Back in March Hubby and I went to Leicester for a wine tasting with The Wine Society. We have been to a tasting with them before, having been members for a number of years, and we were delighted to find it was again held at City Rooms in the city centre making it an easy journey by train.
The Wine Society tastings are very informal with six tables around the room, each representing a different area of the world. This tasting was focusing on the Southern Hemisphere and the Americas with each table having five of six wines from the given region.
Each wine was numbered which corresponded with the booklet we all received on entry, along with our tasting glass. Hubby and I started in reverse order and tasted all the whites on each table until we reached number 1; we then retraced our steps visiting each table again this time tasting all the reds ending back at number 30 the final wine. Tasting thirty wines in an evening was an enjoyable task although I did make good use of the spittoons and only finished a wine I really enjoyed.
These are the wines, location and prices at the tasting:
Australia
The Society's Exhibition Hunter Valley Semillion 2018 ... £18.00
Forage Supply Co. 'Spliced' Eden Valley Riesling 2022 ... £22.00
Xanadu Fusion Margaret River Chardonnay 2021 ... £10.95
Vine Mind McLaren Vale Shiraz-Cabernet 2021 ... £11.50
Vanguardist La Petite Vanguard 'Corsair' Riverland 2021 ... £15.50
Argentina and Uruguay
Juanico Teru Teru Albarino 2022 ... £11.50
Ben Marco Gualtallary Chardonnay 2021 ... £21.00
Pisano Progreso Tannat Reserve 2022 ... £9.95
Weiner Malbec Mendoza 2012 ... £15.50
Familia Deicas Gran Bodegon 2017 ... £29.00
Chile
Undurraga Finca Las Lomas Leyda Sauvignon Gris 2021 ... £8.50
Undurraga TH San Antonio Reisling 2018 ... £14.50
Undurraga Cauquences Estate Msule Viognier-Roussanne-Marsanne 2021 ... £8.50
The Society's Exhibition San Julian Pinot Noir 2021 ... £17.50
De Martino Legado Reserva Carmenere 2020 ... £10.95
New Zealand
Anna's Way Nelson Gruner Veltliner 2021 ... £9.95
SPOKE 'Resolute' Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021 ... £16.50
The Society's Exhibition Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2021 ... £13.50
Neudorf Tom's Block Nelson Pinot Noir 2019 ... £20.00
Three Crows Bridge Pa Hawke's Bay Syrah 2020 ... £25.00
South Africa
The Society's Exhibition Chenin Blanc, Western Cape 2021 ... £14.50
Rustenberg Chardonay, Stellenbosch 2021 ... £12.50
The Winery of Good Hope Full Berry Fermentation Pinotage, Coastal 2021 ... £8.95
Simonsig Frans Malan Cape Blend, Stellenbosch 2017 ... £16.00
Kanonkop Estate Pinotage, Simonsberg-Stellenbosch 2019 ... £28.00
North America
Tawse Quarry Road Vineyard Vinemount Ridge Riesling 2019 ... £14.95
Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Blanc Paso Robles 2020... £21.00
Pedroncelli Triends Red Sonoma County 2019 ... £9.95
Wente Vineyards Beyer Ranch Zinfandel 2020 ... £14.95
Piedrasassi Sta.m Rita Hills Sebastiano/Patterson Vineyard Syrah 2017 ... £34.00
I didn't make tasting notes as balancing booklet, wine glass and pen was quite a task but we did add a few ticks here and there in our booklet. Our preferred wines, in previous list order, were as follows.
White wines:
Forage Supply Co. 'Spliced' Eden Valley Riesling 2022
Ben Marco Gualtallary Chardonnay 2021
Undurraga Cauquences Estate Msule Viognier-Roussanne-Marsanne 2021
Anna's Way Nelson Gruner Veltliner 2021
Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Blanc Paso Robles 2020
Red Wines:
Weiner Malbec Mendoza 2012
De Martino Legado Reserva Carmenere 2020
Kanonkop Estate Pinotage, Simonsberg-Stellenbosch 2019
Pedroncelli Triends Red Sonoma County 2019
Wente Vineyards Beyer Ranch Zinfandel 2020
We both had a super time exploring new wines, the only disappointment was the servers were not from the wine industry so there wasn't an opportunity to discover more about the wines or winemakers, something we have noted before at a previous Wine Society event.
Nevertheless we did have a super night, we tasted some delicious wines and did chat with fellow wine lovers who all seemed to be enjoying the evening too - thank you The Wine Society.
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