An Introduction to Collecting Fine Wine with BB&R, Tuesday 12th November 2024
Tutored Tastings
Treat yourself, your family or a client to one of our exclusive tutored tastings. One of our experts will guide you through a range of wines or spirits while educating you on the evening’s topic. From style and regional focusses to cheese and wine pairings, these are unmissable chances to broaden your wine and spirits knowledge.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
If you're curious about starting a wine cellar but unsure of where to begin, this event will serve as the perfect introduction. After a glass of Champagne in our historic Old Shop you’ll head down to our Napoleon Cellar for a walkaround tasting. This will be an opportunity to taste through a range of wines from different regions and in different styles, and understand when each is released throughout the year. This will also be a great way for you to learn more about your own tastes and preferences, so you can build your perfect cellar.
We’ll also have a selection of mature fine wines sourced from BBX. Our expert team will be explaining how to make the most of this treasure trove of wine to rapidly backfill your cellar with wine to drink now.
Alongside the walkaround tasting, there will be a masterclass exploring how wines age. You’ll learn what sets apart a wine designed for ageing and, crucially, will taste first-hand how a wine's characteristics develop over time. Hosted by Barbara Drew MW, this will be a chance to dive into wine maturity and consider how and when you’d like to drink the wines in your cellar. The masterclass will be run twice throughout the evening, so you’ll have a chance to join either before the walkaround tasting, or once you have tasted through many of the wines on show.
This is an evening for both younger and older collectors alike, designed to enrich your knowledge and fully immerse you in the world of Berry Bros. & Rudd.
Wines to be tasted: the exact line-up of wines for this tasting is still to be determined and will be published closer to the time of the event.
Dress code: smart casual
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