Wine with Leslie: A €10 red that is better even than you could hope
All the wines here are more likely to be available from local off-licences rather than supermarkets
I was asked recently what is the most crucial thing to understand about wine and I had to think about my answer. The answer could have been the grapes used or viticulture or vinification techniques, but I realised it was simpler, it's geography.
Many factors go into what makes one wine taste different from another but by far the most interesting factor is where exactly those grapes are grown. The Pinot Noir grown in Pommard really does make a wine that is noticeably different to the wine made in the neighbouring village of Volnay and both of these villages make a wine vastly different to a Pinot Noir from Central Otago or Oregon.
