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Christopher Welfare

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5 hearts for me is rarer than chicken teeth but on my whites rating scale (likely a 4 hearts on the red scale) this is a winner. I opened with the intentions of just a glass and nearly polished off the bottle without even realising! Paired with a hake and veggie rice dish, worked beautifully. Fresh, crisp, very limited but "just enough to balance" acidity (adding a touch of citrus lemons to the flavour profile). Nose is very short lived on a swirl but gives up pear and pineapple(?!). As for the texture, one word, silk :) All in all this is a winner in my book, with the 2017 in the basket, only hope still there when I pull the trigger.

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I very rarely post a 5 hearter but this is more than deserving of it. Sat in my wine rack for about 5 years or so and every second helped roll this into a journey of pure taste bud joy. I am more than partial to the Negreiros vineyard output but this just defined what they are all about. Well rounded fruits, colour profile that just seems to take on a chameleon persona as the light changes, just a warm friendly hug in a glass (which pretty much is the producer himself!)! This evolved as sampled over a few hours while on a call with a virtual birthday drinks with other NW members, just superb! Yet another that I wish I had more of!

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Beautiful! Delayed review so more detail shall follow on the 2nd bottle but needless to say I'm happy to find its not a one off and is on the NW shelves! More body than sometimes find with this variety and that's all a'OK with me! Cheers

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La Nymphina Monastrell 2018

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Personally I'm on the fence as to a preference between this and the almost now cult followed Orphica little brother of this variety by David. This dark in the glass Spanish offering is simple and yet complex at the same time. Like many of the wines on NW it benefits from some time in a decanter, or slow sipping if straight from the glass. It's bold but in a well suited rather than boxing ring kinda way, pairs well with a wide variety of dishes and fits in with most crowds I'd imagine. Possibly a bit on the heavy side for the white wine drinkers out there but still worth a go as might bring you to the darker side of the vino coin :-) Only had the one in the rack otherwise would love to include in a side by side tasting with the Orphica just to decide once and for all whose my winner! Maybe one for the future...

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Jen Pfeiffer The Diamond Rutherglen Muscat

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To anyone who has read any of my posts to date it will seem that I have a love of anything that this lady produces and ships out of her Ozzie piece of heaven, and so it may seem it is true. I am a savoury type of guy, not going in for anything overly sweet in general, however I have somehow, I do not know how or when, developed a certain fondness for the Muscat, the Diamond being no exception. Its been a while since I opened and finished this particular offering, so my review shall be brief with regards to the particulars or my perspective of how it hit any of the senses, however I shall simply say, one for the hit list the next time I find an empty slot in the basket and a few spare coins in the wallet (neither of which is a usual occurrence). A winner again Jen!

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Mario and Oscar's Porto Para Amigos

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Friendshis bottled! Firstly a quick run down of the wine, bit sweet for my preference however well rounded and full of the dried fruits you'd expect. Slightly caramel and syrup in nature but no protests from me on that front. I have to admit tho I'm slightly biased to anything these 2 Portuguese producers make, and as such that also comes with high expectations, and having been through a couple of bottles of this port I can again say yes very tasty. However this being said I have had 4.5 and 5 heart wines and ports out of each respective wineyard. Some fantastic ports from Oscar and Mario's reds are in my top NW listing and it's for this reason I leave the rating I do, this doesn't quite hit where I feel possible from this collaboration, and highly anticipate any future creations that they decide to work on :)

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Iturria Toro 2016

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Beautiful! Delayed review so more detail shall follow on the 2nd bottle but needless to say I'm happy to find its not a one off and is on the NW shelves! More body than sometimes find with this variety and that's all a'OK with me! Cheers

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Cillar de Silos Tempranillo 2019

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Forgot to review after the first bottle so now a few months later I am making sure I put "pen to paper" on this one. Firstly the only real negative I think I could find on this one, I found it a little on the sweet side. If I am looking for a sweet wine then I would head towards a Muscat or similar desert wine as opposed to one sitting behind a "big red" frontage. This said however everything else about it was enjoyable. The nose grabs you from the moment you open, through decant and to the last drop the in the glass. I would say cranberries and late harvest strawberry at the forefront with other summer fruits sneaking in around the edges. Colour... big and leggie in the glass wrapping a translucent purple with ruby underlay. Taste is definitely there, however would say more muted than the nose would leave you to believe. Acidity is there, not bold, but definitely there. Fruits become more a blend of mid-summer rather than early autumn, but smooth across the board. Pairing would be pretty much anything from a summer BBQ & salad selection through to a medium curry, tho anything more punchy than that best heading to the true heavy red end of the spectrum, this is fair too light I feel to really carry high impact flavours or spice. Happy to say this would be more than welcome on the table again in the future should it make a return, however not my first go to unless the sweetness could be toned down a little, in which case bring on the next vintage! Cheers

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Ramon Do Casar Treixadura-Albarino-Godello 2019

