Pet Nat – short for pétillant naturel (naturally sparkling). I’m not going to go into the details about what it is, because you can read about them here. I’ll just say that this is a favourite of mine, so when I saw it when I was out for a drink with a friend (OK, yes, […]
Month: June 2021
Ratings explained
Since I’m a bit behind in my wine-tasting routing, I sort of cheated. So, here, instead of the Wednesday-ish wine review, is a link to a new page explaining the highly complex and technical Ratings systems the Greater Senses Wine Blog employs. As I note on that page, these systems are still evolving, largely as […]
Tupinier-Bautista Mercurey 1er Cru ‘En Sazenay’ Rouge 2013. Burgundy, France
During the early months of the lockdown last year, I was able to pick up a number of older Burgundies at bargain rates. This is one of them – a Premier Cru. I think Mercurey tends to be an underappreciated region in Burgundy, usually offering good value for the money, at least in Burgundy terms. […]
Moorooduc Estate Pinot Gris on Skins, 2019. Mornington Peninsula, Australia
Here’s an odd one. It’s an orange wine, but Pinot Gris has reddish berries (as grapes are technically known). So, if you make an orange wine out of it, it looks like a rosé rather than most orange wines. In the glass Clear and bright. I’m going to call it pale. Yeah, I know, it […]
Ormarine Picpoul de Pinet, Cuvée Conchylia, 2019. Languedoc, France
Picpoul is, I think, an underappreciated wine. Its classic pairing is with shellfish, but I am also quite found of enjoying it on its own. I haven’t had this particular one before, but when I saw it on the shelf as I was browsing my local M&S (yes, how dreadfully middle-class of me) it suddenly […]