....2x Black Cottage MSB 2012 ( Wairau ) £8.99
1x Villa Maria Wairau Reserve MSB 2011 and 1x 2012 both £9.99/bottle
And finally 1 Grebet Pouilly Fume 2011 £12.99 recommended over the much more expensive Ladoucette 2009 which was £25 by the friendly chappie in the Cardiff store.

http://www.majestic.co.uk/find/category-is-Wine/category-is-France/category-is-Loire/category-is-Central+Vineyards/product-is-05300

Nothing for the men of the house?

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made oneself larrrfff......

Shouldn't you have grown out of amusing yourself by now....

The Pouilly Fume' has a wonderful traditional label - that font goes back for decades for PF as ya know - you must say what you think of the PF 11's at this level.

I'm on a different SB tonight.

Rustenberg 2010 SB.

the winemakers description on the back label is for best NZ Marborough - written by a marketing man, because it is mainly bull poopie.

The wine: A very round mouthfeel for this ripe Sauv Blanc, flavours of green fig, mange-toote pea pod and asparagus stem, against a backdrop of sweet grass and a touch of chamomile. Edited from another TN to my interpretation of the flavour.

Texture of cheaper Pessac actually - White Graves is the closest I can associate this with the mouth feel, probably good with a vegetarian starter,

A bit expensive for what it is.

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You must be in fine form to pick that up, there's a slug of semillon in that stuff.

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Cheers Ba ,

I get them close occasionally, about right on known territory, but when comparing against new world - sometimes, Not ! Thanks for the look-up, I can feel that the Sem is asserting itself more, now that the wine is opening.

I came back here just now, to comment on the price positioning which needed correcting.

Of the price, it is OK.

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