Dominic O'Mahony

9.1

Caramel, walnut, brown bread, a hint of liquorice. Wonderful, although slightly too much alcohol for my tastes. — 5 years ago

Mike Searby

9.1

This is Hugel. An excellent sweet and spicy Gewürztraminer with good length and richness. — 6 years ago

Graham Stansbury

9.1

Excellent bottle. — 7 years ago

Andrew de Csilléry

8.9

Start of Christmas Celebrations. Excellent value champagne from the Wine Society. Extra creaminess from oak fermentation (fairly unusual, although Krug uses this method). Brioche, baked apple, lemon zest. — 7 years ago

Martin Easterman

9.3

Do not let the fact that this wine is not labelled under a particular chateau put you off from
considering this. The fruit was selected from J P Mouix’s estates in Pomerol and blended solely for the society. Anything that gives you access to those grapes and that expertise in such a fabulous vintage should be considered. In comparison to other Pomerol offerings from this year, the society’s newly released Pomerol 2010 is outrageously cheap or perhaps just a fairness of price that has disappeared from the general market place (Wine Society is non-profit and run for its members since 1874).

The wine from the first sip widens the eyes with its opulent and generous style. Voluptuously full bodied, deep dark gorgeously scented fruit, bringing to mind a bowl of boosie framboise and dark berries, fine grained tannins that grip the palate whilst the overall mouthfeel is silky smooth. This culminates in a long and sexy dark chocolate finish (as promised by the society). There is alcohol but the weight of flavours is in balance.

This is begging you to consume with food and the flavour with beef or game is divine; this wine can stand up to and improve almost anything, I suspect that the pairing will be more about the food’s flavour not being devoured by the wine and simply becoming a vehicle for the wine....although if you are drinking this wine the food may well become of lesser interest in its own right. Perfect for the winter weather, I imagine arriving home through the snow to a hearty meal of venison pie by the light of a fire and reaching in the low reflective light for the decanter shimmering with this inside.

I decanted this wine in a wide based carafe 40 mins before drinking and I feel that this is a real must right now to get the best from this wine, it is approachable and exceptionally enjoyable right now but you just now the next few years are going to add extra layers of complexity to this powerful and exciting wine...just so hard to resist at the moment; maybe a couple of cases for the cellar will help ensure that a few bottles are still around in 18 months time. Chapeau JPM and the wine society. 92-93+pts. — 8 years ago

The Vintage

8.9

Always a fantastic drop from the wine society — 9 years ago

Stephen Hall

9.0

Clean nose on which you can smell the alcohol & spices, blackberry crumble. Sits well on the palate, a nice balance with a hit of orange peel/pith. Very good. — 9 years ago

Daniel Peacock

9.2

Very easy drinking
— 10 years ago

Tim Mustill

9.0

As usual, great value Wine Society. — 10 years ago

Richard Hall

9.0

Fab wine. Great aperetif or to go with seafood, creamy sauces or asparagus, artichokes etc. Alvarinho surely, not quite sure about the blend posted here! — 5 years ago

Sachin Patel

9.3

Delicious. Quite sweet and vanilla like. Perfect — 7 years ago

Stephen Hall

9.4

The nose could almost be a white wine with a hint of tropical fruits perhaps (I've maybe been drinking the South American reds too much as of late), however, a great dark fruit flavour with medium finish. Good balance. Easy to drink on it's own but I think would suit a peppered steak with salted fries (must try that...) — 7 years ago

Shane Walker

9.0

Dry, fruity wine from The Wine Society. Usual fantastic value. Great accompaniment to Chicken Kiev. — 8 years ago

with Michele

Angus Powles

8.9

Buy again! — 8 years ago

Martin Davies

9.3

Cold turkey. Chips. Yum. — 8 years ago

Victoria W

9.8

£6.95 TWS. 2012 vintage. Lovely - great finish and yum. Will buy again. — 9 years ago

with La

Paul Heyrman

8.9

I am most the way through a case of this and it seems now the wind is just reaching a nice balanced phase. — 9 years ago

Stephen Hall

9.1

A polished smooth wine, crammed full of blueberry, maybe blackberry flavour. Flavour drops after drinking leaving spicy alcoholic fumes to warm the mouth. — 10 years ago

James Canning

9.5

Great pinot noir, much nicer than Mount difficulty — 10 years ago

Shane Walker

9.1

Great with BBQ Rib Eye. — 6 years ago

with Michele

Canadian

9.6

Just fantastic — 7 years ago

Yura Sakanishi

9.5

My first Aramasa No.6 X-type.
So nice! — 7 years ago

David Northcroft

9.0

Fresh berry fruits, enjoyable Pinot — 7 years ago

Kieran Roberts

9.0

Super smooth, well developed both in oak and bottle (of course) but a very fine example. — 8 years ago

Martin Davies

9.0

Chablis. Citrus mineral steel. Great value for a tenner. — 8 years ago

Rachel Knight

9.3

Continuing on with my burgundy wine area deep dive while making my way through the French Wine Society's master class. Today's class was focused on terroir, as the soils change as you move through the Côte d'Or region. Fixin is towards the north side of the region and this premiere cru was grown up the slope from later Jurassic soils. — 9 years ago

with Brad

Chris Baker

9.0

Very good - lots of depth and really complex for only £11.95! — 9 years ago

Richard Kelley

9.0

Fruity and smooth. Brilliant value. — 9 years ago

Nigel Waller

9.0

Lisa's favourite everyday Rosé. Light but good balance of fruit and acidity. Easy drinking. — 10 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.0

£11.50 Wine Society Forward, bright cocktail cherry with a pretty perfume along with fresh vanilla pod and kola nut. In the mouth this shows great weight across the palate, full and forward red berry fruit with a nice lick of acidity on the end, will certainly benefit food with a tomato sauce! 90pts — 10 years ago