Domaine Duseigneur Lirac Antàres 2007 - label
14,5% abv; 60% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 20% Mourvèdre; certified Biodynamic. Starts out very sweet, even a bit jammy, as expected of such a hot-year wine. But with some time, it becomes an interesting wine with much more nuance than just very ripe fruit. There is a savoury, bright aspect to the fruit and a pleasant earthiness, too. The palate is nicely high in acidity, with some pleasant tannic dryness, unforced and even refreshing despite all the sweet fruit, moreish. Amazingly, the 14,5% abv is not noticeable. I like it. I would love to try this in a cooler year.
As I have often said, I rarely get along with Souther Rhones, so there might be some factors that made it seem so nice (other than the possibility of this just being a good, unforced wine) - like that we were celebrating a very positive write-up of our new bookshop in a major newspaper here with this wine.
