Friday 14 October 2011

Rawnsley Estate Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre

A £10.34 wine sold at half price, immediate suspicion. It looks pretty fancy, got a bunch of French in there but it's from Australia. The estate is probably an industrial one on the outskirts of like Melbourne or something. There's a wee gold circle on it, makes it look like it's won an award or something but really it's just a label saying it's a "new style wine".

The blurb or whatever on the back is pretty epic though. Grapes in Rawnsley aren't harvested, "small packets" are selected.  It's meant to taste of "complex chocolate and coffee characters" which is pretty exciting. No mention of fruit at all. Radical.

Also suspicious: it goes well with a rosemary crusted rack of lamb or sundried tomato risotto.  Seriously.  I get the usual business wine says, goes well with meat/fish or cheese if it's a fancier wine. But this is WAY too specific.

Expecting surprises here, but there's yet another disappointing screw-top.  Going to have to do a Supermarket Survey to find out what price bracket the real deals kick in at. Drinking this at home instead of on the way to the supermarket, more civilized that way.

It smells of fruit. Kind of like cider or something. I have a cold and can only breathe through one nostril though.

Seriously burns my mouth.  Has a pretty unpleasant dry texture and hits the back of my throat, lingering there and making my uvula feel wrinkled.

Another average wine. I find it pretty depressing how they all taste the same after the first glass.

2010, 14%

7 comments:

  1. I bought a bottle at half price and liked it so much that I bought the rest of the stock (just 6 bottles) at my village Tesco Local. Just drunk the last bottle - really great . Not prepared to pay nearly £11 a bottle though, so I'll just have to wait until it's on offer again.

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  2. I''ve just tried the Cab/Merlot one and also loved it. Must have been the cold affecting the first reviewer !

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  3. Not impressed, harsh and acid like, waiting for partner to come home with bottle of decent stuff, and his this in the cupboard from an Xmas present. Keep for cooking!

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  4. this wine is excellent. one of the nicest i have drunk and i agree with the second reviewer. I wouldnt pay 15euro for it though as thats what they are selling it for now

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  5. JR 19 Feb 2014 What a bargain I thought with a sealed Tesco Cap must be good. Not good enough to cook with.

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  6. RAWNSLEY MERLOT BEST WINE TESC SOLD CANT BELIEVE TESCO STOOPED SELLING IT

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