Simply Shiraz 2010

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Our Price:   £5.50 List Price:   £6.20 Saving Of:   £0.70 (11%) Earn 5 Loyalty Points Bottle or Case:    Single Bottle:  £5.50  Case of 6:  £33.00  Case of 12:  £66.00 Producer:  Simply Grape Varieties:  100% Syrah Optimum Drinking:  Within 3 years Wine Style:  Robust red wine Alcohol by Volume:  13.5% Country:  France Availability:

Simply Shiraz 2010

Grapes

100% Shiraz grapes

Tasting Note

Ripe plums and spice with a rustic edge, rich concentration and style.

Producer Details

The Oc, or ‘Pays d’Oc’ as you’ll see it on most labels, refers to the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France, known by the French as ‘Le Midi’. Geographically the Oc covers an incredibly broad swathe of vineyards from the Rhône delta in the middle of southern France, arcing all the way round to the Spanish border on her
Mediterranean seaboard.

Planted here are both traditional grape varieties such as Grenache Gris (which makes very fine rosé) and Grenache Noir; as well as the ‘cépages améliorateurs’ (varieties introduced in the last twenty to thirty years) such as Syrah (or Shiraz) and Merlot for reds, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc for whites.  Eric Monnin, Boutinot’s winemaker responsible for the Languedoc, is constantly on the look-out for producers who have hidden gems, visiting domaines, seeking out new parcels as well as counselling winemakers before the harvest on e.g. softening harsh tannins in reds, or retaining acidity and expressing aromatics in whites. Then once the grapes have been picked, vinified and the wines barely finished, he tastes these ‘brut de cuve’ wines intensively and repeatedly over the next six months in collaboration with Samantha Bailey and Kim Tidy to select and blend the styles we seek and decide on their maturation, optimum bottling month and release date to the market.

Food Recommendations

BBQ meats, Spaghetti Bolognaise, steak and kidney pie.