Review Round-Up (Jan 2026)
Fortunate to have been born in the great city of Liverpool and to fall into the world of wine. More than 20 years later I'm Boutinot's marketing manager for much of Europe (mostly Italy and Spain) and more than content with my compact family, including 3 cats (sadly just the 11 legs) and a 1969 'Dark Star' (no, not a wine!)
We truly believe our wines are fantastic, but you already knew that – we wouldn’t sell them if we didn’t!
That said, it is always nice when someone else recognises the quality in our portfolio, even better when they write a lovely review in the press to tell everyone about it…
Here’s a round-up of what they’ve been saying about us recently!
Domaine de Grange Neuve, AOP Monbazillac 2022: Deep, intense hue, golden in colour with ripe apricots on the nose. Undeniably rich yet with a pear-skin bitter edge which refreshes the palate. Labelled as Sélections de Grains Nobles, and it shows. Fine acidity keeps all in check. This will age many years…Claudia and Bruno Bilanchi own the estate, picking their flagship wine by individual tries four to five times per day. Decanter (December 2025)
Juan Gil Dry Rosé, DO Jumilla [Organic] 2023: Dried cranberries and yellow raisins, almonds and blood orange peel… it races through the gears confidently, with snap of bitter oversteer on the finish, all brushed off with a cheeky little smile. An eccentric, and all the more loveable for it. The Wine Merchant Magazine (January 2026)
Teliani Valley Winery 97 Kakhuri No8 [Orange Wine] 2022: The skin contact here takes place in steel rather than qvevri, changing the shape and flow of the wine a little and giving it a brisker feel with tighter-grained tannins and a chalky dryness that complements its notes of agave syrup, satsuma, walnuts and yellow apples. 92pts Decanter (January 2026)
Pisano RPF Albarino, Progreso 2025: The oak impression is very subtle and doesn’t dominate the ripe Albariño fragrance of spicy golden plums and creamy citrus. Fills the mouth with fruit and freshness, plus an attractive texture from the lees and the barrel that adds presence and length as well as roundness on the finish. Fresh and pure, the oak very much in the back seat. (JH) 17pts JancisRobinson (January 2026)
Pisano Cisplatino Albarino, Progreso 2025: My first 2025 wine, I think, and it is so fragrant and open. Smells of lemon and apricot, ripe but fresh, with an impression of a riper and more ‘golden’ flavour, like yellow plums. On the palate it is more restrained, in a good way, with all those flavours reined in by an a dry, stony finish, almost chewy. Mouth-wateringly fresh without losing its generosity of fruit. Extremely well balanced and demonstrating the freshness that typifies Uruguayan wines. (JH) 16pts JancisRobinson (January 2026)
