Venise de Paradou – 2006
Jo le taxi (aka wine delivery driver) this week brought me a small but intriguing parcel I ordered en primeur over a year ago.
The reason I was interested in this wine was threefold…
1) it was by Paul Jaboulet Ainé
2) it was from Beaumes-de-Venise, a well known sweet white wine area but this was a red Grenache/Syrah
3) it was pretty cheap!
The wine is best drunk young and, I think, slightly chilled. It is spicy, fruity, earthy and a little rough around the edges. Cayenne pepper on a pear.
Very drinkable on its own, and friendly to beans on toast (although not Brie and biscuits). At 14.5% alcohol it’s no wonder I can harldy tipe this sentense.
I got mine from the Wine Society at just under £100 for a case. If you can still find it for about £7.50 a bottle (or anything under a tenner) it is a stonking bargain.
Beaumes-de-Venise Le Paradou 2006 by Paul Jaboulet Ainé.