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In the Press - September 2014 Clau de Nell in Wine Spectator James Molesworth's piece entitled "6 Diverse Wines from France" features 3 wines from Anne Claude Leflaive's biodynamic winery in the Loire Valley, Clau de Nell. Wine Spectator, 26th September 2014
Dark cherry and bitter plum notes are laced with bay leaf and dark olive hints. Stays fresh and pure through the finish, with a nice iron note holding everything together. Impressive effort for the vintage. Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2016. 75 cases imported. —J.M.
Solid, with a nice racy-edged core of Damson plum and bitter cherry fruit backed by lively tobacco leaf and olive notes. Fresh finish lets a savory edge chime in for a mouthwatering echo. Drink now through 2015. 330 cases imported. —J.M. Pretty tobacco and pepper notes meander around a core of supple plum and pomegranate fruit. Lightly dusty-edged finish. This has intriguing character. Drink now. 60 cases imported. —J.M.
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In the Press - September 2014 Just mid violet ruby. Sweet and concentrated with a cool, leafy note. Succulent fruit palate with crunchy tannins, and just a little astringent on the finish. (WS) Drink 2014-2018 16 points Vibrant, yet finely perfumed. Fluid and fresh and elegant. Quite tannic and will need a little time. (WS) Drink 2015-2020 17+ points Purple Pages, 8th SeptemberMore about Pietradolce |
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In the Press - September 2014 Burgundy’s 2014 vintage fights back Charles Lachaux from Armit Wines exclusive Burgundy producer spoke to the Drinks Business this month about the 2014 harvest. “It’s going to be a good harvest – the weather was great,” said Lachaux, who finished picking on Wednesday, 14 September. “But we’re not in Bordeaux where every year’s the ‘vintage of the century’. In Burgundy it’s going to be a fresh easy-drinking vintage.” The Drinks Business, 25th Septembr 2014
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In the Press - September 2014 La Rioja Alta SA Gran Reserva 904 2004 is Jane MacQuitty's "Keeper" of the week "My idea of a great gran reserva rioja, from La Rioja Alta’s best barrels of their own 40-year-old, principally tempranillo vines but, according to them, with a vital, velvety, 10 per cent dollop of graciano. From a great vintage and aged for much longer than most gran reservas: four years in American oak, and five-plus in bottle. The result is textbook, sweetly scented, savoury, tender red rioja with all the complex, seductive sandalwood, cinnamon, tobacco and spice-box scents and flavours you could ask for. Enjoy this sublime, silky rioja now with roast duck, or lamb, or tuck it away until 2019 for the fruit to fade and more tea-leaf, leather and spice to emerge." The Times, 27th September 2014
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In the Press - September 2014 "We hit Urla Domain where passionate owner Can Ortaba? produces nine astounding wines. The wine critic, Jancis Robinson, rated the result highly last year, and his cuvées are knocking the socks of French vintages in blind tastings." The Times, Travel, 6th September 2014
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In the Press - September 2014 Seresin Rachel Pinot Noir 2011 is Jane MacQuitty's 'Keeper' of the week in the Saturday Times Finicky film-maker turned winemaker Michael Seresin claims to be “just the handprint on the label and the bank”, but his six sublime pinot noirs, from different plots but all organic, biodynamic, hand-picked, wild-yeast fermented and unfined, reject the claim. Clearly Seresin has burgundy and its quality hierarchy in his sights with the low-yielding Rachel, named after his mother. A blend of their three vineyards’ best fruit and aged partly in new French oak for more than a year, it is as close to a good value, village-level burgundy as you’ll get in the New World. I adored its rich, smoky, polished, textured, plum and game fruit, with that typical savoury, umami-lick on the finish that is the Seresin signature. Great now, but even finer in four years’ time. The Times, 13th September 2014
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Press Release - September 2014 Armit Wines announces new exclusive agency, the outstanding Diamond Creek in Napa Valley
Armit Wines is delighted to announce the addition of Diamond Creek to its award-winning portfolio - widely recognised as California's first Cabernet-only estate vineyard. The wines produced here are long-lived, highly sought-after expressions of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, revered by connoisseurs the world over. The small 8-hectare estate is geologically and topographically diverse, divided into three famous vineyards, Volcanic Hill, Gravelly Meadow and Red Rock Terrace. Just a few hundred cases are made each year. Wine from the tiny 0.3ha Lake vineyard is only produced in exceptional vintages – a mere fourteen times since 1972. |
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Press Release - September 2014 Armit Wines discovers spectacular wine collection in Parma Ham cellar It’s not every day that you stumble across an undiscovered cellar of tremendous quality and variety, lovingly compiled over several decades. More unusual still hidden in a Parma Ham cellar in Emilia-Romagna...
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In the Press - September 2014 Tahbilk's Marsanne in the Drinks Business Top 10 Australian Wines Nominated by: Clement Robert, Medlar. Why inspiring? One of my favourite estates and a member of the 12 first families of wine. This Marsanne is showing huge complexity with some ripe citrus characters, an impressive minerality and some yellow peach notes. The high level of richness on the palate is well balanced by a superb freshness. This wine, despite showing a bit of evolution, will keep improving with age. The Drinks Business, 18th September
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