Wines

Chateau Saint Martin de la Garrigue
Bronzinelle Rouge 2009

AOC Coteaux du Languedoc

An elegant wine made from Syrah, Carignan, Grenache and Mourvedre, this wine has a lovely nose full of blueberry, black currant, raspberry and forest fruits, with a little sweet spice, and a palate that is rich and full of blue and red fruit flavours, with a lovely streak of sweet spice and the merest hint of vanilla. The tannins are ripe, very smooth, soft and silky. Overall it is very well balanced and very easy to drink!

A full tasting note to follow.

Was £11.79

Maturity: Drink on the fruit now to 2014, or wait and drink as the tertiary characteristics emerge to 2016

Alcohol: 13.5% or 10 Units per bottle

Varieties: 43% Syrah, 18% Mourvedre, 17% Grenache Noir, 21% Carignan

Vinification:

Varieties vinified separately with remontage used to carefully manage extraction
Total maceration period of three weeks including the alcoholic fermentation
After short period of aging in cuves, the wine is blended and aged in old oak barriques and demi-muids for 12 months

Food: Grilled meats, a leg of lamb, mediteranean meat based dishes in general, onion tart, and aubergine based dishes.