Pascal Aufranc Julienas 75cl Toscana

Pascal Aufranc Julienas 75cl ToscanaDescription `Probus` is Latin for `excellent` and acts as a reminder that Gamay started to be grown in Beaujolais under the Roman Empire. The 70 year old vines sit on silt and clay soils in a south east facing vineyard. The wine is ages for 10 months in tank with 20% aged in oak barrels. Tasting notes The resultant wine is a very deep ruby colour with notes of ripe black fruits on the nose. The palate is rich with black cherries, violets and mocha.

Food match Any kind of meat

Aromas of black cherry

voluptuous and headily perfumed with sultry spices

modern fruit

nutmeg and spice

sometimes a bit rough and lively

the grapes were fermented

wild games cooked with a mushroom sauce

from which a cannon was fired in the 17th Century to alert farmers in outlying areas that sailing ships plying the waters between Europe and the Far East had entered Table Bay for a stopover at Cape Town

Paso Robles

this is drinking now but will keep too

where tropical fruit and secondary flavors are balanced by lithe