Fun evening with Devon Wagyu burgers, home processed cheese and Syrah. All the wines shone but there was a clear ranking - the Peroline, the Cornas and then the SA wine.
In my mind there's two types of SA Syrah - the slightly fleshy, oaky, boozy type that are well put together but don't really thrill, and the edgy, fun, engaging kind that make you stop and go - yeah. This is 75% the latter and 25% the former - NEARLY exciting, NEARLY gripping but...doesn't quite get over the hump.
Well 14 N Rhone doesn't have a great reputation but, having bought 3 bottles thought I'd give this a try. Clearly more dilute than other vintages, and maybe not as focused - this is still a fun, engaging wine. Should you rush out and buy some? Probably not - but equally, if you have some - an enjoyable drink - not quite thrilling but...thrilling adjacent.
Oooh - a little funk, a little edge, spent the evening torn between deciding whether i really quite like this, or I REALLY quite like this. On pouring - a little earthiness, but none of the brett for which Levet is sometimes renowned. It opens up and gets bloodier and earthier as time goes on - there's a real energy to this, a real character. This isn't the time of the evening to be opening up another bottle of the same wine...but if it were, I would.
2021 Minimalist Wines Syrah No Place Like Home
South Africa, Cape South Coast, Elgin
In my mind there's two types of SA Syrah - the slightly fleshy, oaky, boozy type that are well put together but don't really thrill, and the edgy, fun, engaging kind that make you stop and go - yeah. This is 75% the latter and 25% the former - NEARLY exciting, NEARLY gripping but...doesn't quite get over the hump.
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2014 Mickaël Bourg Cornas Les P'tits Bouts
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas
Well 14 N Rhone doesn't have a great reputation but, having bought 3 bottles thought I'd give this a try. Clearly more dilute than other vintages, and maybe not as focused - this is still a fun, engaging wine. Should you rush out and buy some? Probably not - but equally, if you have some - an enjoyable drink - not quite thrilling but...thrilling adjacent.
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2011 Bernard Levet Côte-Rôtie La Chavaroche / La Péroline
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Oooh - a little funk, a little edge, spent the evening torn between deciding whether i really quite like this, or I REALLY quite like this. On pouring - a little earthiness, but none of the brett for which Levet is sometimes renowned. It opens up and gets bloodier and earthier as time goes on - there's a real energy to this, a real character. This isn't the time of the evening to be opening up another bottle of the same wine...but if it were, I would.
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