Grape - Grenache
Alcohol - 16%
Available from - bancroftwines.com, theperfectcellar.com
Price - £21.99
Appearance - Clear; medium+ intensity, tawny
Nose - Clean, medium- intensity; developing; Bramble, nutmeg, pepper. Very pleasant nose.
Palate - medium sweetness; medium+ acid; medium- tannin; medium+ alcohol; medium+ intensity; full body. Blackberry, cassis, candy, coffee, cloves, raisins.
Balance - 6.5 Length - 7 Intensity - 7.5 Complexity - 9
We attended a tasting at Arlington's in Ipswich last evening, presented by Neil McAndrew of Bancroft Wines. It was great as usual, and this wine was particularly enjoyable. Although a dessert wine, it was not very sweet, I have captured it as medium sweetness, and it had a thrilling combination of flavours as each mouthful passed slowly by. It was the most expensive of the evening but you could tell it was a very well made wine. It was served lightly chilled which was very agreeable.
We were informed that this wine is made in the same way as Port, in that spirit is pitched into the wine when it reaches the right level of residual sugar, the spirit then raising the alcohol level.
My next favourite from the evening, if you're asking, was Bourgogne Blanc Vielle Vignes, from Christophe Cordier, France. A very dry white Burgundy with apples, mineral and smoke, and plenty of body. It would be a good food wine. Cool bottle and label, too.
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