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Been a while since had the pure Treixadura from this rescue case but something rings bells that I preferred it over this blend. This being said, drunk over 2 nights I'll be more than happy to consider the 2020 when it hits the NW shelves. The green apples, pineapple and peach noted in the description are very much in full swing, forming a drier, more tart fruit salad slap across the lips. Not excessively strong on the nose, this is one of those wines that hides until you put glass to lips. Taken me a while to open this, which I think is now the end of that case, still very nice and welcomed on a warm summers Eve paired with grilled tuna steaks! :)

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Me & Monsieur Jones 2018 - Katie

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I've been a bit lax in reviewing recently but can't miss this one. Another situation of buy, leave, taste, want more, out of stock. Def want to see if Katie carries this through to further vintages. Limited sense of smell currently means the experience was limited but based on that alone I'm still saying 4 hearts. Then again was to be expected as I've liked all Grenache based wines from la gare vineyard, Smooth, well rounded, broad spectrum fruits but not in your face or too light, just a nice balance. No true food pairing so this was drunk and experienced as is, no issues there. More dark and brooding in glass than on pallet, here's to the next 80year old vine delivery :)

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Luca Hodgkinson Lirio Cinsault Carinena 2018

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Might be the wine talking however this was a very nice drop for sure. Drinking very well indeed should others have any available still available in their racks. Misleading from the off, dark and brooding in the glass to sight, such as a Merlot might present, until you hold to the light and then mild like a Pinot Noir. It hits the ground running right from the bottle, with the expression "decanter, pah, who needs that, bring it on!" as it rolls out of the neck straight to glass. The nose says I know what I am doing but will be kind to your senses, its bold but not so much as to confuse or pound the nose. On the pallet its a complex, versatile offering, that I imagine is the sort of social partner that it gets on with pretty much any dish. Darker fruits, but more light plum rather than heavy berries, tinged with a subtle but edgy pepper note just leaves a tingle on the underlying tones. I feel this is a wine that I personally would have benefitted more with drinking with someone that has a much more refined pallet that could have walked me through what I was detecting as I was very much "I find notes of... [insert unknown here]" more than "yeah its blackberry for sure". There is definitely more to this wine that I think I'll ever fully unpick... But then again... maybe this is written as a result of having just drunk most of a bottle of it :-)

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Klein Pinot Gris 2017

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A lovely example of chill and pour, that both the wine and the consumer. Warm honey lemon tinge to an otherwise pale hue, pretty legless in glass due to the relatively low abv. This aspect also helps to make it exceptionally quaffable, only wish had had 2 bottles as the first disappeared far too fast and was left wishing for more. Nose I'd say was more lemon and stone fruits, apricot came to mind. I can see where the pear and melon that others mention could be noted but for me the silky texture provided more apricot, lemon and those old penny chew tropical fruit sweets to the pallet. Paired with a spicy, creamy prawn tagliatelle dish on night #1, with a little left over for a roast veg/chicken dish on night #2. Both occasions any pepper or spice elements were put under the magnifying glass and brought to the front. All in all a lovely example of PG, would most definitely add to the rack again, even for this old red drinker! :) Cheers!

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Oh Sister Superiore

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3.5/4 borderline. Medium to light red colour wise, with a lovely hue to it. On the nose from the bottle a distinct tanin laced acidity mix of dark fruits and chocolate. Tempted by a small sip prior to decanting proved the recommendation of a good breathing time, requiring patience to open up and ease up on the harsher elements. Decanted for a couple of hours, with the result a plums and autumn fruits jammy affair with chocolate notes, laced with oak, being still on the side of too much acidity/tanin layers. Left till following day where is surprisingly paired well with a salmon en croûte, opened up further and was much more to my liking. Choc was more forward on the nose but not the palate, wooded, oaky tones pushed forward and sweetness had given way to more lighter but richer fruits, with what I perceived as a slight salty edge but only touches of, adding not removing from the wine as a whole, perhaps why it paired well :) Suggest pairing but could be drunk without food, however plenty of airtime needed if the latter. Would go very nicely with dark chocolate or rich fruity dishes.

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Adam Mason Pinot Gris 2017

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Very easy sipping, bottle 1 of 2 in the rack. On opening the acidity is a little over powering for my tastes, punching way in front of any other aspect of the wine however with a little time to warm and breath, maybe only 15-20mins it eases up and other attributes of this wine become apparent. Unripe green apple, touches of lime, and even roll off showing rich honey elements. This I feel is more a nose over pallet wine, with much of its character coming from what you can smell over what you can taste. The main aspect that I do like however about this wine is its body, its not heavy but not as thin as might first expect, and as someone that likes to feel I'm not drinking water this succeeds there. I opened this as an easy drinking, no real thought needed wine, and it delivers there. I am less a white drinker, however this is more than fine with me. Tempted to do a 16 vs 17 drink off, Adam is there enough of a difference between these to make this worth while or just treat them as independent openings?

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A & R Gentil 2018

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