Southern Rhône

Corked. Feck. 1 down, 2 to go… Cracked 2nd bottle a couple of weeks later with my bro. Deep ruby-black colour still showing youth, …

Tasted and purchased from a stall in Chateauneuf, during their Fête de la Véraison in Summer 2004. Lived up to my expectations 8 months …

Possibly opened a little young, or a little cool, because though pleasant, it was not as satisfying or complex as expected. Mid-depth ruby colour. …

Mid-weight garnet with mid-breadth brick rim. Developed and intense bouquet of chocolate, coffee and leather, but with a nuance of black cherry, supporting a …

A pity that this is being written 2½ months after drinking, but I have 2 more bottles to verify with! Deep, deep colour, from …

Picked up en route to the Languedoc, going via Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Quite by chance Mum & I ran into the Fete de la Veraison that …

Very disappointing. May have been a little “off” – it had thrown a lot of sediment and was a little bubbly initially. Slightly “baked” …

Slightly out of place, this one, given that the “New Black Wine” was consumed on 30th December 2002, and this one after my London …

My parents randomly had a bottle of the 1998 vintage of the Montirius Gigondas, so we did a “vertical” test against the 2000 (see …

Included here primarily because of the label. I initially mistook it for Domaine de Durban because of the 3 “T” green shield… a lookalike …