Voluptuous is the first word that comes to mind. Fruity, oak fully integrated, round and luscious. Just right for lifting the spirits on these gray Lake Geneva days as the fog and early winter start to surround us. I bought this some time back and cellared it – highly recommend doing this to let it […]
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wine pick: “Le Virtuose” red from Lavaux
“Le Virtuose”, Blondel-Duboux, red blend, Epesses Grand Cru, Lavaux, canton Vaud I was leaving the Vinorama in Rivaz, on the shores of Lake Geneva, after its ribbon-cutting event Tuesday evening. On a whim I told the staff that my husband was home preparing lamb, potatoes and fresh broccoli, and I wanted a nice big red […]
Humagne Rouge, St Saphorin, Vaud
A surprise, this one, with most Humagne Rouge from its home canton, Valais. St Saphorin, which sits on the shores of Lake Geneva, has a fine Humagne Rouge, from the Cave du Château de Glérolles, a fine old castle that juts out into the lake. We drank the 2013 with a fun and comforting Saturday […]
Cabernet de J-M Novelle
A blend from Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. The rare wine where we start with the wine and decide on a meal, because the wine is such a special treat. A beauty from start to finish, and despite its elegance it was perfect at home with an ordinary, unfussy meal centred around an old Costa […]
Gemma Hermitage
One of the wines matured inside the Rhone glacier by the Adrian Mathier winery. This Gemma line of four late harvest wines, all of them allowed to mature slowly at low temperatures, is one of the beauties of the Valais collection of wines. Made in new oak barrels, no malolactic fermentation, will age well for […]