It is a week until Christmas and I have been working hard, both at the Wigginton Community Shop and at Majestic Wines. Long days and I have one day left to complete the Christmas Shopping. That's tomorrow as I will be working until 8pm every day except Christmas Eve when I will finish at 5pm.
Why am I telling you this? Because by admitting that I have felt under pressure provides some explanation of how I chose a wine for this week that I last chose as recently as August of this year. At that time I was looking for a white wine to represent Week G (2021) and it was a better fit then than it is for:
I haven't listed the prices because: i) I have lost the receipt & ii) Majestic no longer include this wine of their website.
I'm not sure I have much to say about it that would be better than my last attempt. Although having just re-read that attempt it wasn't much about the wine then as, increasingly, my ramblings read like I have just typed whatever has come into my mind in the few nanoseconds before my fingers hit the keyboard. Much like now.
Let's give it a go anyway.
I really like this wine. It has all the refreshing qualities of a NZ Sauvignon Blanc without the grapefruit-in-your-face characteristics that those wine often have. Not always; I recently tasted the Greywacke SB and it was lovely. However, in addition to the citrus flavours, Gruner Veltliner offers some softer stone-fruit notes with a light peppery kick that makes for a pleasing combination.
Last time I wrote about this wine I suggested I would almost certainly buy it again and I have, albeit in an moderately unintentional way.
Assuming Majestic are broadly competitive with other suppliers and that last time I paid £12.99 for a bottle I believe this was a good value purchase. Especially as I got a staff perk price for this one!
Not much more to add as I have to get back to the Christmas preparations other than to wish all my reader (sic) a very Merry Christmas and to look forward to the next time.
Buy again, again? Why not, I probably couldn't avoid it anyway.
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