Decanter gold 2007.

Syrah - grenache - mourvedre

Light/medium bodied. Subtle dark fruits....nothing at all complex here. Elegant enough for the £4.99 offer price but gold ?

Shirley Knot

~G~ you echo what others have said about this Corbières on the Majestic site recently. For that, you've done some folks a favour.

However - before condemning the gold,......Try the left over wine tonight.

To qualify the Decanter award, one has to work out if this wine had a shorter drinking window.
Some of the bargain '07 southern Rhones seemed to be loosing a slice of their succullent appeal in December. Having said that, the M Chapoutier Cotes du Roussillon village '07 was still wonderful when I finished the last one after Christmas.

Hey ~G~ tasty enough for £4.99 Ok - has anyone here ever found corbières elegant
Corbiere is ....Well.... in MHO, improving significantly with producers like Hugh Ryman and James Herriot down there. There are 11 designated terroirs - which I didn't know, the last one designated, was pretty recent, was it 2005 ?

Tribs - said in June 07 - Also some Mont Milan Corbieres 07 for just over 3 euros a bottle in MW Calais. It might have been ok back then.

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Duncan

Goose, this wine has divided opinion.

See here

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tribs

Mr G, you are guilty of not paying attention to the reds we have reviewed.

For you ....There are alternative ways of dumping a fiver, I spose, I never did think Mont Milan was your scene.....#$?/#~!¬

we gotta find you some half decent pinot noir with keen acidity - somehow ? Without doing a Bonnie & Clyde.

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Duncan

Identical on day two.

I am standing by elegant. Elegant with a very short finish. No savouryness.

So it's obviously not proper red wine.

G ~ Note to self - don't start any more red wine threads ~