What I am drinking tonight...

Posted by Andrew Chapman, 7:37pm 26/09/2007. Leave a comment

Brampton Mourvedre Grenache 2006

My least favourite kind of day today - paperwork. Pah!

So, as I was leaving the warehouse I was looking for something to drink with supper to bring a smile to my face, and go with whatever Mrs. C had in mind to cook for the Chapman's tonight. I had an idea it was Shepherds Pie (yum!), but now I'm home that seems to have morphed into home-made chicken soup - waste not want not in the Chapman house - we had roast chicken last night! Still, the soup is a family favourite as Alison makes a great variation of Chicken Miso meets Chicken and vegetable soup - double yum!

Anyway, I digress. If truth be known I couldn't make my mind up while dashing to leave and turning off lights/setting alarms in warehouse, so I decided to grab a bottle from the photo table on my way out of the door. It was this weeks Wine of the Week, or WoW in Surf4Wine speak: Brampton Mourvedre Grenache 2006

I'm just tucking into a glass as I type now, before settling down to supper. Very, very moreish. Crammed with dark red fruit flavours, quite gamey, bit smokey - densely packed fruit. Tastes young. Would even keep for a bit I reckon. But as it has been sitting in the glass it has really started to open out.

I was starving when I got home, so I nabbed a piece of chicken as I stopped by the kitchen on way to home-office. This wine goes very well with food; it opens out more and expresses itself - a good food-friendly wine. I love the ripe brambly fruit (forest fruits meet blackberries), and the way it leads into wafts of wood-smoke/bonfire on the nose, and damp, earthy (mushroom?) flavours on the palate - Autumn in a glass really.

The Brampton label from Rustenberg wines is all about accessible wines in a modern style for everyday drinking. This does all that and more. We've had great success with all the Brampton wines over the years and this new blend of theirs, inspired by the Rhone, is, based on tonight's tasting, sure to be a big hit. (Look out for Brampton Chenin Blanc and Brampton White Grenache coming into stock in October.)

OK, that's me for tonight... time to go join the family, eat that soup and watch Raymond Blanc's 'The Restaurant'. Reality TV wise I think I preferred Hells Kitchen. But definitely NOT the US version that has just started. I think Marco Pierre White really added to the programme. Anyone for Wine Reality TV? Now there's a thought...

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