A little order of midweek wine with the summer in mind here too, from the Liverpool version for me. And I couldn’t agree more: 40 wines, all of which were pretty superb (and, yes, the Piedmont’s pretty much all could have used a decant, not that it’d be practical to do so), with particular strength in the whites. Had a great evening.
A birth year wine for reserves, I’ll start cracking them open when the girls turn 18. They won’t want any - who wants fusty old wine at that age - but that’s fine: it’ll be for me to sip and consider how the days go slow but the years go fast…
Small box to reserves as I’ve no space at home and these will be fine for a few years (though the Chianti was delicious on Monday night at the Italy tasting)
A bit of a punt on some Barbaresco from Vivino. Familiar with the story of Prunotto, but have never tasted any of their wines, either pre- or post-Antinori.
follow-on from our trip to Lebanon last month; finally arrived home today and proud to show off the bottles we managed to get into our checked-in luggage. Just need to find some space in the already-full wine fridge…
The Kefraya red, 3rd left, is the most anticipated, this wasn’t available to taste, but is a blend of two previously unheard-of-by-me indigenous varieties Assouad Karech and Asmi Noir. The cellar door staff were none the wiser.
Neither are in JRWG, (nor their many synonyms) but VIVC lists both:- ASSWAD KARECH ASMI NOIR
Interestingly for a wine made in a hot country the ABV is just 11%
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