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  • 2022 The Wine Society Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi

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    4/22/2024 - Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 90 Points

    Wine Soc’ UK, approx £8.50

    N…..some lemon rind, very little else.

    C….light straw, looks L-Medium body

    T……first impression is a fresh interesting wine, lively with good intensity of flavour; ripe nectarines, even a bit of peaches and cream; some near-grippy white tannins; a mineral profile; a Foodie style wine; no length, flavours fade early; a well-made but simple wine.

    QPR?……costs £8.50 and feels worth that. Will buy the 2022 again.

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  • 2022 Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc Cellar Selection

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    4/22/2024 - Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 91 Points

    Bought Majestic UK £10.99 promo price.
    Well chilled. Screw cap seal.

    Grippy beyond-floury white tannins are first impression, then some ripe Marlborough Sav Blanc fruit, most of the usual suspects, but with lively acid that’s just a bit too lively. Maybe it just needs to settle? It’s barely 2 yrs old. It feels as though there’s enough power and intensity in here for it to eventually morph into a decent Marlborough SB, but those qualities don’t feel like it’ll morph into a great one.

    QPR?…..£10.99 promo, feels worth that but no more. I’ll wait for the 2023, the VM Cellar Selection pretty much has a dependable rep’.

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  • 2023 Caves d'Esclans Whispering Angel

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    4/22/2024 - Callum's Corkers Does not like this wine: 88 Points

    Bought Majestic UK approx £14.00 on promo.
    Chilled. Cork seal.

    Shorter, less flavoursome, less personality, less charm than I remember from previous vintages. Disappointing.

    N….nice medium intensity crushed new-season red berry fruit; some charm. A good start though, as it transpired, a false one.

    C…..pink

    T…..near-dry or properly dry on the scale, some white tannins - sorry, Pink tannins - some decent raspberry and cranberry, tart red plum fruit; Short flavours, there’s nothing here, a lot more boring than previous vintages.

    I’m off to research Spectator season/vintage reports, this seems a significantly less interesting glass of wine than previous years. Acid maybe too obvious, out of balance, it almost obscured the fruit.


    QPR?…..cost around £14.00 yet this 2023 feels worth around half that. Nothing like previous vintages. Won’t be buying any more. I’ll wait for the 2024.

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  • StefanAkiko says:

    3/11/2023 5:50:00 AM - Can't wait for my next journey to the UK and ... insanity! debauchery! 'appiness! :-)

  • Callum's Corkers says:

    11/23/2022 9:33:00 AM - Stoic Warrior. Yeah, I see that, cheers. Good ol' Majestic, eh. Just less than £20 is a bargain, as it's usually around £26.00 for them, I think - even more most other places. I don't know what it is with good Rioja being at reasonable prices, maybe it's just 'fashion' - as in not fashionable to be drinking good Rioja currently? Who knows. Maybe more people - me included - are moving away from 'big' rich reds? I haven't drunk any big Aussie blends for ages, or their old-school Shiraz, and I pretty much don't drink claret any more. Plenty of Australians are making lighter/modern Shiraz, even calling it Syrah, and that's much more to my taste. In the 1980s-1990s, though, mates and I were happy with 'big' Aussie reds. I can't be ars***d with those styles now. They're not in any way terrible wines, it's just my preferences have moved.

  • Callum's Corkers says:

    11/23/2022 9:11:00 AM - aerosol....cheers.

  • aerosol says:

    11/20/2022 6:08:00 AM - Hi Callum; A very broad scope of wines that you taste. I like your style of notes as it's very didactic and smart thoght put into it

  • Stoic Warrior says:

    11/20/2022 5:28:00 AM - Callum - FYI, Majestic has the new release of the Rioja Alta Ardanza which we both like, vintage 2015, on sale now for £19.99. I picked up a few yesterday.

  • Callum's Corkers says:

    11/3/2021 10:16:00 AM - Stoic Warrior Hi, cheers for the positive comments. Thanks.

  • Stoic Warrior says:

    10/28/2021 8:11:00 AM - You have a good way of posting your notes, thanks: Many of Eric LeVine's outlier data fields such as source, cost, date, etc, all combined in with, and heading up, methodical tasting notes. Very useful. If Eric ever decides to modifyu his user-input database structure, he could take a tip from you and compile those outer fields into the main Tasting Notes field similar to the way you do it. Much appreciated.

  • ozziewine says:

    4/24/2021 11:06:00 AM - Hello CC. I wish we had more wines in common because I really appreciate the effort you put in to your notes. All the best. Ozzie in Phoenix, Arizona

  • Mark1npt says:

    1/31/2021 12:37:00 PM - My friend it is American (and maybe someone else's abbreviation) for........Bordeaux! Sometimes I get too lazy to type out all the words! Cheers! Mark

  • OaktownRush says:

    1/22/2021 9:45:00 PM - Really love your tasting notes, and your QPR approach -- one I channel from across the pond over here in the US. Cheers!

  • Papies says:

    4/16/2017 9:38:00 AM - Nice style of notes. Thanks for sharing A+N

  • Callum's Corkers says:

    2/19/2017 7:57:00 PM - I have 2 bots of the 2013 Te Kahu, won't touch it for another 4 yrs - the first one anyway. I'm weary of NZ Bordeaux blends but made an exception for the Craggy Range because of their reputation - for this blend anyway - and the 2013 vintage in HB being reported as almost perfect. Also, they were on a discounted price in the UK at the time.

  • benjaminpaul says:

    2/19/2017 3:28:00 PM - Craggy Range is a premium brand, but some of their wines aren't so premium - yet the pricing is. Some of their Pinots are a bit like that too. If you haven't yet, try their Te Kahu blend - brilliant and good VFM.

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