{"id":6,"date":"2012-05-13T17:29:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T17:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=6"},"modified":"2012-05-13T20:16:10","modified_gmt":"2012-05-13T19:16:10","slug":"bin21-hexham-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/bin21-hexham-tasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Bin21 Hexham Tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Last month Bin21 Hexham put together its first local tasting since <a title=\"Bin 21 Spreads its reach\" href=\"http:\/\/northeastwino.posterous.com\/bin21-spreads-it-reach\" target=\"_blank\">opening its doors in December<\/a> 2011, only a year and a half since owner Patrick (Paddy) Eyres first started in Morpeth in October 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Tynedale tasting was organised at the Beaumont Hotel on 27<sup>th<\/sup> April with over 120 tickets sold for the evening event. As with his <a title=\"A Tasting to Remember\" href=\"http:\/\/northeastwino.posterous.com\/bin-21-a-tasting-to-remember\" target=\"_blank\">previous tasting in Morpeth<\/a> Paddy brought in his suppliers to show their wines personally. This time there were 9 tables of wine, 1 of Champagne and delicious cheese and crackers from the <a title=\"Deli at Number 4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deliatnumber4.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deli at Number 4<\/a> just down the street.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Before.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22\" title=\"Bin21-Before\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Before-1024x740.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Before-1024x740.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Before-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Before.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWith my well known hesitance for sparkling wines I concentrated on the reds and whites poured by;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mark O&#8217;Brien MW of <a title=\"Hatch Mansfield\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hatchmansfield.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hatch Mansfield<\/a> with an elegant Chardonnay\/Pinot Noir theme.<\/li>\n<li>Iain Barrie of <a title=\"PLB Group\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plb.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">PLB Group<\/a> with a mixed bag of whites and reds.<\/li>\n<li>David Boulding of <a title=\"Vinoceros\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vinoceros.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vinoceros<\/a> with mainly Antipodean whites.<\/li>\n<li>Paul Raven from <a title=\"PortoVino\" href=\"http:\/\/www.portovino.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">PortoVino<\/a> next to our region\u2019s other Portuguese importer,<\/li>\n<li>Marta Mateus of <a title=\"MartaVine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.martavine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">MartaVine<\/a>, ably supported by husband Kevin.<\/li>\n<li>Simon Powys Maurice from <a title=\"Laytons\" href=\"http:\/\/www.laytons.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Laytons<\/a> with a full table of Old World dominated whites and reds.<\/li>\n<li>Roger Green of <a title=\"Forth Wines\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forthwines.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Forth Wines<\/a> with Old World whites and classic reds.<\/li>\n<li>Chris Mooney from <a title=\"John E. Fells\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fells.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">John E. Fells<\/a> a cross section of Old and New World reds and whites and finally,<\/li>\n<li>Richard Bouglet of <a title=\"L'Art du Vin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aduv.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">L\u2019Art du Vin<\/a> with a combination of traditional white and reds with an Old World theme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">With over 80 different wines to try, most of them different to the Morpeth tasting, it was going to be a hard ask, especially when there wasn\u2019t a spittoon obvious (I later learned there was one hidden away somewhere, too late by then!).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Room3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16 alignnone\" title=\"Bin21-Room\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Room3-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Room3-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Room3-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Room3.jpg 1141w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Room21.jpg\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17 alignnone\" title=\"Bin21-Room2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Room21-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOver the course of 3 hours I managed to scrawl notes on 46 different wines, although some of the later ones were reduced to a few barely legible words! I apologise for the ones I may have missed, nevertheless I covered a good cross section of all the tables, colours and styles so here\u2019s my top dozen wines which impressed me a little more than the others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Whites.