I got this wine from the supermarket to go with lamb chops the other day. A lesser known claret from Montagne St Emilion which nearly made last year's Doctors' Association Dinner, this wine turned out a good accompaniment for the meal. The estate turns out to be very interesting in that the vineyard (created only in 1960) straddles the three appellations of Lussac- and Montagne- St Emilion as well as Bordeaux Superieur and they make three wines from this unbroken stretch of vineyards for the different appellations. The estate is called La Claymore and yes there is a Scottish connection from its history (not from the estate or the owners, but from this whole area, which used to be a Scottish garrison). Flaunys itself is a Calt-Gaelic word meaning paradise, and for this wine, the fruit is pure Merlot.
AS for this wine, it was a clear limpid deep ruby with just a hint of purple. The nose was sweet acid with lots of berry fruit, somewhat marred by a tiny whiff of alcohol. The palate was sweet acid and fruity with a touch of savouriness, still dogged by that same alcoholic heat, leading to an acid backbone accompanied with slight tannins.
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