Time capsule

A little while back we shared a bottle of English wine we had been given with some French friends. It’s always fun trying new wines with friends, listening to what others think, what tastes they get, and sometimes the wine turns out rather surprising, as was the case with this one.

The wine was from an English producer called Oatley, and the name of the wine is ‘Leonora’. It’s made from a grape called Kernling, not one I’d heard of before, but apparently it’s closely related to Reisling, so it’s good with seafood and Asian dishes. It was such a delicious wine, that after finishing the bottle, our friend asked Brian if he could get hold of some more. As luck would have it, another friend of ours was coming over from the UK, so we asked if she would be able to bring us a bottle or two.

What she actually brought was a ‘Time Capsule’, a six bottle, vertical tasting selection, with a little pamphlet of tasting notes. I can’t tell you how excited we are to be able to share this with our French friends. C’est magnifique! I know we are in for some fun tasting evenings.