This wine really takes me back to our honeymoon about 18 months ago when we tried a number of South African white blends that really impressed.
Problem was, not many of them seemed to be in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ once we'd arrived back.
This particular blend is made up of Semillon (44%), Viognier (41%), Grenache Blanc (10%) and Roussanne (5%). Natural bedfellows they are too.
I like the slightly tropical fruit salad nose to this wine with an undercurrent of spicy peppery notes.
The palate is indeed like licking an empty fruit salad box, in a good way of course. The peach and melon flavours sit alongside each other very well.
It's a lovely wine from a very reliable South African producer. I'm rarely without one of their John X Merriman Cab Sauvs in the house and their Rousanne is also very good indeed.
The best thing about this wine is that until July 16th it's reduced to £7.99 in selected Co-Op stores which in my view makes it a bona fide bargain.
I don't actually know which stores these are of course so you'll have to do some of the leg work for yourselves. I'd suggest you start with the bigger ones....
