Wine Recommendation

Staff recommendations

John, our retail manager, recommends:

Novas Winemaker's Selection Chardonnay, Viognier, Marsanne, 2007
Emiliana Organic Vineyards
£10.99

John says “I love this wine. It is so full of style and flavour. This is a shark of a wine - a Great White!

Even as you're pouring this hits the nostrils with fantastic creamy vanilla’d fruit aromas that entice you in. Powerful aromas of stone fruits and hints of citrus mix with the rich, nutty, buttered oak that fill the glass.

The palate is a triumph of creamy, rich warmth with a nutty, vanilla backbone that compliments but never overpowers the fantastic juicy apple, apricot, peach, & lemon flavours that along with a balanced acidity make for an incredibly full-bodied white that is extremely moreish.

If you crave the old style big Chardonnays, but want something with a bit of sophistication and class to balance out the oak, this is the wine. The Viognier and Marsanne add a lovely complexity and layers of flavour with good acidity to this rich full bodied white.

Enjoy with a rich meal, then lose yourself in a glass on the sofa afterwards and find a cornucopia of flavours that weren't immediately evident first time round.”

Food match:

Sumac and thyme-roasted chicken with paprika roasted potatoes and roast vegetables.

The fruity tartness of sumac, a delicious Middle Eastern spice, works brilliantly with chicken. The richness of this dish is perfect for the colder months and the wine has the weight to compliment the richness of the food.

My mouth is watering just thinking about it!


Blog post written by: John Martin