Berrys Wines: Reviews by Jane MacQuitty
Jane MacQuitty, Wine Critic for The Times has over the time reviewed and recommended several wines that feature in Berry Bros. & Rudd range.
These wines offer stunning everyday drinking and include a "plummy beaujolais with real pizzazz" and the delicious 2005 Ch. Thenac Rouge which "...is every bit as good as a fair few top-notch right-bank estates...a bargain."
Browse below through her list of recommended wines currently in stock
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Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Sur Lie, Ch. de la Jousselinière
France » Loire » Nantaise » Muscadet de Sevre-et-Maine |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 6.95 |
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75.00
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Light-Medium Bodied,
Dry,
White,
Melon de Bourgogne,
Drink now,
12% alc.
Briney maritime nose and fleshy fruit from old vines and time on lees. A classy Muscadet (50 best-value French wines - Decanter - Aug 09) Drink 2008-2009 . | ||||
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Berrys' Fine Dry Oloroso Sanlucar de Barrameda
Spain » Jerez » Oloroso Limited Stock
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Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 7.95 |
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
White,
Palomino Fino,
Ready, but will keep,
18% alc.
Barbadillo in the seaside town of Sanlucar de Barrameda is best known for its crisp manzanillas, but this amazing dry oloroso is in a different league from the dreary commercial stuff and should be better known. Enjoy its ripe, smoky, beefy fruit with summer charcuterie and strong cheeses for a ... MORE | ||||
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Silex Rouge, Côtes Du Rhône Village Massif D'Uchaux, Brugaliere/Viguier
France » Rhône » Côtes du Rhône |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 10.20 |
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109.80
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Southern Rhône Blend,
Ready, but will keep,
14% alc.
The Côtes du Rhône Villages appellation in the southern Rhône continues to grow like topsy with more and more villages, including this hilly enclave — not really a village at all — appending their name. A good thing as quality as well as prices have crept up and this ... MORE | ||||
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Morgon, La Voûte St Vincent, Domaine Louis Claude Desvignes
France » Beaujolais » Morgon |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 11.20 |
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120.60
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Medium Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Gamay,
Ready, but will keep,
13% alc.
No point celebrating summer without a good beaujolais, and this superior village or cru beaulolais stands out from the pack. Morgon is the second largest of the ten crus beaujolais and the second boldest after Moulin à Vent, renowned for its firm, chunky wines. This is a well-made, elegant, ... MORE | ||||
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Berrys' Sauternes, Ch. Suduiraut
France » Bordeaux » Sauternes BBR Exclusive
Limited Stock
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Half Bottle
(37.5cl) |
£ 12.25 |
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Medium Bodied,
Sweet,
White,
Sauv.Blanc & Sémillon,
Drink now,
Cork Closure,
12% alc.
This is sourced from Ch. Suduiraut, one of the legendary Classified Growths of Sauternes. I find this wine to be brilliant with creamy desserts, blue cheese and foie gras; it has wonderful sweetness but is never cloying, possessing brilliant freshness derived from crisp balancing acidity. Worth ... MORE | ||||
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Ch. Campillot, Médoc
France » Bordeaux » Medoc |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 12.50 |
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135.00
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
Ready, but will keep,
12.5% alc.
Bravo to BBR for its classy collection of 2005 second wines from some well-known and not so well-known châteaux, such as this plump, complex, chocolate and herb-charged claret. (Jane MacQuitty-The Times - 24-May-08) "Showing just a hint of traditional Médoc ... MORE Drink 2008-2013 . BBR Score: 16/20 | ||||
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Nolan Cabernet Sauvignon, Wrattonbully, S.Australia (Stelvin)
Australia » South Australia » Wrattonbully Limited Stock
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£ 12.50 |
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Medium Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon,
Ready, but will keep,
Stelvin Closure,
13.5% alc.
A voluptuous Aussie cabernet, from a top limestone soil-rich area near Coonawarra, with lots of fat, ripe, spicy, velvety, briary fruit that delivers elegance and attitude. (Jane MacQuitty - The Times - 02-Aug-2008) | ||||
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Ch. Thénac Rouge, Bergerac
France » South West France » Bergerac Limited Stock
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Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 13.55 |
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146.40
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Medium Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
Drink now,
14.5% alc.
This might seem a pretty stiff price for a Côtes de Bergerac, but it really is cracking stuff. A blend of merlot, cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc from a top vintage, it is more New World in style than French, with a rich, silky texture and intense, spicy flavours. Massive investment ... MORE Drink 2008-2011 . | ||||
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Mâcon, Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon (Stelvin)
France » Burgundy » The Maconnais » Mâcon |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 13.80 |
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148.80
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Light-Medium Bodied,
Dry,
White,
Chardonnay,
Ready, but will keep,
Organic (Certified),
Biodynamic (Not certified/in conversion),
Stelvin Closure,
13% alc.
Stepping out of his Côte d’Or comfort zone, Dominique Lafon makes one of the best white macons at Milly-Lamartine. Delicious now, but give this one a few years’ bottle age and it will fatten up nicely. Drink 2009-12 (Jane MacQuitty - The Times -19-Sept-2009) | ||||
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Gigondas, Domaine la Bastide St Vincent
France » Rhône » Gigondas |
Bottle
(75cl) |
£ 14.25 |
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153.60
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Southern Rhône Blend,
For laying down,
15% alc.
The year 2007 was a top rhône vintage, as good in the south as it was in the north, which explains why this hefty gigondas, with lots of ripe, tannic, smouldering spice and smoky black fruit, is such an impressive red. Born on the herb-scented hillsides near the Dentelles de Montmirail, this ... MORE Drink 2010-2015 . | ||||
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