https://www.mattwalls.co.uk Practical tips, tricks and info to help you get the most out of wine Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 27564169 https://www.mattwalls.co.uk/tasting_notes/domaine-gourt-de-mautens-2/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 19:28:45 +0000 https://www.mattwalls.co.uk/?post_type=tasting_notes&p=2191 Already aromatically open and expressive, with black pepper and juniper married with liquorice, raspberry, plum and garrigue herbs. It’s full-bodied, but so lively and expressive, with keen, firm acidity, a fairly grand tannic structure and a powerful, grippy finish. Long, powerful, assertive. Very well-balanced, very fine in tannin and structure, powerful and vibrant. The alcohol is of course towards the punchy, but it doesn’t taste unbalanced. Just outrageously good.

]]> 2191 https://www.mattwalls.co.uk/tasting_notes/domaine-des-tours/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 18:35:39 +0000 http://160.153.133.187/~c5tetzcj4n3c/mattwalls.co.uk/?post_type=tasting_notes&p=2071 Remarkably pale, not far off a rosé. Pure red cherry fragrance, English strawberry, sage. Light- to medium-bodied, good acidity, dry finish, very dry in fact, savoury and slightly herbal. Gentle sucrosité to the fruit, not terribly intense, quite short, but at least authentic and true to the region and producer. Basic stuff, but enough interest to make it worthwhile.

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