Top 10 wines in the Asian media

2011 Vougeraie Vougeot Clos de Prieure Blanc

This wine is recommended by Jeannie Cho Lee MW, on Asianpalate.com. She wrote: “Intense nose of toasted nuts, sweet ripe peaches, lilies and white flowers. Very intense, grippy acidity and phenolic notes in the finish. A big white that has layers of flavours. Wonderful, impressive village level white that is more like a red.”

2011 William Fevre Chablis premier cru Vaulorent

Lee also picked out this wine, writing: “Vibrant stone fruits, fresh acidity and medium body. Lean, focused and vibrant; lacking mid palate weight but good for early and medium term enjoyment.”

2011 Cavallotto Langhe Chardonnay

This wine featured on Singaporean wine blog, Thelocalnose.com, with Timothy Goh describing it as, “ripe melon accompanied by floral notes, this medium to full-bodied wine is nicely interpreted and quite formal in style. Classy wine.”

Ying Hsien Tan added: “Nutty and spicy nose. Palate has slightly nutty and buttery-laced flavours of pears and apples. It’s balanced and elegant through the long, fine, toasty finish.”

2009 Bastianich Vespa Bianco

This is another wine to feature on The Local Nose, with Ed Soon writing: “Classic and bright melon and pineapple aromas. This medium-bodied wine has soft acid and a pleasant mouth-feel. Enjoyable.”

Ying Hsien Tan added: “Honeyed, biscuit notes on the nose followed by pineapple aromas when swirled in the glass. Medium-full bodied, dry, ripe and soft with honeyed pineapple flavours through the long finish. Soft and simple.”

Heytesbury Chardonnay 2012

Wai Xin wrote “restraint on the fruits, this wine had an obvious display of oak and butter,” in describing this wine on winexin.sg. He added: “Palate was more lively than expected, with a good angular touch from the acidity structure. After aeration the wine opened up to a mineral oriented note and rich rounded palate.”

Quarz Sauvignon Blanc “Magnum” 2010

This wine was recommended by Pamela Tan in the Bangkok Post. She wrote: “Delicate as the fine inclusions of quartz in Terlano’s volcanic porphyry rock, this brilliant, straw-yellow Sauvignon Blanc displays a multi-layered fruity element (mango, papaya, lime and red grapefruit) with herbal aromas reminiscent of lemongrass, lemon balm, mint and green tea. On the palate, the wine offers a combination of fine texture, depth and a salty aftertaste that has given this noble white an international reputation.”

2011 Medhurst Yarra Valley Chardonnay

On the Wine Times of Hong Kong, this wine was described as “very silky on the palate and is a great food wine and, paired with some deep fried dumplings held up very well and because it’s not heavily oaked not only cut through the oily nature of deep fried food, but made a very nice pairing too.”

2011 Henri Bourgeois Sancerre ‘Les Baronnes’

This wine was picked out by WineKorea.asia, where it was described as follows: “Asparagus and white pepper along with subtle white citrus and capsicum notes on the bouquet. Excellent freshness, minerality and balance. A classic sauvignon with a long finish. Pair with goat cheese, tofu kimchi or green shell mussels.”

2009 Kistler Les Noisetiers Chardonnay

This wine is another recommendation from the team at WineKorea.asia. “Layered citrus notes with pastry and macadamia nuts on the bouquet. Honeysuckle, integrated vanilla oak and more macadamia nuts through the palate. Oak is well integrated with acidity and fruit. Elegant with a focused finish with good length and lift.”

Bumgarner El Dorado 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon

And finally this wine featured on Winebuzz.hk, who wrote: “Handmade in a very small batches, the prized ’05 Cabernet Sauvignon is a wine that is characteristic of the El Dorado appellation – a full dark cherry and cocoa aroma accompanied by smooth tannins, making it a great pair with any cuts of beef or lamb.”