Tomorrow night I am tasting two wines from Château Maris in the Minervois. Le Touge 2017 and Les Planels 2017, both Syrah based wines made biodynamicaly from one of the regions pioneers of biodynamic farming. These are wines that are big on fruit, spice and alcohol. In this heat the alcohol can be a bit off putting so I am…
So part two of the Domaine Jones wine pairings concerns the Perle Carignan 2017. A fabulous wine made from 100% Carignan from 100 year old vines. Katie mixes Carignan from two vineyards, one in Tuchan and the other in neighbouring Paziols. Despite the vines advanced years it produces a wine that is vibrantly fresh and full of dark, crunchy red…
I have recently been working with Katie from Domaine Jones in Tuchan. I held a tasting on Instagram Live with Honor from Maison de la Roche the other week showing Domaine Jones’ Fitou 2017 and Muscat 2019. You can see it on IGTV here and this week she asked me to match two of her wines with recipes for her…
So this is the second, (and third), recipe(s) to go with this Friday’s tasting of Domaine Jones’ wines. To finish we are going to be slurping away at her deliciously light and fun Muscat. A party in the glass, and at only 10% ABV a great way to finish a meal. Muscat is the ‘grapey’ grape, and it sings of…
*Vegetarian version below. Wild boar is very prevalent here in the Corbières, they come down from the mountains in the height of summer in search of food and they are very partial to the maturing grapes! That being so they are considered a pest and are hunted as a way of controlling their numbers and protecting the vines. Which in…