 different parcels, is the largest estate in St Chinian.\u00a0 Their philosophy is fairly simple, they want to make the best Saint Chinian you can find.\u00a0 We think they are doing a pretty good job, this old vine cuv\u00e9e is rich and rounded with a little bit of grip to keep it honest.\u00a0 Aged in second use barriques for 12 months to add a little smoky complexity.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Clearly we\u2019ve only scratched the surface on our swift tour of the Languedoc so expect us to revisit it at points in the future.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n To provide a bit of balance we\u2019ll also scoot over to South-West France and get our tasting gear around 2011 Cuv<\/strong>\u00e9<\/strong>e Jean-Paul – \u00a36.79 <\/strong>which is a deliciously fresh blend of Colombard and Ugni Blanc, with a zingy character that puts summer picnics firmly in your mind.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Think that\u2019ll do us for this week except to say \u201cGo on England\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, So another weekend approaches with the summer weather playlist still on shuffle. 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