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Mourvedre Rose Collioure Consolation 2009 75cl
- Roussillon
- Organic Practices
- France
Tasting Notes
A complex wine - wild fermented in barrel to add biscuity, savoury characters to the bright berry fruits. A full-flavoured wine suited to fine seafood, it possesses length and balance very rare in a rosé.
We were lucky enough to meet Andy Cook several years ago when we were competitors in the Scottish wine trade. At that time he was quite scruffy but totally into wine, the technical side of how it was made and was so very keen to have a go himself. Several years on and Andy is still quite scruffy but he has followed his dream. He studied oenology in New Zealand in 2005 at Lincoln University, one of the worlds most famous wine schools and is now making some stunning wines for himself in Collioure under the guiding hand and friend Phillipe Gard of Coume del Mas.
Based in Cousperon with his now wife Kirsten he has started to make some stunning wines with real depth, complexity and passion. They are easily some of the best reds and whites we have come across from Southern France in a long time and all offer stunning value and are great food wines too.
Keep an eye out for Andy and his wines as there is no doubt that they will be on the front of Decanter some time in the near future...
Each cuvée is available only in very limited quantities and are genuinely hand crafted from start to finish, ensuring contact with the developing wine as much as possible. Wines are only released when Andy thinks they are ready and fining and filtration is kept to a minimum. As such these wines might leave a slight deposit in bottle.