The wine region of Great Western is located in the region of Grampians of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Best's or the Domaine Best's produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Great Western are Riesling, Pinot noir and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Great Western often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, slate or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak.
In the mouth of Great Western is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 14 estates and châteaux in the of Great Western, producing 50 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Great Western go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
The Wine Society has made a move to improve the provenance and quality of its exclusive The Blind Spot wine range. The business said it would, for the first time in its history, provide the funding for buying grapes rather than liquid for the range of Australian wines. Winemaker Mac Forbes has spend the last decade identifying ‘interesting’ parcels of wine for the range, which has been an integral part of The Wine Society’s portfolio for the past 10 years, and securing them before th ...
Château Lafleur 2021 was released in the Bordeaux en primeur campaign this morning (27 May) at the equivalent of £6,508 (12x75cl in bond), according to Liv-ex. This sought-after Pomerol label, produced from a vineyard of just 4.5 hectares, is often sold in smaller quantities and sometimes only on allocation. UK merchant Justerini & Brooks was offering three-bottle cases of Lafleur 2021 for £1,627 in bond at the time of writing. Decanter’s Georgie Hindle gave Lafleur 2021 97 points, naming it ...
Bordeaux wine sales to the US reached a new record in 2021, jumping 67% to €349m ($390m), the Bordeaux wine council (CIVB) announced this week. A freeze on additional import tariffs and buyers’ thirst for highly-rated recent vintages helped Bordeaux to a ‘spectacular recovery’ in terms of shipments to the US, it said. Exports rose by 24% in volume last year to 247,000 hectolitres, equivalent to 33 million bottles. While reds dominate, the US has also become the biggest market for Bordeaux white ...
