Colin Stewart's Reviews
Published Reviews
Light, flowery champaign
Wine: Alain Siret Millésime (1999) - Alain Siret - Champagne Blend - Blanc De Blancs
Reviewed: 17-Nov-2007
- Wine Rating: 85%
- Dryness: 6 - Light Sweet
A very special champaign that stays interesting after several glasses. Light, sweet, flowery and finishing with notes of honey.
Rich sharp, red desert wine
Wine: VP Lilly Pilly Fortified Shiraz (1995) - Lilly Pilly - Shiraz
Reviewed: 14-Nov-2007
Tags (all tags): desert fortified
- Wine Rating: 72%
- Dryness: 7 - Medium Sweet
A dark, rich, sharp desert wine. Worked well with a chocolate desert. Sweet initially, but finishing dry.
Sesame Seed Taste!
Wine: Epoch (2002) - Meerea Park - Semillon
Reviewed: 14-Nov-2007
Tags (all tags): sesame smooth
- Wine Rating: 80%
- Dryness: 5 - Semi-Dry
A clean tasting wine that starts with hazelnuts, and finishes with a strong taste of sesame oil. Cleared the palate well accompanying food.
Smooth, tasty
Wine: Edelzwicker (2005) - Arthur Metz
Reviewed: 20-Oct-2007
- Wine Rating: 77%
- Dryness: 4 - Light Dry
A smooth tasty white wine. Very mild at first, but with a strong finish of almost tropical fruit.
Dry Champagne
Wine: Veuve Hennerick (Unknown) - Marks & Spencer
Reviewed: 12-Oct-2007
Tags (all tags): lemon mineral
- Wine Rating: 64%
- Dryness: 2 - Dry
A light, mineral tasting champagne with a dry lemon finish.
A mild wine.
Wine: Les Auvrays Sancerre (2006) - Jean-Claude Bougrier - Sauvignon Blanc
Reviewed: 03-Oct-2007
- Wine Rating: 62%
- Dryness: 6 - Light Sweet
Pleasant apple flavours, mild with a slight mineral taste.
Best drunk before food
Wine: Jean Geiler Riesling Grand Cru Sommerberg (2005) - Riesling
Reviewed: 29-Sep-2007
- Wine Rating: 62%
- Dryness: 7 - Medium Sweet
Hints of honey in aroma, tastes of lemon and honey.
Didn't go well with food - best on its own as it's a very delicate, mild taste.
Minerally smooth wine
Wine: Domaine Tabordet Pouilly Fumé (2005) - Domaine Tabordet - Sauvignon Blanc
Reviewed: 17-Sep-2007
Tags (all tags): mineral smooth
- Wine Rating: 72%
- Value for money: 4 - Good Value
- Dryness: 6 - Light Sweet
A smooth mineral tasting wine with some flower bouquet. A very pleasant drink that stood up reasonably to beef.
Tart, deep wine
Wine: The Maverick (2006) - Bellingham - Chenin Blanc
Reviewed: 08-Sep-2007
- Wine Rating: 75%
- Dryness: 2 - Dry
A very tart, complex tasting wine. Hints of a smoky undertone Fairly sharp, provides a long lasting taste.
Late harvest off-dry
Wine: Kreuznacher Narrenkappe Riesling Spätlese halbtrocken (2004) - August E. Anheuser - Riesling
Reviewed: 02-Sep-2007
Tags (all tags): late-harvest
- Wine Rating: 92%
- Value for money: 4 - Good Value
- Dryness: 4 - Light Dry
A late harvest, off-dry Riesling with lots of taste. A pleasant mix of pineapple, pear and an undertone of grass flavours.
A good feature of the wine is the low alcohol content, 11% by volume.
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