I was off to the country estate recently, and said I’d bring a wine for dinner. As regular readers will know, I’m quite a fan of Lampyres, and I know the Countryside Faction are as well. So it was merely a matter of wandering down to the nearest branch of Cambridge Wine Merchants, and seeing […]
Category: Languedoc-Roussillon
Terres Falmet Mourvedre, 2021, France
A few weeks ago, I reviewed the Terres Falmet Cinsault. I said (threatened? ) at that time that I’d eventually do their Mourvedre as well. And maybe even learn to spell Mourvedre on the first go. The second part hasn’t quite happened, but as you may be able to deduce, the first part has. However, […]
Domaine des Lampyres, Une Autre Histoire, 2022, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Once again, no exciting back story. I was browsing in the Cambridge Wine Merchants Bridge Street branch, and came across this. There’s not really a lot more that needs to be said. As the one or two readers of the blog will know, I’ve liked pretty much everything I’ve had from Lampyres, and plan to […]
Domaine des Lampyres, Janseniste 2022, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Yes, this is another Domaine des Lampyres wine. Deal with it. As I’ve said before, I’m slowly making my way through as much of their range as I can. This one I picked up on what was evidently ‘international orange wine day’ or some such. So, yes, another orange wine. No, I didn’t drink it […]
Domaine des Trinités Le Duc, 2021, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Not a whole lot in the way of backstory to this one, except it’s been getting good press. And everyone I talked to says ‘Stick in the fridge for a bit.’ So I took it with me on a recent visit to the country estate, and enlisted TE and MT as extra special guest commentators. […]