27/07/2025
It’s been a busy week at Brigitte Bordeaux.
On Monday evening, we tasted our way from ‘Joven’ and ‘Roble’, through ‘Crianza’ to ‘Reserva’ and ‘Gran Reserva’ at our ‘Tempranillo Through the Ages’ tasting. Each different style found fans, with some favouring the younger, fruitier styles, whilst others preferred the aged character of the Gran Reservas. One of our firm favourites is the single vineyard 2016 Reserva. Aged in French oak, it is a refined and balanced Rioja with ripe black fruit, mineral notes and hints of to***co and cedar. Delicious!
We stayed in Spain on Thursday evening for our ‘Galicia Wine Tasting’. Lots of great wines with fresh, young albariños and godellos, alongside more complex lees aged and oak aged examples and a couple of great reds based around the mencia grape. Our perennial favourite Galician red, ‘Lalama’ from was again popular as was a brand new wine to Brigitte Bordeaux, the ‘Quinta Gavineira Albariño’ from , which, with its beautiful texture and flavour complexity, will now be a permanent addition to our shelves.
This weekend saw another lovely evening of live music in the garden on Friday from ‘Kokopelli’ and a private wine tasting on Saturday afternoon for a family group celebrating a hen weekend.
What a lovely week!
Thanks to everyone who joined us.
Cheers! 🍷