Rhône Wine Week is the fourth such celebration of the wines of the Rhône Valley and runs in Ireland from 29th October to 5th November 2016. Events and promotions will be held at good independent wine shops and restaurants throughout the country.
Each day during this year’s celebration will have its own wine to try:
Fondrèche “Cuvée Nadal” Ventoux 2012 (14.5%, €23 – 24 at Donnybrook Fair; 64 Wine; Jus de Vine, Portmarnock)
This wine is a multi-faceted blend:
- It’s a GSM assemblage (45% old vine Grenache, 45% Syrah & 10% Mourvèdre) with the Grenache vines in particular being old;
- Also, the wine is aged in a mix of foudres (600L large vats), concrete eggs (for softness and a bit of a hippy touch) and barrels (228L, more traditional);
- Finally, the wine is the labour of love of two people, Nanou Barthélemy & Sebastien Vincenti
It’s full of blackberry fruit with a liquorice – or is it black olive? – tang. The different methods of ageing each add something a little different to the whole, and the age of the vines shows in the intensity of flavours.
