Wine Time: The Atlantic-edged South American country Uruguay has adopted the grape variety tannat as its own.
Submitting... The “green harvest” at Pizzorno Wine vineyards. Picture: pizzornowine But in fact it is on the same latitude as New World wine producers such as Argentina, Chile, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. We should big it up for Uruguay and its wines, especially tannat, as in my experience of the past few days they’re smashing. Literally as a taster to my Tannat Day experience, I sipped Narbona Tannat Roble (RRP £24.99, but as I write it is reduced to £21.99 online at www.simplywinesdirect.uk). This tannat wine spent 18 months in oak barrels and 27 months in bottle befor...
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