What a busy time of year. Christmas day was conducted at a very relaxed pace, with only four of us gathered around the seasonal feast, which somehow was cooked and eaten rather more efficiently than the average Sunday roast and not because any of the trimmings were overlooked.
At some point during the period between Christmas Eve and today, the contents of this bottle were polished off.
Week R (2015) Charles Back Stonedance Roussanne, 2014. M&S £10.
And very nice they were, too. Roussanne is a grape from the Rhone valley where it is often blended either with other white grapes, typically Marsanne, or red grapes such as Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre. Here it appears as a single varietal wine but, rather than coming from the Rhone, or anywhere else in France, this was made in South Africa around the city of Paarl.
It is a medium bodied, aromatic wine with a nice oily mouthfeel. It has quite intense flavours of peach, pear and apple and hints of something herbal. M&S say fennel, but I wouldn't swear to that.
It has moderate levels of acidity and a finish that lasts very well. A small proportion of the wine has been matured in oak, but that does not really make its presence felt to any obtrusive degree.
All in all, this is a pleasing wine and I think it could well become a bit of a banker. I have had few other experiences of Roussanne but all of those that I can remember have been enjoyable.
At some point during the period between Christmas Eve and today, the contents of this bottle were polished off.
And very nice they were, too. Roussanne is a grape from the Rhone valley where it is often blended either with other white grapes, typically Marsanne, or red grapes such as Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre. Here it appears as a single varietal wine but, rather than coming from the Rhone, or anywhere else in France, this was made in South Africa around the city of Paarl.
It is a medium bodied, aromatic wine with a nice oily mouthfeel. It has quite intense flavours of peach, pear and apple and hints of something herbal. M&S say fennel, but I wouldn't swear to that.
It has moderate levels of acidity and a finish that lasts very well. A small proportion of the wine has been matured in oak, but that does not really make its presence felt to any obtrusive degree.
All in all, this is a pleasing wine and I think it could well become a bit of a banker. I have had few other experiences of Roussanne but all of those that I can remember have been enjoyable.
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