Wines in the Press
Enjoy a selection of headline hitting recommendations with Berry Bros. & Rudd wines in the press – all featured in national newspapers or the internet recently. We have put together this selection of wines making the news from our featured reviewers.
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Bottle
£11.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 9cs
A blend of 70 percent Chardonnay and 15 percent each of Chenin Blanc and Mauzac, aged traditionally and generously on its lees, this is a beautiful, balanced wine, with elegant aromas of orchard fruit and honeyed spice. The palate marries more exotic fruits with a clean, pebbly backdrop and an impressive depth of flavour.
Bottle
£12.25
Bottle 6 x 75cl 534cs
Citrus dominates the nose, but there’s an appealing hint of elderflower too. The palate is mineral and precise, with bracing acidity and a crushed oyster-shell character that lifts Flysch to another plain of class and complexity.
At 11 percent, Flysh is a wonderful wine for summer lunchtimes regardless of the dish, but it works particularly well with fried fish. As I found when I visited the winery, it also makes an astonishingly good accompaniment to dark chocolate.
Bottle
£14.50
Bottle 12 x 75cl 18cs
All the hallmarks of Grand Cru are here, with brioche and flowers on the nose and an elegant palate which marries notes of lemon grass, gingerbread and honeysuckle. The wine effortlessly combines structure and finesse, and reverberates with a really authoritative Grand Cru crescendo on the finish.
H/Bottle
£16.75
H/Bottle 12 x 37.5cl 40cs
Bottle
£28.50
Bottle 6 x 75cl 590cs
Magnum
£61.00
Magnum 3 x 150cl 75cs
D. Magnum
£150.00
D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 31cs
Bottle
£17.50
Bottle 6 x 75cl 6cs
John Clarke, "15 best grenache wines" Independent.co.uk. 1st September.
Bottle
£21.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 60cs
This estate is situated on the beautiful hillsides around Vérac, overlooking Pomerol and Lalande de Pomerol. It has been owned by the Lhuillier family since 1941, who craft boutique wines that are full of personality. Quality and consistency are evident in their terroir-driven winemaking approach which combines tradition and modernism.
Bottle
£22.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle
£25.00
Bottle 12 x 75cl 34cs
Gusbourne’s Appledore vineyards cover a complex geological mosaic which, thanks to the skills of winemaker Charlie Holland, is captured in this wine. A blend of 72 percent Chardonnay, 22 percent Pinot Noir and six percent Pinot Meunier, this wine has benefited from more than 18 months on the lees. It has an attractive mid-gold hue, with ripe aromas of orchard fruit, citrus zest and a seam of minerality.
Bottle
£25.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 133cs
Bottle
£27.25
Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs
The Oremus wine estate has a long and colourful history, with Tokaji being produced there as early as 1620 by a Calvinist priest called Mate Szepsy Lacko. In 1993, the 33-hectare estate was bought by a Spanish consortium headed by David Álvarez, the owner of Vega Sicilia. The aim at Oremus is to produce Tokaji wines of elegance and balance with perfect harmony between the sweet fruit and natural acidity.
The 2011 vintage has yielded a more elegant and floral interpretation of this Tokaji Aszú wine. The nose has notes of orange blossom and peach, interspersed with honeysuckle and acacia. The palate is beautifully poised with the trademark acidity acting as counterpoint to the noble-rot sweetness. The long finish is fresh and vibrant.
H/Litre
£29.95
H/Litre 6 x 50cl 224cs
Moët et Chandon’s Brut Impérial, the House’s non-vintage cuvée, is still the number one best-selling non-vintage Champagne. Enticing with green apple and citrus fruit notes, it has an impressive depth and elegance.
Bottle
£31.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Who better than Benoît Marguet, doyen of Ambonnay, to complete our UKC Grand Cru trilogy? Sourced from the finest Grand Cru villages, this is perfectly balanced and richly structured. It is an exuberant and beautifully fragrant wine, with red berries and other summer fruits dancing harmoniously on the palate.