<\/strong><br \/>\nThere was an equal split of Old &amp; New World for the whites. For France the <strong>Louis Jadot 2009 Marsannay Blanc<\/strong> from Burgundy (Hatch Mansfied) showed superb minerality and a toasty finish, while <strong>Les Garrigues 2011 Grande Reserve<\/strong> Grenache Blanc from the Languedoc (Laytons) was smooth and rich with citrus complexity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Over to Australia and the <strong>McWilliams Mount Pleasant 2005 Elizabeth Semillon<\/strong> from the Hunter Valley (PLB Group) was equally rich and citrusy, but with a mature complexity befitting the extra bottle age that Semillon thrives on. The Hunter Valley also produced the excellent <strong>Tyrrells Old Winery Verdelho<\/strong> (John E. Fells) which had bracing acidity and a zesty lemon sherbet aspect, while across the Tasman Sea <strong>Coopers Creek 2009 The Little Rascal Arneis<\/strong> from Gisbourne, New Zealand (Vinoceros) combined fresh herbs on the nose with a rich, honeyed taste and floral finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">But it was Portugal that had the best white (by a nose from the Marsannay) with Companhia das Quintas <strong>2009 Morgado Santa Catherina<\/strong> from Bucelas\/Lisbon (PortoVino) which struggled on the nose but delivered on the palate with a rich complexity and a toasty\/nutty finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Reds.<\/strong><br \/>\nOnly one New World red impressed this time, the <strong>Norton 2008 Malbec Reserva<\/strong> from Mendoza, Argentina (Vinoceros) which had real depth and structure with fine grain chocolaty tannins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The remaining five all came from the classic European countries with France represented by Marsannay again, this time the <strong>Louis Jadot 2009 Clos du Roy Burgundy<\/strong> (Hatch Mansfield), a beautiful Pinot Noir with fresh fruit on the palate and good complexity with balanced young tannins, although the nose struggled to express.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Marta-Deli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-27\" title=\"Bin21-Marta-Deli\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Marta-Deli-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Marta-Deli-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Marta-Deli-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Marta-Deli.jpg 822w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Portugal showed very well with the <strong>Casa Santos Lima 2008 Sous\u00e3o<\/strong> Tinto, Lisbon (MartaVine) with its brooding liquorice nose and Jeckyll &amp; Hyde effect on the palate; first gently soothing, then slapping you with strong textures before finishing warm and sweet to compensate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">For Italy the <strong>Cantina Nicosia 2009 Etna Rosso<\/strong> (55% Nerello Mascalese, 45% Nerello Capuccio) from Sicily (Laytons) had a subtle mineral nose and was a little light on fruit, but had good acid &amp; tannin structure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Laytons also poured the meaty <strong>Dominio de la Vega 2004 Reserva<\/strong>, 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Valencia with liquorice, fine dry tannins and good balance. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Deli-Laytons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-26\" title=\"Bin21-Deli-Laytons\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Deli-Laytons-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Deli-Laytons-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Deli-Laytons-783x1024.jpg 783w, https:\/\/www.northeastwine.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bin21-Deli-Laytons.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSpain also brings the list to a close with the <strong>Beronia 2006 Rioja Reserva<\/strong> (Forth Wines), Tempranillo with a little Graciano and Mazuelo with a classic vanilla nose and balanced sweet fruit with oaky tannins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It was difficult to decide between the Spanish Tempranillo or the Portuguese Sous\u00e3o for best red, they were both good, but if pushed I\u2019d guess the Rioja just edged it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">And best overall wine on the night? For me it was the <strong><a title=\"Quinta da Romeira\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quintadaromeira.com\/vinhos\/morgado.html\" target=\"_blank\">2009 Morgado Santa Catherina<\/a><\/strong>, a 100% Arinto white which was just drinking superbly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It should also be mentioned that the Deli at Number 4 was doing some wonderful cheese (the Wookey Hole and Smoked Goats cheese were especially good along with their Fig and Charcoal crackers). All in all I was a happy, if slightly sozzled, man as I made my way home on the Friday evening. Once again Paddy had put together an excellent show (with a little help from his wine friends) and I got an extended set of tasting notes for his range. Paddy is back showing his wines again at the <a title=\"Haydon Bridge Beer Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haydonbeerfestival.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Haydon Bridge Beer Festival<\/a> on the 6th &amp; 7th of July where he\u2019s hosting \u201cThe Wine Lounge\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Slainte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month Bin21 Hexham put together its first local tasting since opening its doors in December 2011, only a year and a half since owner Patrick (Paddy) Eyres first started in Morpeth in October 2010. 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