william hill sauvignon blanc 2024 review

It adds some depth to the 2017 Nossa Calcário this issue and much a bigger finish. It is still a powerhouse, however, that shows better the next day. This is a more elegant and approachable Missão than the 2015, I think, showing more of what it has early on. (There was only enough for one pipa, i.e., a 500-liter barrel.) It comes in at just 12.7% alcohol. It was aged for 18 months in a used Austrian barrel. 'The 2016 Nossa Missão is a Baga from a 130-year-old pre-phylloxera vineyard with limestone soils. Just bear in mind that this wine will last decades.'

Despite this being a Cellar Favorite, don’t feel you are committing a heinous crime popping the cork now because who knows where we will be by the end of 2020. I suspected that a perfect Olerasay was possible after the first iteration. The killer aspect of this is the soupçon of bitter orange that hits the back of the throat. The finish has a weightless quality that means, despite its high residual sugar level, the wine is actually easy to drink and is not weighed down by its own unctuousness. This electrifying Olerasay does not mess about – it immediately thrills the senses with its mélange of blood orange, apricot, crushed minerals and passion fruit. The perfect seam of acidity cuts like an ancient Samurai sword through the viscous fruit whose purity is off the charts.

This all translates across to the crystalline palate.

Having recently tasted plenty of Sauternes, I can’t help noticing how the aromatics are unencumbered by a thick cloak of oak, thereby lending the bouquet brightness and vividness that is totally enthralling.

Golden in colour, it has an intoxicating bouquet with orange sorbet, quince, lemon verbena and a very slight Aszú-like note that hovers in the background. Each time I put it under a microscope looking for a fault. The 375ml bottle was examined over the course of two weeks during which time it barely changed. It is an ethereal wine that gives me no choice but to use a simple word loaded with meaning and one I rarely use with respect to wine.perfection. 'The Olerasay 2° is 100% Chenin Blanc with 8.5% alcohol and 331g/l of residual sugar, not that you notice those figures.

William hill sauvignon blanc 2024 review