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Recent Posts Tagged With 'rhone'

Feb 20

Cave de Tain Les Hauts de Pavieres Crozes-Hermitage 2007

Cave de Tain Crozes-Hermitage used to be a bit of a favourite around here a few years ago, and then for whatever reason fell off the radar. Sainsbury's offers a Cave de Tain bottling, and we used to pick it up whenever it was on offer. I think the (read full article)

France, red, rhone, Syrah, waitrose

Dec 10

M. Chapoutier 'Belleruche' Cotes du Rhone 2007

I ordered a couple of bottle of this (among others) a couple of weeks ago from Majestic, and it looks like it's already sold out, or it's sold out enough to not be offered nationally.2007 was a good vintage for the Rhone. Actually I can say from my (read full article)

France, majestic, red, rhone

Nov 30

Gabriel Meffre 'Les Grands Cypres' Vacqueyras 2007

I've been enjoying a lot of Rhone wines recently. I think between the high quality of the 2007 Rhone vintage (especially the south) and the poor quality of the 2007 Bordeaux vintage I'm seeing more of the former that I'd find worth buying on store s (read full article)

red, rhone, waitrose

Oct 26

Waitrose Cotes du Rhone Villages 2008, Bag-in-Box

Anyone who thinks there is anything inherently wrong with shipping wine in a vacuum packed bag is either a snob or an ignoramus. However, usually the quality of the wine itself isn't terribly high. It can be OK, but boring. Plonk, if you will.I tr (read full article)

red, rhone, waitrose

Oct 16

Domaine du Joncier 'Le Classique' Lirac 2007

Most of what I have to say about this wine I've already said in my post about the 2006 vintage. The 2007 is now available and it's on offer at Waitrose for just over £7 per bottle. 2007 is being touted as an outstanding vintage for southern Rhone, (read full article)

red, rhone, waitrose

Jul 23

Chartreuse de Bonpase Reserve Cotes du Rhone 2007

This is a pretty decent Cotes du Rhone from Louis Bernard. It is from their Chartreuse de Bonpase range, which I think is supposed to be a bit more high-end than their generic appellation wines.It has a good red-fruit nose and a nice chalky, mineral (read full article)

2007, France, red, rhone, sainsbury's

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