Andrew Han

9.0

From the Wine Society: This is the source of the bulk of our Beaujolais for the last 50 years, and many members will also have tried the fruits
of The Society’s work with this excellent Beaujolais-based négoce in the form of our bestselling white wine, The
Society’s White Burgundy, sourced from the Mâcon.
Dealing with a négociant allows The Wine Society to pick and choose, often blending together from different estates in
order to end up with a wine that is better than any of its parts.
Négoces have had a huge part to play in the recent history of Beaujolais, some of it not so good but some of it very
positive. For all its apparent simplicity, Beaujolais is a complicated region that is often the victim of its own capricious
climate with late frosts and violent hailstorms a common recurrence.
The one name that stands out for us is Dépagneux: Jean Dépagneux was the last of this illustrious merchant family
who, with his partners, bought up a list of ailing names such as Aujoux, which had made its name selling Beaujolais to
the once profitable Swiss market. Jean retired about a dozen years ago and his place was taken by a young and
talented oenologist from Viré called Jean-Marc Darbon. One consequence of the change has been the meteoric rise in
the quality of The Society’s White Burgundy. — 9 years ago

Noah Hawthorne

9.5

Full bodied, lots of fruit. Tastes like a robust zin. Simple, elegant and a great bargain wine for everyday occasions. — 9 years ago

Martin Davies

8.9

Pizza is good. Wine is good. — 10 years ago

Susan Hellman

9.1

Society Fair — 10 years ago

Debbie Leser

9.5

A nice red wine for dinner. $7.99
— 11 years ago

Benjamin DiCristina

9.2

2013. Fresh, lively. Superb bargain. — 11 years ago

Mike Hillman

9.7

Exclusive to the Opimian Society wine club — 12 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.2

£17.50 Wine Society Notes of sandal wood and touches of prescutto and smoky, mineral red berry fruits and lifted floral tones. In the mouth the fruit has a slight tannic edge and shows notes of ripe plum and blueberry, rather dense, ripe, very lovely! 91pts — 12 years ago

Marcus Jenal

9.5

South Africa @ Shawn's 2013 — 13 years ago

Katie Mullen

9.1

Buena Vista. — 13 years ago

Chris Edge

9.2

This was the third of 4 reds we had for our main course last night. A Wine without a fuss from the Wine Society bought in 2015. Another dinner guest often buys this in restaurants and loves it, as do I; in fact I like most Pomerol wines Good, medium tannins, very fruity excellent with beef wellington 😁 — 9 years ago

with Corinna

Chris Edge

9.1

We had 2 bottles of this with our Christmas lunch and a 3rd last night and just finishing the bottle off - came from Wine Without a fuss from the Wine Society in 2012; long on the back; full of fruits, tingles on the tip of the tongue and soft tannins on the middle and back. — 9 years ago

with Corinna

Shane Walker

9.0

Dry, fruity wine from The Wine Society. Usual fantastic value. Great accompaniment to Chicken Kiev. — 10 years ago

with Michele

Respicio Vazquez

9.0

This wine was a nice complimentary to the beef tenderloin that I had with dinner. — 10 years ago

Andres A. Contreras

9.5

Great aromatics with jammy fruit, strawberry compote, boysenberry and baking spice on the nose. Similarly on the palate, plenty of jammy fruit, candied strawberry, nutmeg and cinnamon, with very little tannin and a great lingering finish. Very easy to drink. — 11 years ago

Jon Amos

10

2012 - Wine Society £8.95 — 11 years ago

Fred Baker

8.9

This is an excellent Rioja. Rich, rounded and full of fruit with a lovely vanilla on the nose. Thin? No way. — 11 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.3

£28 Wine Society This wine really does have a wonderful nose that has a elegant mic of very rich and nuanced red berry fruit, light touches of cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg also intertwine with violets and rose essence. In the mouth this is light bodied but has plenty of power and a very well balanced, ripe, red berry fruit character and real succulence on the length.92pts — 12 years ago

Bryan Holmes

8.9

Yes. A descent cab with a fruit forward taste and fairly smooth tannins. — 13 years ago

Sachin Patel

9.3

Delicious. Quite sweet and vanilla like. Perfect — 9 years ago

Will Roberts

9.4

Great wine society white! — 9 years ago

Ichiro Kawachi

9.1

Distinctive sanmi — 10 years ago

Daniel Lambauer

9.0

Got from wine society and loved it. very well balanced but not too heavy and intrusive. — 10 years ago

Ichiro Kawachi

9.0

Depth, complexity, sanmi — 10 years ago

Anthony Bradley

9.0

Delicious! Rich and dark Pinot. — 11 years ago

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. — 11 years ago

Krynauw Kruger

9.5

Entry level wine from Franschoek winery. Bordeaux blend of Merlot, Cab Sav, Malbec and Petit Verdot.
One of my favourite weekday drinking wines at £7.50 a bottle from The Wine Society — 12 years ago

Simon Kibblewhite

9.0

Austrian wine society really good — 13 years ago

Jonatan Montpetit

9.2

The official wine of the Endocronology society of Pisa! Beautiful! — 13 years ago

Simon Kibblewhite

9.4

Fantastic smooth wine society claret. Drunk NYE 2012 — 13 years ago