Decanter - 1 Nov 2024
Natural wine AND HOW IT’S CHANGING THE WINE WORLD
Decoding Champagne styles
Food & travel
384 wines tasted in this issue
Discover Jura
Champagne crib sheet
IN MY GLASS THIS MONTH
Expert’s choice: Hunter Valley Semillon
Natural wine: A lens on the future
Panel tasting: Languedoc whites
Champagne style guide
Wine wisdom
Fizz & food: pairings that pop
Perfect pairing: Pumpkin & walnut gnocchi
Marketwatch investment news
Barossa Shiraz 2022 highlights
Wine to 5: Dr Mark Krstic
Travel: Wine lover’s guide to Etna
Jura
Sugar-cane juice rums
Panel tasting: Aragón reds
Regional profile, New Zealand: Gimblett Gravels
Distilled
Vintage preview: Paso Robles 2022
Weekday wines
Andrew Jefford’s column
Guest column
Weekend wines
Hugh Johnson’s column
DWWA 2024 highlights
Introduction
Meet the experts
Welcome
Editors’ picks Tasting highlights
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IN MY GLASS THIS MONTH
‘Fizz comes very high on my comfort list’
‘What’s actually wrong with a little throaty roar in a 15% Roussillon red?’
IN MY GLASS THIS MONTH
NATURAL WINE A lens on the future
What is natural wine?
Maison Perrier-Jouët
Seek out your style
Rosé Champagne
Prestige cuvées
Rebula under the microscope
KEY JURA GRAPE VARIETIES
PIERRE OVERNOY – A PIONEER OF NATURAL WINE
JURA WINE STYLES EXPLAINED
Inconsciente: A fresh new approach to mountain wines
Paso Robles 2022
Paso’s 2022 sweet spot
Cohen’s pick: 30 Paso Robles 2022 standouts
Moderating influences
The many faces of Moscatel
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Yalumba, The Octavius, Barossa
Kalleske, Greenock, Barossa Valley
Bruno & George, Drainings, North Barossa
Brothers at War, Fist Fight, Barossa
95 Kaesler, Old Vine, Nuriootpa, Barossa Valley
Yalumba, The Steeple, Light Pass, Barossa Valley
Sons of Eden, Zephyrus, Barossa
Schwarz Wine Co, Meta, Barossa
Torbreck, The Gask, Eden Valley
Thistledown, The Quickening, Barossa
GIMBLETT GRAVELS
GIMBLETT GRAVELS
EIGHT GIMBLETT GRAVELS PRODUCERS TO KNOW CHATEAU GARAGE
Gimblett Gravels at a glance
Gimblett Gravels snapshot: Jenkins’ pick of 10
Gimblett Gravels: know your vintages
Stonecroft, Reserve Syrah 2020 95
PIEDMONT’S SIGNATURE STANDOUTS
Top Piedmont performers
Colli Tortonesi
Moscato d’Asti
Barbera d’Asti
Barbaresco
Barolo
Grignolino
The origin of gin
WHAT TO DRINK NOW… Rusty Nail
WHAT IS... singani
FIVE OF THE BEST BOURBONS
Get the juices flowing
Get the juices flowing
Discover sugar-cane juice rums: five to try
PUMPKIN & WALNUT GNOCCHI
PUMPKIN & WALNUT GNOCCHI
The wines to match
Pairings that pop
SEVEN SURPRISING MATCHES FOR CHAMPAGNE
WINE LOVER’S GUIDE TO ETNA
WINE LOVER’S GUIDE TO ETNA
How to get there from the UK
MY PERFECT DAY ON AND AROUND MT ETNA
YOUR ETNA ADDRESS BOOK
YOUR ETNA ADDRESS BOOK
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SHEPHERD’S PIE
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Discover English sparkling wine: Charles’ two to try
Drinker Natalie Earl,
THE TASTE CLOUD
Ifyoulike whynottry
LANGUEDOC WHITES
WEEKDAY WINES & WEEKEND WINES
ARAGON REDS
THE GUARANTEE
EDITORS’ PICKS
HUNTER VALLEY SEMILLON
Modern classics and traditions reinvented
OFFBEAT ENGLAND
COLUMBIA GORGE AT CLIVEDEN
Beth Willard
Vinos del Viento, Garnacha, Campo de Borja 2021
Sommos, Tiaso Garnacha, Vino de España 2021
Cuevas de Arom, Altas Parcelas Garnacha, Calatayud 2021
Raíces Ibéricas, Las Pizarras Viña Acered, Calatayud 2021
Bal d’Isábena, Finca Irene Garnacha, Somontano 2023
Cuevas de Arom, As Ladieras Garnacha, Calatayud 2021
Sommos, Colección Syrah, Somontano 2020
Bodegas Aragonesas, Nabulé Esencia Garnacha, Campo de Borja 2019
Tempore, Derechero Variedad Prefiloxérica, Bajo Aragón 2022
Tempore, Generación 46 GarnachaTempranillo, Bajo Aragón 2021
Vinos del Viento, Carignane, Cariñena 2022
Enate, Syrah-Shiraz, Somontano 2021
Bodega Pirineos, Marboré Cuvée, Somontano 2021
