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 business’s shining lights left me only a tad over-cautious. Famous person winemaker is a time period bandied round far too incessantly and all too typically its use heralds the arrival of an array of technically good however incessantly “over-engineered” wines that exhibit no small quantity of technical prowess however a extra modest grasp of steadiness and class – in Karim’s case my sense of warning was totally misplaced.
His vineyard in La Consulta, presently thought to be probably the most thrilling of Argentina’s wine-growing areas, is a superb exhibition of vinification hi-tech from throughout the ages with historic basket presses nudging up alongside thermo-vinifiers. Earlier than getting into the 19th century constructing you might be met with Banksy’s Pulp Fiction mural which, maybe, serves as a sign of Karim’s method – that wine is in the end there for pleasure and delight and, while its manufacturing must be approached significantly, its consumption must 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 constantly spectacular – the addition of Karim’s partaking commentary was an added bonus.
I can’t let you know 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 12 months – Paradoux Blanc de Blancs. Throw cheeses from Arch 13 into the combination and all for £15.00 per head, that’s bought to be price popping out on a Monday night time for.
