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Clos Triguedina / Clos Putney High Street / Cahors Blimey

Posted on May 6, 2017January 31, 2019by Old Parn

Jesus, if this is what Putney smells like, no wonder SW15 property prices are so bloody high.

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Vina Arana Reserva, La Rioja Alta 2001 review

Posted on December 23, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… is like a sweet mouthful of ripest autumn — and is the nicest wine to grace Old Parn’s palate so far this year

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Verd Albera, Emporda review

Posted on August 4, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… is a plump, florid, indulgent kind of wine — a hint of that chardonnay roundness and chubbiness, overlaid with a sprinkling of spice and pepper

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Arabella Reserve Shiraz Viognier review

Posted on August 1, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… smells like Bulgarian woodsmoke in August; smells like respite from the guilt of being A Bit Shit With Bulgarian Orphans; smells like charmingly self-indulgent adolescent ennui

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  • Wine Reviews & Tastings

Bricco Rosso Suagna Langhe Rosso 2006 review

Posted on June 30, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… is neither despicable nor mucky. Or, if it is a tiny bit mucky, only in a reassuringly rustic kind of way.

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Potel Aviron Moulin-a-Vent 2005 review

Posted on June 28, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… triumphantly reminds us that the word ‘fruity’ actually refers to real, honest fruit — not the synthetic sugar-water peddled by oily bell-ends in ugly suits

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  • Wine Reviews & Tastings

Sainsbury’s Gruner Veltliner 2010 (Taste the Difference)

Posted on June 20, 2011January 3, 2019by Old Parn

… is exactly the kind of dry white wine with which you’d want to slake your dusty thirst after half an hour’s bypass-trudging

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Mineralstein Riesling 2010 review (Sunday quickie)

Posted on May 22, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… will zap you with spiced fruit

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Musar Jeune Rouge 2008 review

Posted on May 9, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… is like inhaling the contents of a bouquet garni. In a damned good way, let me add

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Domaine de Mourchon 2005, Seguret, Cotes du Rhone Villages

Posted on March 18, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… will seduce you with a heady waft of fruit, then pull you up, slap you and strap you, look you fucking DEAD in the eye and ask you: ‘Do you think you’re hard enough?’

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