Saturday lunch

With guacamole croustades

• NV Jean Moutardier Champagne Carte d'Or Brut

  France, Champagne

  Lovely, creamy-textured, disappeared in the blink of an eye

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BBQ chicken, G’s roasted cauliflower, summer pea & edamame salad, minted new potatoes, green salad

• 2024 Caves d'Esclans Whispering Angel

  France, Provence, Côtes de Provence

  It’s easy to disparage the scale and the branding, but this really is a solid Provençal rosé, well put-together, big flavours in the right places but not out of balance and not too sweet.

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• 2022 Maison Roche de Bellene Santenay 1er Cru La Comme

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Santenay 1er Cru

  Ripe fruit, good body, a charmer.

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• 2020 Garesio Langhe Nebbiolo

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC

  My guests _hated_ this after the 2022 Roche de Bellene Santenay 1er Cru La Comme - in comparison it was just too thin, too acidic, too astringent. On the second day (when they had left) it showed again its ethereal translucency, blood orange and pomegranate, fine tannins. Context is everything!

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• 2021 Coste del Vivo Rosso No 1 Toscana IGT

  Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT

  As always, everyone loved this.

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Upside-down frozen pavlova

• 2023 Domaine Maby Lirac Blanc La Fermade

  France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Lirac

  Great creamy-texture, a bit of chew, lemon-curd, delicious.

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