Mourvedre
842. Domaine Santa Duc, Gigondas, 2007
A duplicate entry here – the other one is in my previous book – but the difference is a little more tannin maturity. Still …
757. Domaine Santa Duc, Gigondas, 2007
The bloody, gamey notes on this, coupled with plenty of peppery, spicy aromatics made this a decent enough match for a game stew on …
728. Les Cailloux, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, 2005
Over dinner with Tracy, I gave her the choice of wine, and this was it. I was a little nervous this might be too …
698. Domaine de la Janasse, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, 2003
Wine of the night. Coming into maturity – of tannins and flavour intensity – yet still showing pure fruit at the core. And very …
668. Cuvée du Vatican, Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réserve Sixtine, 2003
Served a little cold at Boxing Day lunch with Andy, Sarah, Janet and Steve. But once it warmed up, it hit its stride pretty …
664. Château de Beaucastel, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, 1998
Really annoyingly, lost almost half a bottle, messing up decanting this from its heavy sediment. Anyway, perhaps not the greatest bottle of this wine, …
650. Château de Saint-Cosme, Gigondas, 2007
So, the real opening was with this – chosen to compliment a main course of game (rabbit, pheasant, venison and squirrel) and beef-shin stew. …
615. Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe, Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau, 2006
One of 3 reds I brought for Whippet’s leaving BBQ, as I figured it’d be at maturity, and good for meat – both of …
Paso Robles to Santa Cruz Mountains: Central Coast diversity
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