A familiar grape + an unfamiliar grape David Maître Vigneron Syrah/Braucol Côtes de Tarn Rosé 2013, South West France (£9 Exel Wines) Vigorous youngster, lovely aromas and flavours of just-cooked strawberries, but there’s also some green apple freshness, hints of spice and sand (that flavour you get when you drop […]
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Nice enough packaging but… La Vie En Rose, Cinsault Rosé 2013 Pays d’Oc, France (£8.99 Old School Wines, Selfridges) Pretty colour, but the peachy flavours and touch of stewed apple could easily be those of a white wine. Maybe there is a touch of red berry in there, along with […]
La Vie En Rose, Cinsault Rosé 2013 Pays d’Oc, France
Made from Grenache Gris and Grenache Blanc – hence the name… Gérard Bertrand Gris Blanc 2013, Pays d’Oc, France (£9.99 Strictly Wine, Wineman, Askewine, Cellar Door Wines, Dickens House Wine Emporium, Philip Pruden Wines, Trina’s Wines, Freshfield Fine Wines, The Cellar (Buntingford), Divine Wines, Hanslope Wines, Riverside Wines, Cross Stobs Bottle […]
Gérard Bertrand Gris Blanc 2013, Pays d’Oc, France
A wine that really grew on me – tried the remnants of the sample bottle a week after first opening it and it was still going strong… Jean Luc Colombo Les Pins Couchés Méditerranée Rosé 2013, France (£9.99 Fresh and Wild, Les Caves du Patron, Luvians, Noble Green Wines, Bacchus […]
Jean Luc Colombo Les Pins Couchés Méditerranée Rosé 2013, France
A follow up to the two reds from this winery I tried earlier this year HERE Abbaye Sylva Plana Faugères Le Rosé 2012, Languedoc, France (N/A in the UK) Crisp, juicy, fresh style, lots of fresh strawberry flavour, with light spice and floral notes behind, full in flavour but light in […]
Abbaye Sylva Plana Faugères Le Rosé 2012, Languedoc, France
Merlot + Cabernet Sauvignon + Syrah = the sort of thing a few more people in France might want to think about Domaine de Cassaigne Côtes de Gascogne 2011, South West France (£9.99 Rude Wines) Quite a polished style – maybe too polished? – with spicy cinnamon and clove pepping […]