Luberon is a wine you tend to forget about. It’s not that it is insignificant. In fact it is really rather good. But its name does not hang on the tongue and it never stands out on the supermarket shelves, inviting you to grab a bottle of it.
As a white Rhone, indeed, it has a bit of body, and this example of it, costing £8 from Marks and Spencer, speaks admirably for itself and is robust enough, without lacking finesse, to go with sea bass, sea bream, or some similar fish, but is also fine as an aperitif.
It is certainly smooth enough to stand alone, and to stay in the memory as something more than vin ordinaire - and to remind you that Luberon wines are worth drinking. So don’t forget about it this time. If you do, the loss is yours.
The same can be said for Morrison’s Muscadet at £6. Any fears that this, too, could be something rather drab should be quickly dispelled by this northern French bottle whose “sur lie” (on its lees) tag confirms that it will bring a nice prickle to to your palate.
Again it is a good wine for seafood, in this something nordic, but it can similarly stand alone as an excellent aperitif.
17 November 2015
As a white Rhone, indeed, it has a bit of body, and this example of it, costing £8 from Marks and Spencer, speaks admirably for itself and is robust enough, without lacking finesse, to go with sea bass, sea bream, or some similar fish, but is also fine as an aperitif.
It is certainly smooth enough to stand alone, and to stay in the memory as something more than vin ordinaire - and to remind you that Luberon wines are worth drinking. So don’t forget about it this time. If you do, the loss is yours.
The same can be said for Morrison’s Muscadet at £6. Any fears that this, too, could be something rather drab should be quickly dispelled by this northern French bottle whose “sur lie” (on its lees) tag confirms that it will bring a nice prickle to to your palate.
Again it is a good wine for seafood, in this something nordic, but it can similarly stand alone as an excellent aperitif.
17 November 2015
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