Gallina de Piel, Mimetic, Calatayud 2023
Languedoc whites
Elizabeth Gabay MW
Mas Cal Demoura, Paroles de Pierres, St-Guilhem-le-Désert 2022
Woillemont, Commanderie Saint Pierre la Garrigue, La Clape 2020
Domaine de l’Accent, Accenteur, Hérault 2023
Domaine Le Conte des Floris, Pleine Lune, Languedoc 2022
Château Lalis, A la Lanterne, Corbières 2021
Domaine du Météore, Lyrides, Faugères 2021 91
Mas Haut Buis, Les Agrunelles, Hérault 2022 91
Château Castigno, Trait de Lune No4, St-Chinian 2023
Château Les Bugadelles, Tilki, La Clape 2022
Boulevard Napoléon, Le Pal, Hérault 2019
Domaine des Pradels Quartironi, Moineau des Glycines, St-Chinian 2022
Château Pech Redon, La Centaurée, La Clape 2022
Clos Aguilem, L’An 9, St-Guilhem-le-Désert 2023
Mas de Figuier, Seigneur de Leuze, Languedoc 2023
Mas des Quernes, Les Petits Travers, Languedoc 2023
Mas de Capdaniel, Le Merle Blanc, St-Guilhem-le-Désert 2023
Les Vignobles Foncalieu, Château Haut Gléon, Corbières 2022
Le Clos Rouge, Blaca, Languedoc 2023
HUNTER VALLEY SEMILLON
WEEKDAY WINES
Must-try orange
Must-try red
WEEKEND WINES
Must-try fizz
PREMIUM WINE AND SPIRITS RELEASES ANNOUNCED
LA MISSION HAUT-BRION AUCTION
BENVENUTO BRUNELLO 2024
HOSPICES DE BEAUNE
DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2023
Classics shine at the autumn auctions globally
Top SuperTuscans stay strong
Dr Mark Krstic
Almudena Alberca MW
The new PRIORAT
The new PRIORAT
Ramón Bilbao Celebrating 100 years
Priorat renewal: Kerr’s pick of 10 from the DOQ’s new wave
ALVARO
‘A great wine is not fabricated – it reflects centuries of history, tradition’
Alvaro Palacios
Alvaro Palacios, what and where: the facts
Northern Spain, Alvaro style: seven exemplary wines 3 Descendientes de J Palacios, La Faraona, Corullón, Bierzo 2023 96
Bodegas Ysios A Rioja crafted by the whole community
Bodegas Ysios A Rioja crafted by the whole community
MY TOP 20 TXAKOLI
MY TOP 20 TXAKOLI
WILLARD’S PICK: 20 TOP TXAKOLI WINES TO TRY
Perelada Brilliance through innovation
DO Penedès Looking at the past to build the future
DO Penedès Looking at the past to build the future
DO PENEDÈS
Key facts to know:
DO PENEDÈS - 20 WINES TO TRY
DO PENEDÈS - 20 WINES TO TRY
COMANDO G The craft of Garnacha
THE WINES OF COMANDO G: THE PYRAMID OF GREDOS
DO Cava’s long-aged cuvées – Future-proof excellence
Exploring DO Cava in nine wines
Better together
Better together
How the cooperatives work – and how they came to be
Castilla y León A rich history and a bright future
Castilla y León A rich history and a bright future
CASTILLA Y LEÓN’S TOP DWWA 2024 WINNERS
CASTILLA Y LEÓN’S TOP DWWA 2024 WINNERS
18 TOP BUYS White Rioja
LA HORA DEL VERMUT
LA HORA DEL VERMUT
Spain’s iconic vermuterías
Spain’s iconic vermuterías
Discover vermouth: six Spanish examples to try
Spanish Garnacha
THE JUDGES
THE SCORES 69 wines tasted
Exceptional 0 Outstanding 9 Highly recommended 28 Recommended 32 Commended 0 Fair 0
Alfredo Maestro, El Marciano, Sierra de Gredos, Castilla y León 2022
Scala Dei, Sant Antoni de Scala Dei, Priorat 2020
Creaciones Exeo, Cifras, Rioja 2021
Palacio de Manzanos, 1890 Manzanos Viñedo Singular, Rioja 2017
Javier San Pedro Ortega, Cueva de Lobos Alpha, Rioja 2021
Pegaso, Arrebatacapas Cebreros, Sierra de Gredos, Cebreros 2021
Pegaso, Granito, Sierra de Gredos, Cebreros 2021
Verum, Ilusio Verum CDVIN, Rioja 2021
Pegaso, Pizarra, Sierra de Gredos, Cebreros 2021
Bodegas Alvia, Livius, Rioja 2013
Bodegas del Medievo, Tuercebotas Rioja 2021
San Román, Toro 2021
--------------------------- Beth Willard
‘When I see Gredos on the label, I immediately think of a really good Garnacha’ --------------------------- Diana Rollan
Pere Ventura, Merum Priorati Destí Sols, Priorat 2021
‘I love Garnacha because of the grape itself’ --------------------------- Valentin Radosav
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