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. […]
Category: Syrah / Shiraz
Vacqueyras Les Christins 2020. Famille Perrin, Rhône, France
I’d say Vacqueyras is my favourite of the named Rhône villages. I find it is usually quite elegant, compared to many of the others, which are to me more coarse. So, Vacqueyras is always welcome. I’ve had this wine before, but not this vintage. Nor do I think I’ve had it since Covid. So it’s […]
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, […]
Grignan-les-Adhémar, Delas 2020, Rhone
I don’t remember why I picked this one up. Presumably because Delas rang a bell, while the wine itself, Grignan-les- Adhémar, didn’t. And it’s a Rhone, which I tend to like. So when I was browsing The Wine Society, and came across this, I presumably figured I’d take a risk. Let’s see if it paid […]
Domaine des Escaravailles ‘Les Antimagnes’ Côtes du Rhône, 2017
This was the wine I had planned to review first, mainly for the all-vital reason that I had a bottle sitting around, and I find Domaine des Escaravailles usually does nice stuff. My Long Covid fever seems to have taken to returning at odd points, so perhaps my senses were a bit duller than usual […]