Wine club september offer
INDIAN SUMMER – 12 BOTTLES FOR £84
Extra Special Pinot Noir, Leyda, Chile, £6.50: Now that Burgundy and New Zealand Pinots are out of reach of normal budgets, Chile is becoming a reliable source of quality Pinot at an affordable price. This comes from the cool region of Leyda, near the coast with breezes wafting in from the Pacific. It has soft, rounded red and black cherry fruit, a supple backbone and enough weight to take on grilled duck breast or a rare steak.
Extra Special Bordeaux Superieur, France, £7: Bordeaux has spent so many years giving an image of top-quality serious wines that must be aged for years, that it is easy to forget that the bulk is ready to drink in a year and is full of fruit. This is a fine example with ripe plum fruit, a gentle grip of tannin and a lift of sheer friendly flavours. Save it for the Sunday roast if you must, but it goes well with a Thursday night shepherd’s pie.
D’Arry’s Original Grenache Shiraz, McLaren Vale, Australia, £12: I love most of the wines from d’Arenberg for their vivacity, true-to-type flavours and silly names. Wacky winemaker Chester Osborn has built a range where there is a Dead Arm, a Footbolt and an Athazagoraphobic Cat, so d’Arry’s Original is fairly tame. But the wine is good. Most d’Arenberg wines are sold through independent merchants so it is terrific to be able to pick this up with your weekly shop. The flavours are bright, like plump raspberries, blueberries and damsons, sprinkled with spice.
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Will we get those long sunny days of an Indian summer? Even if we do get some sunshine days, they are likely to take us all by surprise so that is where a case of wine comes in handy, ready for all weathers.
This mixed dozen bottles has crisp, fresh-tasting whites and rounded, tasty reds. The 12-bottle case should cost £112.88 but the Yorkshire Post price is just £85. Delivery costs £9.95 for a single case but if you order two cases to the same address, it is free.
To order online, just google
“Yorkshire Post Wine Club” and the offer pops up, or go to www.houseoftownend. com/yorkshire-post-wine-club. You can also ring our order line on 01482 638888, Monday to Friday, 9am to
5pm. Outside this time, leave a message including your telephone number and we will ring you back.
There are 12 bottles in this case, two each of:
Whites: Pinot Grigio 2020, Villa Sandi – ripe pear and crisp apple fruit, a great aperitif; Domaine de Pellehaut 2020, Harmonie de Gascogne – fresh citrus fruit, perfect with fish dishes: Sauvignon Blanc 2020, Freedom Cross, Franschhoek – gooseberry fresh with tropical fruit..
Reds: Comte de Baulieu 2018, Haut-Medoc – the second wine of a classy Château, delicious; Las Pampas Shiraz Malbec 2019, Argentina – warm, dark, plummy fruit, perfect with steak; Aglianico 2019, Fremondo, La Guardiense, Campania, Italy – ripe, juicy, blackberry fruit with a touch of spice.