FREE Thirsty Thursday tasting - A tasting competition: our best wine at...

It’s a staff v. staff taste-off at Uncorked

We’re often asked by customers for our best bottle at a price point they want to hit. ‘Give me a great bottle of wine for £30’. ‘Best bottle you can do me as a gift, fifty quid’. So we’ve decided to turn our free Thirsty Thursday tastings into a competition. Uncorked staff members pick their favourite bottles at certain price points: you taste, choose and (for a bit of fun) vote, and we’ll see which staff member’s choice carries the day. 

This Thursday 1st October we’ll be offering a chance to taste our best (red) bottle at around £50. Staff picks are under wraps for now and will only be revealed on the day. Bottles will be open from noon. So come along, taste, vote Jabu and make sure you don’t let Neil rig the ballot. /JH

RESULTS:
Languishing in last... 2014 Lopez de Heredia Tondonia Rioja Reserva
A bit like the Torre a Cona last week, it got lost in a line-up of punchier wines

4th: 2021 Luis Pato Vinha Pan Bairrada Baga
Subtle but excellent, quite different – but, like the Tondonia, overlooked. Both this and the Tondonia are a mere 13% abv, and didn't stand out as much as the other three, which are all 14.5%!

3rd: 2020 La Pointe Pomerol
A good, classic wine – lighter on day 2, when it fell behind the top two, but top three here were very close.

2nd: 2020 Lisini Brunello di Montalcino
Fresh and still youthful, but super-impressive

1st: 2018 Rocca di Montegrossi Geremia Toscana
Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon – hard to beat, really! Same number of votes as Lisini, but ahead on sales on the day.