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: red wine
Finca Luzon, Monastrell, 2023, Spain
I’m going into this one not really knowing what to expect. It was a Thank You present from the country wives when they went off to celebrate their wedding anniversary, and I house / cat / chicken / duck sat. About all I knew before applying the Coravin was that Monastrell is another name for […]
Jean-Luc Mouillard Côtes du Jura Trousseau Sur La Cour, 2020, France
A friend – let’s call her PH -was coming to visit recently. We had been discussing Jura wines over chat, so I thought I’d get a Jura red to try. This is what I ended up with. Apparently, I’ve not had Trousseau – the grape it is made from – before. Or, at least, that’s […]
Il Pratello, Morana 2014, Italy
As you may recall, earlier in the year, TY fled the country to avoid having to drink wine with me. (She claimed it was something to do with a job opportunity, but I’m sceptical.) In the spring, she said she’d be back for a visit. She also said she was in a Sangiovese phase. So […]
Res Fortes, 2018, Roussillon, France
One day back in the spring or early summer, I met up with TE (MT joined us later) at a wine bar in Hitchin. Worth a visit, although perhaps not in lesser company. At any rate, on the walk back to the railway station, TE dragged us into a bottle shop. I had only seen […]