M. Chapoutier Costières-de-Nîmes

Frisse en lichtvoetige Côtes du Rhône met de heerlijke GSM blend. Mooie, frisse kersen van de Grenache, lichte peperigheid van de Shyra en body en stevigheid van de Mourvedre. Beproefde combinatie met fijne tannines en zuren. Wat wollig in de mond, met een beetje koude thee, bietensap en lichte houttonen. Gewoon lekker

Delicious. I usually prefer a bit more bottle age on my wines, but this sang the song of youth beautifully. Black cherry, blackberry, some blackcurrant, licorice, incense, violets. Bright fruit on the palate with wonderful acidity and pleasant tannins. As complex as you want for a Monday night. What a steal.

{screwcap, 14%} Fresh and fruity; very grenache-y with its bright cherries, light-bodied qualities, dash of acidic pepper and gentle gravelly tannins. Gluggable, not too commercial; perhaps the alcohol in this case gives it some weight it might otherwise lack. No oak evident. Tidy quaffer. Under screwcap, too. Wow.