Colin Stewart's Reviews

Published Reviews

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.


Smooth, tasty

Wine: Edelzwicker (2005) - Arthur Metz

Reviewed: 20-Oct-2007

Tags (all tags): smooth

  • 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.


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.


Review of Steenberg Semillon

Wine: Steenberg Semillon (2006) - Steenberg - Semillon

Reviewed: 16-May-2008

Tags (all tags): oak smooth

  • Wine Rating: 85%
  • Dryness: 4 - Light Dry

A light, but complex tasting smooth wine. The oaking really adds to the flavour in a subtle way, resulting in a wine that works well even at room temperature.


Review of Vernaccia Di San Gimignano

Wine: Vernaccia Di San Gimignano (2003) - Castelli Del Grevepesa - Vernaccia

Reviewed: 01-Jun-2008

Tags (all tags): smooth sultanas

  • Wine Rating: 87%
  • Dryness: 3 - Medium Dry

A very smooth wine with a colour of white gold. Tastes subtly of sultanas with hints of citrus fruit and little mineral.