Christmas Wines Tasting, Monday 2nd December 2024

Christmas Wines Tasting, Monday 2nd December 2024

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Christmas Wines Tasting, Monday 2nd December 2024

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If you’re thinking about which wines to enjoy with your Christmas dinner, or you’re looking to try something different this year, join us to explore a line-up of delicious festive wines. This is an excellent opportunity to taste a range of wines from around the world, alongside a handful of the more traditional choices. You may choose to stay with your old favourites or adopt something new – or perhaps both. Whichever way you go, you’ll also learn about many different styles of wine from around the world.

Also provided on the evening will be an accompanying cheese and charcuterie platter with gougères, freshly baked bread, olives and some mini mince pies to pair with the sweeter wines.

Wines to be tasted:

Apéritif: Hambledon, Première Cuvée, Sparkling, Hampshire, England

Champagne Pol Roger, Rosé, Brut, Champagne, France

2022 Riesling, Smaragd, Achleiten, Prager, Wachau, Austria

2016 Ramey, Westside Farms Vineyard Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, California, USA

2017 Volnay, Les Lurets, 1er Cru, Dominique Lafon, Burgundy, France

2019 Leeuwin Estate, Art Series Shiraz, Margaret River, Australia

2018 Cepparello, Isole e Olena, Tuscany, Italy

2012 Viña Tondonia Tinto, Reserva, Bodegas R. López de Heredia, Rioja, Spain

2016 Les Forts de Latour, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France

1999 Tokaji Aszú, 5 Puttonyos, Oremus, Hungary

1999 Quinta do Vesuvio, Port, Portugal

Dress code: smart casual

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Tutored Tastings

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.