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Red wine to buy in London
(You may also order red wine – that i have qualified – online for delivery across England.)
Herebelow are red wine and where to buy them in London:
Here below is my selection of red wine. The establishments must sell by the bottle (without asking you to purchase anything else, even if they are bistros). [Report infringement]
Bottlings selected in 2020
Côtes du Rhône — Les Vignerons d’Estézargues — Cuvée des galets
£ 13 — 2019 — pure - red fruit - red fruit, balanced (fresh and not soft)
A neighbourhood bistro & wine shop at 27 Battersea Rise, London SW11 1HG: Soif, website, map, , , , tel.
Pfälzer Landwein [Palatinate] — Daniel & Jonas Brand - Weingut Brand — pur — Pinot Noir
£ 26 — 2018 — an enormous aromatic intensity, great purity, more complexity than Buronfosse Les Fontaines - morello cherry, undergrowth, mineral - no smoothness but silky, morello cherry, foxed, dry, no stiffness but firm
A wine shop and bar in Sydenham, 161 Kirkdale, London SE26 4QJ: 161 Food + Drink, website, map, , , , tel.
Bottlings selected in 2019
Côtes du Rhône — Les Vignerons d’Estézargues
£ 13 — 2018 — red - red fruit, dries the mouth, balanced acidity
A bistro and bottle shop at 5 William IV street, Charing Cross, London WC2N 4DN: Terroirs Trafalgar Sq, website, map, , , , tel.
Vin de pays du Jardin de la France — Marc Ollivier, Rémi Branger, Gwénaëlle Croix - EARL La Pépière — La Pépie — Cabernet franc
£ 13 — 2018 — a very good imitation of a Mediterranean wine, but less alcohol - red fruit - velvety, fat and sweet, red fruit, balanced acidity
A neighbourhood bistro & wine shop at 27 Battersea Rise, London SW11 1HG: Soif, website, map, , , , tel.
A bistro and bottle shop at 5 William IV street, Charing Cross, London WC2N 4DN: Terroirs Trafalgar Sq, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop and bar at 107 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0NP: PxFranco, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop at 27 Broadway Market, London Fields station, London E8 4PH: Noble Fine Liquor, website, map, , , , tel.
Côtes du rhône — Les Vignerons d’Estézargues — Cuvée des galets - Non filtré
£ 14 — 2018 — serve at a cool temperature - blackcurrant jam, cherry and smoke - blackberry, liquorice, pepper, nutmeg, dense but easy drinking, very juicy
A bistro and bottle shop at 5 William IV street, Charing Cross, London WC2N 4DN: Terroirs Trafalgar Sq, website, map, , , , tel.
Vin de France [Cheverny, Loire] — Hervé Villemade — Bovin Rouge (1 litre) — (gamay)
£ 18 — 2018 — raspberry, foxy - raspberry, foxy, deep, juicy, firm
A bistro and bottle shop at 36-38 Lordship Lane, London SE22 8HJ: Terroirs East Dulwich, website, map, , , , tel.
A bistro and bottle shop at 5 William IV street, Charing Cross, London WC2N 4DN: Terroirs Trafalgar Sq, website, map, , , , tel.
Vin de France [Languedoc] — Mireille et Patrick Meyer - Domaine Julien Meyer — Miso Paradis — (syrah, mourvèdre) (vinifié par Axel Prüfer du Temps des Cerises et élevé chez Patrick et Mireille Meyer, les raisins provenant d’Aspiran, chez Julien Peyras et David Caer (Clos Mathélisse)
£ 18 — 2016 — very intense but without volatile acidity - blackberry - onctuous, blackberry, balanced
A wine shop and bar in Sydenham, 161 Kirkdale, London SE26 4QJ: 161 Food + Drink, website, map, , , , tel.
Bottlings selected in 2018
Vin de France [Ardèche] — Hélène et Christophe Comte - Domaine des Vigneaux — Syrah
£ 15 — 2016 — dust, violet, blackcurrant - dark, blackcurrant, violet, moka, juicy, balanced acidity
A bistro and bottle shop at 36-38 Lordship Lane, London SE22 8HJ: Terroirs East Dulwich, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop and bar at 107 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0NP: PxFranco, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop at 27 Broadway Market, London Fields station, London E8 4PH: Noble Fine Liquor, website, map, , , , tel.
Vin de France [Ardèche] — Hélène et Christophe Comte - Domaine des Vigneaux — Grain… cheux — (grenache)
£ 16 — 2015 —
A bistro and bottle shop at 36-38 Lordship Lane, London SE22 8HJ: Terroirs East Dulwich, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop and bar at 107 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0NP: PxFranco, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop at 27 Broadway Market, London Fields station, London E8 4PH: Noble Fine Liquor, website, map, , , , tel.
Bottlings selected in 2017
Vin de France — Marc Ollivier, Rémi Branger, Gwénaëlle Croix - EARL La Pépière — Granit
£ 14 — 2014 — pure - barrel, firm
A neighbourhood bistro & wine shop at 27 Battersea Rise, London SW11 1HG: Soif, website, map, , , , tel.
A bistro and bottle shop at 5 William IV street, Charing Cross, London WC2N 4DN: Terroirs Trafalgar Sq, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop and bar at 107 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0NP: PxFranco, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop at 27 Broadway Market, London Fields station, London E8 4PH: Noble Fine Liquor, website, map, , , , tel.
Vin de France — Hélène et Christophe Comte - Domaine des Vigneaux — Grain… cheux — (grenache)
£ 17 — 2015 —
A bistro and bottle shop at 36-38 Lordship Lane, London SE22 8HJ: Terroirs East Dulwich, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop and bar at 107 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0NP: PxFranco, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop at 27 Broadway Market, London Fields station, London E8 4PH: Noble Fine Liquor, website, map, , , , tel.
Vin de France — Hélène et Christophe Comte - Domaine des Vigneaux — Tandem — (grenache à 80%, syrah)
£ 17 — 2014 —
A bistro and bottle shop at 36-38 Lordship Lane, London SE22 8HJ: Terroirs East Dulwich, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop and bar at 107 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0NP: PxFranco, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop at 27 Broadway Market, London Fields station, London E8 4PH: Noble Fine Liquor, website, map, , , , tel.
Vin de pays des coteaux de l’Ardèche — Jérôme Jouret — En avant doute — (grenache)
£ 17 — 2016 — fresh and intense, black fruit - black fruit, much alcohol, balanced
A wine shop and bar in Sydenham, 161 Kirkdale, London SE26 4QJ: 161 Food + Drink, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop and bar at 107 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0NP: PxFranco, website, map, , , , tel.
A wine shop at 27 Broadway Market, London Fields station, London E8 4PH: Noble Fine Liquor, website, map, , , , tel.
Price figures are for 75 cl. They represent only rough estimates of the Britain retail tags, at the date of the tasting. Wines are selected on personal criteria.
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