mattmoy_2000
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2020 Bolney Pinot Noir
3/26/2024 - mattmoy_2000 wrote:
Very, very light pinot noir, even by English standards. Comparing to other 2020 English PNs this is by far the lightest of the bunch, comparable to a 2021 Davenport Diamond Fields (a terrible vintage), but without the sappiness that made me keep going back for more of that.
As the label says, it's a fairly oxidative style with notes of coffee and dark cherries, but a fairly noticeable funk which I'm not sure if it's from being made of pinot précoce or if it's just a bit of brettiness.
Ultimately not an unpleasant wine at all, but at £22.50, this is a bit of an expensive vin de soif and rather thin even for someone who likes English red wine.
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2016 Louis Jadot Marsannay Les Longeroies
3/1/2024 - mattmoy_2000 Likes this wine:
Delicious moreish wine. Red fruits evolving into dark fruits, slight notes of cherry and frangipan. Even at 8 years old it has enough tannin to blacken my tongue and the structure to stand up to a ribeye. Fantastic acidity and lovely bouquet. Shame TWS has sold out so quickly, at only £26 it was a bargain.
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2020 Lyme Bay Chardonnay
2/25/2024 - mattmoy_2000 Likes this wine:
I surprised my wife's visiting cousins from Paris by serving an English wine, a category they'd never even heard of before, with grapes from my homeland of Essex.
Nice bottle, not quite as moreish as the 2020 PN from the same setup that I tried last summer. Tasting notes were pretty much in line with the back of the bottle. I first detected mango, but we also got peaches, apples, brioche and lime.
All in all a positive experience at a fairly reasonable price, and good enough to surprise the Frenchies at the quality of what their neighbours to the north can do!
Served with M&S gastropub chicken, leek & smoked bacon pie and root vegetable Boulangere.
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