Although we have talked about it before, we thought we should put The Curmudgeon in the hands of our wine critic! This is what he thought of our current favourite wine…
I’m never sure if the English can get away with using the word “strewth” yet I found myself on the verge of involuntarily uttering it when I took my first sip of this wine.
This is a big, bold wine with powerful flavours of blackberry and a slight hint of coffee towards the end with a lovely spicy nose. At 14.5% abv it’s a bit of a beast, yet there’s none of the sense of alcohol burn which you get with some wines of this strength. Clearly whoever the mystery winemaker behind this wine is knows his way round a vineyard!
If you’re interested in finding out who the winemaker is there are some cryptic clues on the page for this wine which you can view here (http://www.findwine.co.uk/blog/2011/03/30/the-curmudgeon/) Anyone with a basic grasp of Google should be able to crack the code. If you can’t then just sit back and have another glass of The Curmudgeon.Ignorance is bliss after all!…..
I’ve always enjoyed bold Aussie Shiraz, even though as a wine style it is now fighting a battle against the more restrained Syrah style wines which seems to be coming back into fashion. If you’re in the mood for something playful and voluptuous you’d do well to find it for cheaper than this! Strewth!……
