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Helen Kempton

10 wines • 0 followers • 1 following

Niepoort (Vinhos) S.A.

Drink Me Nat'Cool Dão Red Blend 2020

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Helen Kempton

Helen Kempton

10

A tiny touch of bushy lavender. Raspberry and cream lollies, raspberry and macadamia Weiss bar, it's gorgeously creamy on the palette. Stunning — 2 years ago

Domaine des Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain)

Saumur-Champigny Cabernet Franc 2020

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Helen Kempton

Helen Kempton

9.2

Boysenberry ice cream, baking spice on the palette kinda dusty, good acidity, a bit if drying tannin but nicely balanced. Stemmy and dusty. Beautiful with a slight chill to it — 2 years ago

Colet

Colet-Navazos Extra Brut Classic Penedès White Blend 2018

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Helen Kempton

Helen Kempton

9.3

You can really taste the Flor, granny Smith apples with spicy crumble, super tart

It's a Curious Christmas 2022 ✨ Wine 1
— 2 years ago

P. Ferraud & Fils

Les Charmes Morgon Gamay 2019

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Helen Kempton

Helen Kempton

9.9

There's a bitter element there as well, mushroom, tiny wild strawberry. Really complex on the palette. "Burgundian in style." Blossomy right right at the end, it's Beaujolais for grown up hipsters — 2 years ago

Cave de Turckheim

Vieilles Vignes Alsace Riesling 2017

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Helen Kempton

Helen Kempton

8.1

Honey, really ripe mandarin, funky cheese element on the nose and the palette. Really strong acidity. — 2 years ago

Alpha Estate

Reserve Barba Yannis Vieilles Vignes Xinomavro 2018

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Helen Kempton

Helen Kempton

9.3

Bitter roasted walnuts and raspberry jam on both the nose and the palette, just so beautiful — 2 years ago

Guillaume Gonnet

Belle Amie Chateauneuf du Pape White Rhone Blend 2020

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Helen Kempton

Helen Kempton

9.1

Buttermilk & underripe mandarin on the nose with buttermilk again on the palette and riper mandarin juice, creamy but zingy at the end

It's a Curious Christmas 2022 ✨ wine 2
— 2 years ago

Castello di Querceto

Il Picchio Riserva Chianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend 2018

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Helen Kempton

Helen Kempton

9.5

Vanilla and raspberry, big fruit forward, very earthy finish, a bit of bark - clove but maybe a tiny bit of eucalyptus? Really dry finish - would be great for two people who want both fruit and dry — 2 years ago

Castello di Querceto

Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2019

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Helen Kempton

Helen Kempton

8.7

Grassy, bittery almond - very Italian, citrus pith. Would be great with fish, very summery. great acidity. Crowd pleaser — 2 years ago

Ataraxia

Earthborn Hemel-en-Aarde Chardonnay 2020

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Helen Kempton

Helen Kempton

9.6

Passion fruit yoghurt, earth in the rain, a leafiness as well on the nose, lemon curd yoghurt on the palette but the length is all biscotti/sponge fingers

It's a Curious Christmas 2022 ✨ Wine 3
— 2 years ago