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About last night’s dinner
It was a fantastic opportunity to try older vintages of Felton Road and learn from Nigel.
The whites with some age on it were superb and the standout for me.
It was a pleasure to have dinner with Nigel and thanks to the events team for organising another cracking evening!
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Envious, I wanted to go but life got in the way. I had (relatively young) Block 1 Riesling recently and thought it was very good, albeit not very widely available in the UK.
The aged Chardonnays sound very interesting. How was the 2014 Calvert?
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Really good with loads of life left and I think it will be better in 3-5 years.
What I learned from the tasting is that I will not touch any of the wines before they reach 10 years old
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Is that just with the reds or the whites as well?
Both! It was an eye opener
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Wow! Useful intel, thanks.
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This was my experience of a Felton Road dinner last year too!
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Felton Road Block 3, 5, and Calvert available on TWS in magnums.
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Email from another merchant offering 2022 Kumeu - Coddington £33, Hunting Hill £40, Mates £43
I decided I’d hold off for the TWS release this year - supporting the society and all that!
Interesting that this isn’t a candidate for first release though…
Woodwinters tend to price a little above TWS so fingers crossed.
I got a case from L&W at under TWS price of the 2021
Noted but I only want 1 or 2 bottles so TWS likely to be the best option for me.
Just a head’s up that, according to a JancisRobinson.com article, the 2022 Kumeu wines are due in at TWS on 6 October.
Expected prices for the chardonnays seem to be the same as offered by Woodwinters: Estate = £21, Rays Road = £23, Coddington = £33, Hunting Hill = £40, Mate’s = £43.
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Kumeu River up on the site now.
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£40 for Hunting Hill too much for me. Plenty of other NW premium chardonnays to choose from. The Sacred Hill Riflemans stocked previously by TWS was excellent value at £32, however that was 2019 vintage so probably more now.