Bottle
£36.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 112cs
A beautiful vivid pink with a bright red berry hue, it displays an array of wild strawberry aromas on the nose that lead to a generous, complex palate of buttered toast, ripe lemon and juicy hedgerow fruit.
Bottle
£36.50
Bottle 6 x 75cl 9cs
From four parcels in four villages, Pierre Peters’ Extra Brut is far from foursquare, stretching its modest two grams of residual sugar into a symphony of stone fruit and flowers. The wine is incredibly complex; the putative austerity of an Extra Brut all but forgotten in this maze of flavours, where one is just as likely to fall upon liquorice and cinnamon as the more usual descriptors of plums and other orchard fruit.
Bottle
£42.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 8cs
Pol Roger is perhaps best known as Winston Churchill's favourite Champagne. The House remains family-owned and has a reputation for producing Champagnes of finesse and elegance which age very well. Pol Roger Brut Réserve, made from equal parts of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, is consistently one of the very best non-vintage cuvées on the market, largely due to the high proportion of aged reserve wines in the blend.
This has a truly wide appeal and is perfect for lovers of exuberantly styled Champagnes. Feminine and fruity in its youth, it takes on a fuller flavour with age. The added reserve wines are specially selected to achieve the requisite elegance, balance and harmony. It’s perfect for the cellar as well as current drinking, which is an excellent excuse to buy more than one case!
Magnum
£86.00
Magnum 3 x 150cl 8cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Case price (Bottle 12 x 75cl)
Bottle 12 x 75cl 6cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Luis Gutiérrez - The Wine Advocate #219, 29th June 2015
Bottle
£160.00
Bottle 1 x 75cl 32cs
Marvellous purity of Cabernet fruit, rich and ripe and slightly smoky from the oak, lifted spice on the palate with wonderfully polished depth of flavours, a cross between Ducru-Beaucaillou and Palmer with a touch of Hermitage, superb texture and tannins.
Drink 2018-40.
Steven Spurrier, Decanter. 1st September 2017.
Case price (Bottle 3 x 75cl)
Bottle 3 x 75cl 14cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Our best-selling wine for many decades, GOC, as it is known, brilliantly highlights the sheer drinkability of modern red Bordeaux. Bright, medium ruby in colour, with a siren-like nose of black cherries, bramble fruit and wood smoke, it is instantly appealing. The palate follows through with delicious, juicy, black fruit and a long, velvety finish. Equally at home with a weekday supper or a grand Sunday roast, it is the perfect wine for all occasions.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
This has all the hallmarks of a great blanc de blancs; white flowers, citrus, a touch of stone fruit and the merest hint of honey. A sure sign that Pol Roger has delivered yet again when nature presented ideal conditions for vintage Champagne. Citrus dominates the palate at the moment, with buttery brioche and almonds in the background. Very fresh and beautifully balanced, this will certainly provide immediate gratification but an extra couple of years will add a layer of honeyed complexity to this excellent wine. A real treat.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Simon Field MW - Buyer
The re-emergence of Ferraton as a great producer has taken awhile, and for a year or so I felt that the quality of the wines actually merited greater plaudits than those hitherto garnered. That changed with the 2009s when a commentator who shall remain nameless, offered lavish praise, a praise which I suspect is equally merited with the excellent range of 2010s.Damien Brisset has some very well located vines and is now exploiting their potential with real skill.
Until 31st August 2017 this product is discounted by 30%. Prices shown include discount; no further discount will be applied at checkout.Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
With its lovely deep salmon colour the wine is immediately attractive, the nose does not disappoint: lots of zest and character and a slight smoky note; reminiscent of wild roses and pata negra. On the palate the wine is fresh and attractive with plenty of depth and body . The spicy end note is the perfect foil to the fruity mid-palate. Chilled well this wine is perfect for summer drinking - as an aperitif or with a summer barbeque!