Including possibly the first wine video to reference man-breasts… Plaimont Producteurs Les Vignes Retrouvées Saint Mont Rouge 2010, South West France (£8.50 The Wine Society) Young and feisty, but with a stern brow, this has slightly baked berry and blackcurrant flavours plus a touch of tomato underpinned by an iron-like […]
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Lovely tangy blend of those well-known grapes Gros Manseng, Arrufiac and Petit Courbu Plaimont Producteurs Les Vignes Retrouvées Saint Mont Blanc 2012, South West France (£7.95 The Wine Society) Packs in the fruit – bruised/baked Bramley apple, grapefruit and raisin – but sets this richness against taut citrus acidity and […]
Plaimont Producteurs Les Vignes Retrouvées Saint Mont Blanc 2012, South ...
Wine to be drunk in large quantities to wash down hearty, fatty food Domaine du Cros Marcillac Lo Sang du Pais 2013, South West France (£8.50-£10.99 The Wine Society, Les Caves de Pyrene) Supremely gluggable style, with fragrant violet, pepper and blackcurrant leaf aromas, plump, herb-tinged mulberry flavours and a […]
Domaine du Cros Marcillac Lo Sang du Pais 2013, South ...
Definitely on the sturdier end of rosé, this is Tannat with a spoonful of Cabernet Sauvignon. At least that’s what it says on the back label – the link below says 100% Tannat… Argi d’Ansa, Irouléguy Rosé 2013, South West France (£9 Exel Wines) We’re not far off red wine […]
Argi d’Ansa, Irouléguy Rosé 2013, South West France
A tasty rosé, but if I’d had my eyes closed, I’d have said it were white… Plaimont Producteurs ‘Les Bastions’ Saint Mont Rosé 2013, South West France (£6.99 Adnams Cellar & Kitchen) Has some of that herby fennel and stewed apple flavour that I associate with the whites of this […]
Plaimont Producteurs ‘Les Bastions’ Saint Mont Rosé 2013, South West ...
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 […]