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
£12.25
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1,316cs
Instantly recognisable not only as Fleurie but, specifically, as one of Julien’s wines thanks to its sublime aromatics, which include notes of violet and the ripest strawberries you ever tasted. Elsewhere the ’15 vintage (impressively concentrated though it is) can lack finesse but not in this case. While the nose is positively aérien, the palate – with its fresh acidity and precise tannins – speaks of the steep granitic slopes from which this cuvée hails. For many years to come, this will be the wine against which I judge all Fleurie.
Will Heslop, Buyer. Berry Bros. & Rudd.
Bottle
£19.95
Bottle
£21.80
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
John Clarke, "15 best grenache wines" Independent.co.uk. 1st September.
Bottle
£21.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 62cs
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 21cs
Bottle
£25.00
Bottle 12 x 75cl 25cs
Made for us by Davide Rosso, this Barolo offers classic Nebbiolo character and structure. Since first bottling his family’s Serralunga d’Alba fruit in the late 1990s, Davide has rightly gained a reputation as one of the region’s finest (Nebbiolo) winemakers. He may not have the name or history of some of his famous neighbours but perhaps as a result he’s further incited to prove himself. That he is surely doing, with a range of peerless Serralunga Baroli, traditionally and expertly made.
The fine yet densely packed tannins are enveloped in scented cherry and cranberry fruit, with florals that hint at dried violets. The opulent texture is balanced by refreshing, racy acidity and a core of chalky minerals. Accessible and seductive, this is a pleasure to drink now, but the sophistication, refinement and concentration will allow it to age further in bottle. It will benefit from being decanted.
Bottle
£28.50
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 197cs
The nose is honeyed with lime blossom and white peach – fresh, floral and elegant. There is a typical Cramant softness on the palate, with lovely harmony, absolutely no rough edges and a long creamy finish. Uncomplicated and hedonistic, this is a magnificent vin de plaisir, a pure old-school expression of Côte des Blancs Chardonnay: floral, rounded and wonderfully complete. White fruits, honeysuckle and gently buttered toast all vie for attention; this is impossible to resist!
Uncomplicated and hedonistic, this is a magnificent vin de plaisir, a pure old school expression of Côte des Blancs Chardonnay, floral, rounded and wonderfully complete. White fruits, honeysuckle and gently buttered toast all vie for attention; the wine has all the honest exuberance of the man himself and is impossible to resist!
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)
Bottle
£34.95
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 56cs
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 7cs
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 6cs
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Bottle 12 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc
Bottle
£59.60
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
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Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
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.
Magnum
£61.00
Magnum 3 x 150cl 14cs
Luis Gutiérrez - The Wine Advocate #219, 29th June 2015
Bottle
£160.00
Bottle 1 x 75cl 31cs
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.
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Bottle 3 x 75cl 10cs
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.
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Imperial 1 x 600cl 2cs
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.
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.