Grape - Grenache, Syrah, Carignan
Alcohol - 14%
Available from - Waitrose
Price - £13.99 although currently £8.99
Appearance - Clear; medium intensity; purple to rim, more ruby to core. Persistent legs due to higher alcohol.
Nose - Clean, medium intensity, developing, cherries, raspberries, alcohol
Palate - Dry, medium acid, medium tannin, medium+ alcohol, medium+ length; medium+ body, medium intensity; very fruity, strawberry, cherry, blackberry, some spice.
Balance - 7 Length - 7.5 Intensity - 6.5 Complexity - 7
This is a lovely, smooth, very moreish bottle of Rhone red. Grenache is the dominant grape in the blend, which means it has lots of red fruit, with perhaps a little more alcohol and less tannin than if Syrah was dominant. The length is very good, smooth and subtle, probably the highlight for me.
This is the type of wine that would work well with stews, we had it on its own to start with and then with a slightly spicy beetroot stew and it seemed to bring the blackberry to the fore. As it is so smooth and fruity I imagine it being fairly adaptable to food.
I will definitely buy more. Pass the bottle.....
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