WINE TASTING GROUP. FEBRUARY and March 2018 MEETING

WINE TASTING GROUP.   FEBRUARY MEETING, HELD AT PAT’S AND HOSTED BY JENNY, WITH A LOVELY SELECTION OF CHEESE, BISCUITS AND A SELECTION OF TASTY OFFERINGS.

WINE NO.1.  MONT PIERRE RESERVE FITOU. MAUREILHAN, LANGUEDOC, FRANCE.  13%VOL. PURCHASED FROM SAINSBURY  AT £5. THIS FULL BODIED SPICY RED, COMES FROM THE COASTAL REGION OF FITOU IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. WITH A BRIGHT, HEALTHY APPEARANCE, THIS RUBY COLOURED OFFERING HAD AN INTENSE BOUQUET, WITH A PLEASANT AROMA. PLUM HINTS WERE NOTICED. SOME SWEETNESS WAS EVIDENT WITH BALANCED ACIDITY, AND GOOD TANNINS. THE WINE HAD A LIGHT, FRUIT TASTE IN THE MOUTH, AND THE FLAVOUR LASTED WELL. THIS WINE ATTRACTED AN AVERAGE SCORE OF 7.3/10.  IT DID NOT SHOW A VINTAGE. QUITE DRINKABLE.

WINE NO.2. 2016 COMUNA MALBEC MENDOZA ARGENTINA. 12%VOL.  PURCHASED FROM SAINSBURY AT £6.50.

 A GOOD BRIGHT SIGHT WITH RUBY HIGHLIGHTS THIS WINE HAD A GOOD BOUQUET,WITH MEDIUM INTENSITY. NO SWEETNESS WAS APPARENT, BUT IT HAD BALANCED ACIDITY, LOTS OF TANNINS, WITH FRUIT TASTES IN THE MOUTH AND A LASTING FLAVOUR. THIS WINE ATTRACTED AN AVERAGE SCORE OF 7.5 AND WAS ENJOYED BY US.

MARCH WINE TASTING WAS HELD AT JACK AND JOAN’S, WHERE WE WERE ONCE AGAIN ENTERTAINED WITH A TABLE OF CHEESES,BISCUITS AND MORE VARIED EXCELLENT OFFERINGS.

WINE NO.1.  2016 PRIMITIVO PUGLIA ITALY.  14%VOL. PURCHASED FROM MORRISONS AT £8.

THIS HEALTHY LOOKING OFFERING HAD A MEDIUM INTENSITY AND A GOOD RUBY APPEARANCE.WITH RIPE CRANBERRY,BLACK CHERRY WITH DARK FRUIT AROMAS. LITTLE SWEETNESS WAS APPARENT SOME TANNINS AND A MEDIUM BODY. WITH LASTING FRUIT TASTE,  IT HAD A BALANCED ACIDITY, AND ATTRACTED AN AVERAGE SCORE OF 7.5/10. QUITE DRINKABLE.

WINE NO. 2. 2017 ZARPER INDOMITA MALBEC VALLE DEL BIO BIO CHILE. 13.5%VOL. PURCHASED FROM MORRISONS AT £8. SOURCED FROM THE MALBEC GRAPE GROWN ON THE HILLS OF CHILE’S BIO BIO VALLEY, WHERE WINDS COMING FROM THE ANTARCTIC COOL THE VINYARDS, WHICH ARE NOURISHED BY THE THAWED WATERS OF THE MAJESTIC ANDEAN MOUNTAINS, THIS WINE HAS GOOD HEALTHY SIGHT,A PLEASANT BOUQUET, WITH MEDIUM INTENSITY,AND GOOD BERRY FRUIT AROMAS., WITH SOME TANNINS, IT LEAVES A GOOD LASTING FLAVOUR IN THE MOUTH. PLENTY OF SWEETNESS AND BALANCED ACIDITY, HAS PRODUCED A VERY PLEASANT DRINK. IT ATTRACTED AN AVERAGE SCORE OF 8/10. RECOMMENDED.

                                                                  JOHN BENFIELD.