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2nd Wine of the Week

6/3/2013

 
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Produced by the award winning Jean-Luc Baldès in Cahors who made the Triguedina we so recently loved, I was keen to try this.  After all it's less than half the price, a higher proportion of Malbec and he's won best wine maker in Southwest France!  
The label describes it as a rich, ripe and fruity wine, bursting with red and black berry flavours and silky tannins.  So what did our Purple Teeth drinkers think?

I enjoyed it - it was rich and dark, though I thought it was not as fruity as described.
 There was no drying or cloying sensation from the tannins, and it was medium bodied.  Mr Purple Teeth however was not won over.  The flavours leaped out of the glass at me as the sort of thing he'd enjoy, yet he found it "thin".  I think this man has become addicted to ultra full bodied velvety wines and needs to break out of that dimension.  Oh well, there's always beer.  
If you like deep, dark flavoured wines but don't like scratchy tannins or wines that taste thick, then this is definitely  worth £8 of your hard-earned cash.

It probably needs to have more time to breathe than a quick 10 minutes in a Riedel tasting glass will allow.
One of our readers suggests a wide bottomed decanter, or better still another couple of years on the wine rack.

I found it drinkable and if you like hefty, spicy shiraz, you may get in ok with this paired with red meat.

Mr Purple Teeth remained unconvinced. After dinner he tried pairing with strong cheddar which he felt improved it somewhat, and it's not often I see him leave wine in the bottle, let alone an unfinished glass.

Here's hoping this week's Cupcake Californian Zin from M&S fares better!
Meanwhile we shall revert to Argentine Malbec.
Mr Purple Teeth
6/3/2013 09:22:37 pm

The rest of the bottle is still standing on the worktop unfinished so it looks like that one is going down the sink. Looking forward to next week's wine then :-)


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