Review Round-up (Mar-Apr ’20)
What's been said about our wines this month..
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 this last month!
Menade La Mision 2017:
“The vines are up to 140 years old, producing Verdeja grapes (which are slightly smaller than Verdejo and grow in more oval bunches). Based very close to the village of Rueda, the Sanz family use a mixture of French oak, stainless steel and amphora ageing to craft a ripe but zesty wine, with orchardy intensity and maybe even a hint of chilli on the finish.”
– The Wine Merchant magazine (1st March 2020)
The March edition of Decanter magazine recently selected Waterkloof Sauvignon Blanc as one of their ‘Weekday Wines’ –
“Just 4000 bottles of this wine were made, released only in top vintages. Fruit comes from two blocks just 3km from the ocean, giving restraint and vibrancy to the textured palate of citrus peel, herbs and stony minerals. Lovely!” 92/100
The Wine Advocate (February 2020) featured a handful of Emiliana wines. Critic, Luis Gutiérrez, highly rated the Chilean wines from the 2018 harvest –
“The natural conditions of the year provide such a perfect scenario for producing great wines that express their place of birth and grapes”.
Gutiérrez awarded 93 points to Emiliana Gê 2016, the first biodynamic wine in Latin America; followed by Salvaje Syrah 2018 and Signos de Origen Syrah 2016 with 92 points.
