Full name: 2009 Mas de Janiny Le Temps des Gitans Vin de Pays de l'Hérault. A clear bottle with a pretty cheap looking label it doesn't look like much, but this one has been the biggest surprise of the Ekovinlådan wines this far.
The wine is dark red, verging on blue. It smells like lots of dark berries and minerals but there are also traces of maceration carbonique, contributing with candy like notes of raspberry gumdrops and the like. A wine mote complex than you'd guessed by the label, heading in several directions at once. It also manages to be very smooth without being wimpy. My mother-in-law said: "There is just no resistance whatsoever when gulping this down", and I agree about that.
With food it got even better. We served it along risotto with chicken, grilled red peppers and fried aubergines, recipe taken from the current issue of Swedish Gourmet magazine. This was an excellent food pairing. The wine was good on its own, but the food brought it to live.
The wine costs 85 SEK on its own. A very good buy. I'm going to order myself 3 bottles right away. This could be my new black dress wine, a wine that goes with everything, for every occasion!
Unfortunately I had this a wile ago and didn't think of taking tasting notes so this review might not be what is could be, but fortunately there are other bloggers that have reviewed as well. For more details, check out last review in this blog posting in "Finare Vinare" (in Swedish) or Organic Wine Journal
N.B. The white version is just as delicious.
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