Icons Releases Tasting 2024

WHEN: 6-7pm or 7-8pm, Wednesday 11th September, 2024
WHERE: Chapel Room, 67 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5ES

Honest Grapes invited to 67 Pall Mall for our annual Icons Releases - Beyond Bordeaux tasting.

The campaign we refer to simply as “Icons” is based around wines offered by Bordeaux-based negotiants in September and early October, but also includes other Autumn releases direct from iconic estates. Originally focussed on Napa estates it broadened out to include Tuscany and the Americas more generally, with wines often based on Bordeaux varieties – which would make sense given the negociants' experience and networks.

However as more wines are added each year the offering becomes more complex – with an increasingly diverse array of styles and producers from as far afield as Jerez, Hungary, Barolo, Bandol, Austria and Etna joining the ranks.  Despite the diversity of wines on offer, like the year's other main campaigns, we continue to focus on offering only the most exciting and best value releases.

Here are just a few highlights of a superb tasting:

Castello di Ama L’Apparita 2021, 100 V
Il Caggion IPSUS 2021, 100 JA
Bibi Graetz Colore 2022, 100 JS
Petrolo Galatrona 2022, 100 JS
Favia Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville 2021, 99 JS
Almaviva 2022, 99 JS
Vina Cobos 2021, 99 JS
Seña, 98 JS
Cheval des Andes 2021, 98 JS
Inglenook Rubicon 2021, 98 JS
Favia Cerro Sur, 98 JD
Nicolas Catena Zapata 2021, 97 JS
Matellana 2021, 97 JS
Yjar 2020, 96+ WA