Points east – autumn collection

Soft and sweet and round. Fading but very ripe tasting. Very...

Some development, some freshness. Sweet and transparent...

Pale ruby. Slight dishcloth/wet wool note. A bit simple.

Tank sample. Inviting fruit quality and freshness. Slight...

From Akhasheni village. Nose is overwhelmed by sweet oak spice...

Very deeply coloured. Dark fruit but also a touch meaty with a...

Fermented in qvevri. Deep smudgy garnet. Lots of savoury black...

Semi-sweet red (RS 40 g/l) made from Mujuretuli and Alexandreuli...

Unnecessarily heavy bottle. Winemaker Lado Uzunashvili (also of...

Attractive and unusual old-fashioned sort of flask-shaped bottle...

Fruit from Tsinandali subregion. Aged in oak, unfiltered. Mid...

Slightly soft and floral. Great packaging but not as energetic...

A little muted on the nose for a Furmint. Tame Furmint, I'd say...

Attractive, rich cooked apple fruits and woodspice. Lovely...

Dry, medium bodied, stone fruit. Nice savoury finish with a...

Neutral nose with a slight aromatic signature à la Muscat. Dry...

Has the sort of ripe melon and yellow fruit with a creamy...

Fresh apple and lemon, with a stony character that evokes...

Green apples, ripe creamy fruit, a lick of oak – this gets it...

Very much a Viognier lookalike, with a creamy, soft palate...

Interesting green citrus and tropical fruit combination. Very...

Utterly screwball flor / oxidative character. Old blue cheese on...

Nutty and broad on the palate – tangible peanut character...

Off-dry, fruity and very pleasant yellow fruit character – melon...

Overripe apple, some oxidative, bruised character too. Rabbit...

Plenty of aromatic concentration for such low alcohol. Pretty...

Oxidative, honeyed nose. Has that phenolic grip and dried fruit...

Very opulent Muscat nose of grape juice, flowers and sweet spice...

Interesting! Nuts, mint, blackcurrant leaf – so characterful...

12-year-old Malbec vines have at last delivered apparently...

Closed nose. Fragrant, oak-dominated palate. Very commercial...

Dry, black fruit, soft tannins. Rather conventional, standard...

Slightly leafy with a dark black fruit core. Not dissimilar to...

Rich, plummy fruit. Soft tannins with a full body. Plump...

Open, countryside sort of aromas – in a nice way – like meadows...

Very, very prominent sweet vanilla (Hungarian?) oak. Mulling...

Strong medicinal character. Wood varnish too. Probably too...

Ageing very well – lovely earthy scent. Fruit is drying out...

Oaked. Riper black fruit than their junior version. Firm tannins...

Pleasantly leafy nose, and ripe raspberry fruit. Cinnamon stick...

Nice earthy development on the nose – appealing and savoury...

High acid, neutral fruit. Very sharp palate, with an un-fresh...