Jancis Robinson | JancisRobinson.com
WEBJolly Olly – an interview with Olly Smith. In the first of a new series in support of Drinklusive, William Wong interviews Olly Smith. Tara writes Diversity is what attracts us to the wine world – a diversity of grapes, places, flavours and cultures – and yet there is a marked lack of diversity among the people working in the industry.
Tasting notes | JancisRobinson.com
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Burgundy Red Wine Vintage Chart: 1978 to 2022
WEB2001. Wet summer with some heat spikes. As for red bordeaux from this vintage, a gentle hand was needed in the winery to retain delicacy and not emphasize the already notable tannins. Quite varied quality. Wines from low-yielding grapes will provide exciting long-term drinking but others are gawky. August hail in Volnay.
Rheingau | JancisRobinson.com
WEBRheingau. The Rheingau, a south-facing slab of vineyards on gentle slopes leading down to the Rhine, usefully protected from chill winds by the Taunus mountains to the immediate north, was for years regarded as Germany's noblest wine region. This was partly because of its long association with aristocratic estates and the famous abbey Kloster ...
Chablis wine region | JancisRobinson.com
WEBBurgundy's white wine outpost is one of France's most northern and it is hardly surprising therefore that the wines are naturally relatively sinewy, high in acidity and steely rather than luscious and oaky. This is an archetypally refreshing, long-lived style of white wine which very few wine regions, possibly none other than Chablis, can produce.
Nebbiolo | JancisRobinson.com
WEBIf Pinot Noir is the world's most tantalising grape, Nebbiolo runs it a close second – for very similar reasons. While the red burgundy grape has been slow to travel happily from its birthplace, and is only just showing signs of settling down in places such as Oregon, Australia, South Africa and cooler parts of California, good Nebbiolo wine is still extremely difficult to find outside its ...
Sangiovese | JancisRobinson.com
WEBUntil relatively recently Sangiovese, Italy's most widely planted vine variety, was a grape in the wilderness. And whenever the name Sangiovese did appear on a label it was far from a guarantee of greatness. Rather the reverse. The most common wines that carried the name Sangiovese on the label were Sangiovese di Romagna, cheap Italian reds which were typically extremely light, pale, tart ...
Cabernet Sauvignon | JancisRobinson.com
WEBThe progeny of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, is the world's most famous red wine grape, and most planted of any colour.The 'chocolate' to Chardonnay's 'vanilla', Cabernet is much more positively flavoured than Chardonnay, and ripens much later, so tends to be planted in rather warmer areas. The great distinction of the wine it produces is that it has a very powerful and recognisable ...
Sherry's saviour? | JancisRobinson.com
WEBNov 4, 2023 · Sherry has gone from being Britain’s favourite wine in the 1970s, when the UK imported eight million cases a year of it, to a drink that is largely ignored by the great majority of the world’s wine drinkers. The total vineyard area surrounding the sherry capital of Jerez has shrunk from 22,000 ha (54,363 acres) in 1978 to less than 7,000 ha ...
Tuscany Vintage Chart: 1985 to 2022 | JancisRobinson.com
WEBA vintage characterized by extreme drought. The winter of 2021/2022 was very dry. Spring and summer did nothing to alleviate the pressure. Growth was irregular and yields were low throughout the region. Rains at the end of August and beginning of September proved the vintage's saving grace. Wines tend to be slightly above average in terms of ...
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