Best Wine For Christmas Dinner
3 Wines for Christmas Dinner
If you are hosting a large Christmas Day gathering and needing wines that will suit the majority without breaking the bank, then pop into your local Majestic Wines and grab this trio.
For bubbles, the Bouvet Samur is a Loire value “Champagne alternative” for a welcoming aperitif and perfectly suited to a smoked salmon based starter.
The Planalto Douro Reserva 2020 is a simple but elegant dry Portuguese white that will drink perfectly with all the rich and luxurious elements of a Christmas Dinner, try it with sprouts with hazelnuts and orange butter.
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/brussels-sprouts-hazelnut-orange-butter
The stunning 2019 California Napa Valley Red Pinot Noir, wearing the Bread & Butter label is light and fresh, ideal for serving chilled with your turkey, game or beef and pigs in blankets…… I truly love this wine; I could bathe in it!
At the mix six price you can leave the store with a bottle of each of these great wines for just under £31… Top VFM!
Tasting Notes
Bouvet Samur Brut – Pale lemon in colour with lively streams of big bubbles, a hint of yeast tones from it’s traditional making on the nose with fresh, bright acidic apple and mineral notes, perhaps coming from the limestone soils where the Chenin Blanc grapes are grown.
Flavours are lightly floral, apple and lime, nothing over powers but the wine is distinctive enough to keep you interested and undoubtedly a crowd pleaser…. three of these or one basic Moet Chandon, no brainer!
VFM Rating: 100
Where: Majestic Wines
When: 16/12/2021
Price: £11.99 (mix six)
Tasting Notes
Planalto Duoro 2019 – Linked to the famous Ferreirinha Port House the table wine producing team select grapes from high up in the cooler parts of the sweltering Duoro vineyards to make this light and refreshing seven grape variety.
Be assured that this is nothing like the green vinho verde often associated with Portuguese white’s, this is a well made and balanced wine that will suit many and is highly versatile with many food pairings.
Pale yellow in colour with fresh bright citrus aromas. Simple and uncomplicated citrus palette with undertones of tropical fruit, think lemon and lime with hints of mango and pineapple with a delicate white pepper finish.
VFM Rating: 97
Where: Majestic Wines
When: 16/12/2021
Price: £7.99 (mix six)
Tasting Notes
Bread & Butter Pinot Noir 2019 – All wine lovers should add a trip to the Silverado Trail in the Napa Valley to their bucket list and a visit to Bread & Butter will be on the top of my list when I finally get there.
https://www.visitcalifornia.com/experience/napa-valleys-silverado-trail/
I serve and drink this Pinot Noir lightly chilled, UK winter garage temperature or twenty minutes in the fridge are ideal.
Appearance is of a bright, clear and viscous cherry juice, translucent and silky mouthfeel.
Aromas of red fruits, cherry with raspberry, cranberry and a hint of smoke form the delicate and controlled oak ageing. Packed with luscious red fruity flavours fill your mouth and a burst of strawberry gives way to soft spicy and woody finish.
