Simpsons of Servian Vieilles Vignes Grenache 2021
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COLLIOURE, RÉSERVE DES PEINTRES, ABBÉ ROUS 2019
Sold by Tanners
£16.50
(As of 13/09/2023)
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Domaine Cazes Canon du Marechal Grenache - Syrah 2022
Sold by The Great Wine Co.
£10.50
(As of 15/10/2024)
£15.99
Angels Angel Price
£12.99
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This wine's an award winner...
Bronze Medal
International Wine Challenge 2023
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This wine's an award winner...
Bronze Medal
International Wine Challenge 2023
This wine is kinder to the planet
Our Green Grape logo shines a spotlight on wines where our winemakers have gone above and beyond to make them more sustainable. Find out more.
About the wine
Charles & Ruth kicked it up a notch with this juicy, old vine Grenache that just oozes quality
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Charles and Ruth Simpson’s richer, more refined style of Grenache uses 65 year-old vines from their Languedoc vineyards. The low-cropping old vines “from two of the most coveted vineyard blocks on the domaine” deliver super-concentrated fruit, and the resulting wine is packed with rich red fruit flavours and delicious herbal notes from the wild thyme, rosemary and lavender growing in the vineyards.
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Taking it up a notch, Charles & Ruth added extra power and punch by leaving the grapes to concentrate on the vines for an extra week before harvesting. And they used a greater proportion of whole bunches in the blend, while keeping the wine on skins for longer, to extract more soft ripe tannins. They then aged 25% of the juice in the poshest French oak Taransaud barrels, to provide extra complexity.
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On the nose, you get lovely oak spice notes of clove and nutmeg, with sweet red fruit aromas coming in behind. More of that lush fruit comes through on the palate with red plums and cherries in balance with some powerful oak influence and more clove spice. A special wine with lots of staying power.
Best before
Drink now to 2030
Serving advice
Open/Decant 1 hour before opening
Food match
Roast lamb with plenty of rosemary and garlic, or pasta with a big n' bold Mediterranean sauce.
Contains sulphites
Always check the label
France
Languedoc-Roussillon
Grenache
Smooth Red
13.0% ABV
75cl
Vegan
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Charles and Ruth Simpson
- In 2002, Charles & Ruth took a leap into the unknown. They quit their dull, corporate jobs. Hopped on the first plane to France. And bought up their own little patch of grape-growing land in Southern France.
- It turned out to be an inspired move. Since then their delicious, Angel-exclusive wines haven’t stopped scooping IWC and Decanter World Wine Awards and rave reviews from wine-critic royalty.
- Not content to rest on their laurels in France, they set their sights on another opportunity, making English wine in Blighty. Your backing also gave them the confidence to do just that! In 2014 they returned to their roots and planted their first English vineyard near Canterbury.
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