Monday fifteenth July, Arch 13 at Livery St, 7pm
I approached our go to to Karim Mussi Saffie again in March considerably warily as his repute as one of many South American wine trade’s shining lights left me only a tad over-cautious. Famous person winemaker is a time period bandied round far too continuously and all too usually its use heralds the arrival of an array of technically excellent however continuously “over-engineered” wines that reveal no small quantity of technical prowess however a extra modest grasp of stability and magnificence – in Karim’s case my sense of warning was solely misplaced.
His vineyard in La Consulta, presently thought to be essentially the most thrilling of Argentina’s wine-growing areas, is a superb exhibition of vinification hi-tech from throughout the ages with historical basket presses nudging up alongside thermo-vinifiers. Earlier than coming into the 19th century constructing you’re met with Banksy’s Pulp Fiction mural which, maybe, serves as a sign of Karim’s strategy – that wine is in the end there for pleasure and delight and, while its manufacturing ought to be approached significantly, its consumption ought to be enjoyable and much from critical.
The tasting itself was a revelation as Karim unveiled a succession of stellar choices; while our week in Argentina unearthed quite a few nice wines, nowhere else did we expertise a tasting that was so persistently spectacular – the addition of Karim’s participating commentary was an added bonus.
I can’t inform you how excited we’re to welcome Karim to Arch 13 for a one-off tasting on July 15th; 6+ wines together with Tim Atkin MW’s blended white of the yr – Paradoux Blanc de Blancs. Throw cheeses from Arch 13 into the combo and all for £15.00 per head, that’s bought to be value popping out on a Monday evening for.
