This is REAL wine.  From deep in the Northern Rhone valley it’s easy to taste the slate and mineral flavours of the soil and the ripeness and finesse of this Syrah – the label might look humble but this is harvested just outside Cote Rotie by one of France’s most brilliant and small artisanal wine growers.  Quite simply sublime – it’s spicy, full bodied with blackcurrants and smoked bacon on the nose and a flavour that lasts for an eternity. It’s drinking beautifully now and warrants decanting but it will improve even more with a few years in the cellar. - Tasted 06/01/12

Vintage: 2007

Closure: Cork

Grape: Syrah

Country: France

Region: Northern Rhone

ABV: 12.5%