If you ask me – and you effectively did, by reading this blog – Cabernet Franc is an underappreciated grape. I suppose many people might think of it first as a grape from Bordeaux, alongside its better known compatriots, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. But, done right, it can really shine on its own. Most notably […]
Category: no-added sulphites
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. […]
Sous Le Bouchon, Artisans Partisans, 2022, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Can’t say I remember how I picked this wine to sample, even though I ordered it only a week or so ago. I was presumably just browsing the Cambridge Wine Merchants website, and came across it. Not the most exciting backstory, but there you go. It is a low-intervention wine, which piqued my interest. Plus, […]
Domaine Grammiller Gramillette Pet Nat. 2022 Southern Rhone, France
This was not planned, but I see that the last wine I reviewed here was also a Pet Nat. That just happened. But that should be it on Pet Nats for the foreseeable future. In the glass Before the glass, there’s the bottle. There’s a lot of sediment, and it’s cloudy. But given it is unfiltered, […]
Cairanne Sans Soufre Ajoute 2019 Camille Cayran, Rhône, France
Cairanne Sans Soufre Ajoute is a no-added sulphites wine from the Southern Rhône. There are still sulphites, since wine produces them anyway, but none have been added, which means (in theory at least) there’s more opportunity for the wine to do its thing. The wine is alive, as low-intervention advocates would say. It could make […]