handtomouth

An unusual wine to get the first of my (hopefully regular) wine reviews, this Chenin is from a winery that I have not come across before. It’s a wooded wine, and carries a little weight around the jowls (a residual sugar approaching five g/l). Tropical fruits, vanilla and a mild demeanour. What it lacks in intensity it makes up for in round richness, its a plush baby allright and I tried it with some light Thai-curry chicken – worked a charm. So quite a beguiling wine, but carries a mild “Dolly Parton” warning: it’s a crowd pleaser.