For someone who says she hates whisky, Mrs Ray drinks an awful lot of it. We’re just back from a challenging week at the Edinburgh Festival, where we seemed to spend as much time in The Lucky Liquor Co, Nightcap, Bramble and Panda & Sons as we did in any shows.
It was a relief, then, to come home to some good, honest vino, which is exactly what this offer with FromVineyardsDirect is all about, highlighting some of their core range, their bestsellers and particular favourites of mine.
I feared the 2018 Comte Leloup du Chateau de Chasseloir Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie (1) would be too long in the tooth but, gosh, how wrong could I be? It’s in great form, fresh, built to last. Indeed, it’s the current vintage from this brilliant producer, made from 100-year-old vines and aged on the lees for weight and body. Muscadet never used to be this serious nor this enjoyable.
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