Highlights: Enderle & Moll Pinot Noir 2018 Baden
Enderle & Moll was started in 2007 with just three barrels of wine in a garage in Baden. Florian Moll
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Highlights: Black Estate Netherwood Pinot Noir 2014 Waipara Valley, New Zealand
This is a deeply impressive New Zealand Pinot Noir, from Black Estate. Winemaking is pretty natural here, and the house
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Spätburgunder: Germany’s Pinot Noir, reaching new heights
Pinot Noir is one of the undisputably great grape varieties, but until recently it only grew well in a few
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Highlights: Joseph Drouhin Chorey-Les-Beaune 2017 Bourgogne, France
This is a small appellation around the tiny village of Chorey, at the foot of the hill of Corton, with
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Highlights: Whitcraft Winery Grenache Stolpman Vineyard 2018 Ballard Canyon, California
This is a distinctive and beautiful Californian Grenache, made pretty naturally. Whole bunches are lightly trodden by foot, and then
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Highlights: Crystallum Whole Bunch Pinot Noir 2018 Overberg, South Africa
Crystallum Whole Bunch Pinot Noir 2018 Overberg, South Africa14% alcohol. This is from Hemel-en-Arde, but is labelled Overberg because 20%
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New Zealand and Oregon Pinot Noir: wines from the edge
Over lockdown, there have been quite a few remote tastings, and 67 Pall Mall, with their careful sample preparation, decanting
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Highlights: Bergström Gregory Ranch Pinot Noir 2014 Yamhill-Carlton, Oregon
Bergström changed styles a few years back from big, ripe wines to wines showing more poised and balance. A smart
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Highlights: Domaine Bourgogne-Deveaux Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune ‘La Perriere’ 2017
This is a lovely Hautes-Côtes wine. This is an interesting region of Bourgogne. The Hautes-Côtes are split in two (Beaune
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Highlights: Alte Vogtei Spätburgunder 2018 from Baden – amazing value
I’m often reviewing fancy wines here. So it’s nice to find a wine for the people – in this case,
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