Posts tagged Lay & Wheeler
Super Tuscan, Brilliant Rhône
Super Tuscan, Brilliant Rhône

Lay & Wheeler, now a part of Majestic, recently held a rather unusual tasting in Manchester. Showcasing a selection of wines from its own stocks, supplemented with older vintages from its broking list, I wasn't going to miss the chance to taste the wines of Tenuta dell'Ornellaia and of Château de Beaucastel - despite them not being the most obvious of bedfellows.

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TastingHarry Morris1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, France, Italy, Rhone, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Chateau de Beaucastel, Toscana, Bolgheri, Tenuta dell'Ornellaia, Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia, Le Volte dell'Ornellaia, Le Serre Nuove dell'Ornellaia, Ornellaia, Fattoria Petrolo, Galatrona, Merlot, Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Lay & WheelerComment
A Knight To Forget
A Knight To Forget

Every year I think about buying a couple of cases of Bordeaux en primeur, but every year I always seem to have either just bought a case or two of something interesting or I find that I’ve just allocated my next few months’ wine allowance to several bottles of something I just can’t live without.

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Drinking, ThinkingHarry Morris1999, Chevalier de Sterimberg, En Primeur, France, Bordeaux, Hermitage, La Chapelle, Lay & Wheeler, Marsanne, Paul Jaboulet Aine, Rhone, Roussanne, Syrah, TerroirComment