Last
week we welcomed guests to the New Club in Edinburgh for a Portfolio tasting,
our first tasting in Scotland for two years.
With
views overlooking Edinburgh Castle, the top floor rooms at the New Club
provided the perfect setting to showcase a snapshot of our 3,000 strong
portfolio. It is always a daunting process for our Buyers to pick a broad sweep
of bottles to show clients at our tastings, representing some of our best and
brightest producers, however, with more than 100 wines opened from across
France, Germany, Spain, Austria, South Africa, Champagne, America, South
America, Australia and New Zealand, there were plenty of old favourites and new
gems for guests to discover.
As
guests entered they were treated to a selection of white wines from Spain and
Germany, including our Rias Baixas and the ever popular Ossian
from Spain, and Okonomierat Rebholz, Schloss Lieser and Von Schubert from
Germany. Rebholz, in particular, displayed uncompromising, precise and pure
examples.
The
wines of the Loire followed, with bottles on show from Famille
Lieubeau, Domaine Beausejour, Lucien Crochet, Vincent
Pinard, Thibaud Boudignon and Domaine de la Taille aux Loups. This made
way for the whites from Burgundy and the Jura, including: Christophe
Denizot, Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon, Bachelet Monnot, Domaine
Oudin, Bruno Clair and Château de Meursault from Burgundy and Domaine
du Pelican from the Jura. Domaine du Pelican showing
particularly well – these exceptional biodynamic wines mix finesse with
thrilling Jurassien character.
To
round off the whites, there were bottles on show from Domaine Montrose, Chêne
Bleu and Domaine Boucabeille as well as gems from Italy, including:
Gini, Rocca del Principe, Tenuta delle Terre Nere.