A typical Cotes du roussillon villages red wine this is 60% Syrah, 30% Grenache and 10% Mourvedre. There are very subtle aromas of red fruit but the flavour helps redeem this with a better dollop of red and cooked fruits. This is no flagship wine, it’s a presentable, drinkable guzzling wine and at approximately £8 it’s reasonable.
Dom Brial – Mirade – Cotes du Roussillon Villages – Red Wine
Super market wines have come a long way in the last decade or so. This Shiraz is a typical Australian red, plum and cherry on the taste with a hint of cloves and herbs. I found it best to leave it as it improved by the next day. As part of a meal for 2 package I can’t fault it, would I buy it? No Spencer Burra Brook 2015 Australian Shiraz
Marks and Spencer Australian Shiraz
Canadian wine is normally decent. It’s hard to get a bad bottle. This wine from Phantom Creek in the Okanagan Valley is amazing. I’m likely to die poor and pickled because of this one. Tannins are very well integrated, soft but there in the background.
There are aromas and flavours of black fruit, cherry and plum. Put your feet up in front of the fire or lay back in the garden on a summers night and gently sip this. The world suddenly seems ok after all.
At CAD75 a bottle it’s not cheap, very expensive for most people but exquisite.
Phantom Creek Syrah 2016, Okanagan Valley Canada