Saturday Night's Wine

Wine: Barbera d'Alba, Cru Serraboella
Year: 2004
Grape: Barbera
Chateau: Cigliuti
Supplier: Berry Bros. & Rudd

Another excellent wine from BB&R - rich red from Piedmont with long smooth flavour.

Score: 7/10

Tonight's wine

Wine: Qupe (really has an e acute but I don't know how to do that) - California, Santa Maria Valley
Year: 2005
Château: Bien Nacido - Roberto Linquist
Supplier: Berry Bros. & Rudd
Grape: Syrah

This one I really like. I'm not normally a fan of Californian wine - too much Ernst & Julio Gallo, bland crap, but this is excellent. It has a smooth, mellow flavour, no over acidity and a long pleasant after taste. Thoroughly recommended.

Score: 8/10

Tonight's Wine

Writing this blog has encouraged me to think about recording a number of activities, and tonight I shall start committing my thoughts to paper (or more precisely to mass storage!) on the wines we drink at home. I'll also give each wine a totally arbitrary and unscientific score out of 10

Wine: Santenay, AC Cotes de Beaune
Year: 2005
Chateau: Joseph Drouhin
Supplier: Berry Bros & Rudd
Grape: Pinot Noir

Although described in the BB&R tasting notes as "An affordable burgundy of excellent pedigree from the greatest vintage of recent times" I found this just a tad disappointing. Difficult to describe exactly but my best shot would be to call it - a bit thin! I don't think I shall buy another bottle.

Score: 6/10