CB Montilla Medium Dry

Advantages: Very nice taste, excellent value for money
Disadvantages: None

...**AMENDED** Along the shores of Lorn lies the Oban Distillery. Oban double matured West Highland single malt Scotch whisky. This Western Highland style of malt is epitomised by Oban's gentle sweetness and suprising richness of palate and finish. To underline its sea-laced flavours, Oban's Master Distiller has chosen Montilla Fino. This dry,delicate cask-wood beautifully enhances Oban's distinctively graceful style. Cask-wood Finish: Montilla Fino The light, dry fragrance of Montilla Fino from Andalusia made its cask-wood a natural complement to the warm fullness of Oban's rich flavours. Tasting Notes: Oban's West Highland origins speak loudly in an outstanding fruity and pungent sea-breeze of a nose. Sweeter than usual on the palate, rich fruit flavours are nonetheless complemented by a typical briny character. The finish is long... Read review

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Advantages: Crisp and refreshing, reasonably priced.
Disadvantages: Alcohol should be drunk in moderation.

...Upon the recent purchase (and drinking) of a bottle of Ernest and Julio Gallo Chenin Blanc wine, is was so impressed I have decided to write a review. Noramally I would go for a Chardonnay when drinking white wine so it was a pleasant suprise when I tasted the Chenin Blanc. The grapes come from the Central Valley of California, at the foot of the Sierra mountain range. The Chenin Blanc grape typically produces a dry, crisp, versatile wine with a floral, honeyed, and zesty character. On recomendation from the manafacturer the wine is best served chilled between 8 and 10 degress C. In my opinon this wine has a medium weight to it, allowing it to appeal to a wide variety of consumers. It tasted good, and was nice to drink. Always a good start. With respect to the flavours it was crisp and fuity and had a pleasant acidity. I was expecting... Read review

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Advantages: A really DRY wine
Disadvantages: Not for the 'medium' drinkers!

...”, and it is certainly dry as I have already said, but I would say that the flavour is quite strong rather than delicate. It’s the sort of wine that makes the ‘medium dry’ wine lovers recoil in horror! OK so you’ve decided to be brave and try a bottle, where do you find it? As it’s Sainsbury’s Soave a good place to look would be Sainsbury’s then. It’s in the wines and spirits section (no! really?) and is in the traditional straight wine bottle that we associate with the dry wines. The label is plain and simple and the cost is pretty damn good! A standard 75cl bottle will set you back £2.99 at its normal price, but Sainsbury’s often have offers on the wines and I have seen this on a BOGOF (buy on get one free) before now. Imagine that - 2 bottles for £2.99. When I see an offer like this I always stock up, so I would get 6 bottles at a cost of £8.97 less... Read review

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