Customer Reviews

• A real discovery!

  Review by Bloxbattson 18/02/2016

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  I had never tasted Uruguayan wine before but ordered the mixed case for myself as a Christmas treat and invited some friends around for a tasting of six of them. We had a great evening, really enjoying some new styles and grapes that were more like French country wines than the South American wines we know, but also had something very distinctive as well as being very good value. The descriptions on the website were occasionally a little fanciful when it came to the flavours, for example on the Estival white (zucchini flowers?), but this is not unique to Uruguay! We liked the freshness of the Estival with its Gewurtztarminer not overly powerful as some Alsace ones are, and enjoyed the de Lucca and Marichal Tannats. We had them with some steak and tasted them along with a French Tannat (a Madiran) and they compared very well, not too oaked or tannic but certainly robust wines. This was the first time any of us had drunk Uruguayan wines but were impressed by them and I will certainly be ordering more in future. Since then I have drunk most of the rest of the box and enjoyed them all; I would also recommend the Marselan, which I preferred to French examples of the same grape. I look forward to the last few contents of the case, especially the Bodegones Sauvignon Blanc, and will shortly be ordering more. The delivery and service aspects were excellent too and I loved the fact that you could see the vineyards and the winemakers on Youtube, which adds so much to the overall experience.