Villa Ponciago, Reserve, Fleurie

Drank this wine at Tunglok Peking Duck (Novena) for dinner to celebrate the birthday of one of the lads. We had the Long Long Duck Spring Roll, Diced Australian Wagyu Beef Pie Tee, Stewed Fish Puff with Milk Cabbage, Conpoy and Sakura Ebi, Wok-fried Black Pepper Beef Cubes, Peking Duck, Stir-fried Duck Rack with Salt and Pepper. The restaurant provided complimentary Chilled Mango Cream with Pomelo, Sago and Lychee Popping Boba and Pan-fried Red Bean Pancake. Dark ruby red loaded …

Red fruits, floral nose... dried flowers and earth... smooth structure, it's very pleasant. The best possible quaffing wine for bistro type food.

As you would conclude, even with your rusty French, Fleurie produces silky, floral and agile Beaujolais. But the name doesn’t come from the wines’ character, even though it seems pretty obvious at first. The region was in fact named after Roman general Floricum, who had some business there in the 7th century. Grapes grown on this pink granite with underlayers of sand tend to give aromatic wines, which is evident with this bottle. Tons of blueberry, dark cherry, banana and …

Nice when slightly chilled. Great way to start a BBQ.

Intense dark purple, not a lot on the nose. Palate is concentrated with good rich dark berry fruit. Some heat on the finish. A bit too extracted for my tastes, but I don’t doubt this is a crowd pleaser. Will it improve?

good qpr, ruby red in colour. a bright cheerful nose of fruits and flowers. notes of vanilla, dark cherries and a hint of banana.

Emirates lounge. Garnet with purple reflections, ripe black fruit meeting plenty of acidity, short finish. I find this rather unbalanced, not my kind of wine.