Category: Wine

Costières De Nîmes – Rouge. French Connection Classics, half price at Tesco (about £4)

(Was trying a zoom burst, but had to stop as late night stroboscopic flash upsets the dog)

First taste comes across as bitter, but then the fruit starts get noticed. Not the sort of wine to rush, seems a glass can last an hour or so. Probably a little too fruity for my liking. It has a strong taste, which sits heavy. One wine I’d probably not like to burp back up.  The bottle states it’s ideal for roasts, inclined to agree with it.  Washed down with beef and gravy it would most likely be less strong.  Tested with cheese and biscuits it’s not too bad.

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35° South, Cabernet Sauvignon – Shiraz. Half price at Morrisons the other week (around £4).

A wine from the southern hemisphere. In fact from Chile’s ‘wild’ southern region. Where ever the fuck that is. Apparently it contains ‘Sulfites’. Maybe a wiki search will tell me what the hell that is, still I guess as they are boasting, it can’t be bad. At least it doesn’t boast: contains ‘ASPARTEME‘

A nice fruity wine, it has a dry taste but nice. Accompanied my Davidstow cheese and biscuits well.

The label boasts of cherries and tobacco, with note of black pepper, hints of olives, blackberries and chocolate. To be honest I can’t taste any of them. It gives a nice warm sensation as it goes down, so maybe that’s the pepper.

Still overall a nice well balance wine. Would be very nice with a beef dinner.

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So, I must be getting middle class. Don’t worry I will never read the D*ily M*il or the Torygraph (unless I know they’ve published any of my stuff, unlikely, but I need that clause!). The basic rule for wine review is it must be on offer at Tesco, Morrison, Sainsburys (unlikely to visit Asda as it’s shit) and Waitrose.

Anyway, first up:

Jacobs Creek, Three Vines – Shiraz, Cabernet & Tempranillo.

Right, I’m no wine ponce but here goes.

A nice fruity blend which leaves the mouth with a nice tingle. Didn’t go too well with the BBQ Beef Hoola Hoops nor the Salt and Vinegar flavour either. But it did complement the Davidstow strong chedder. Price was around £4 from Tesco.

Overall, a nice flavoured wine which goes down well. Nothing too special, but not too harsh.

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