This is a semi-sweet lightly sparkling red party wine made
from Negrette and Syrah, and it comes from Fronton in the South West of France.
I found it on the promotion literature for the 2012 Wine and Dine festival and
as it contained a grape I have never tasted before, I sought it
out there. Negrette is a grape of South West France where it is the principal grape in the Cotes de Frontonnais appellation; it is
thought to be descended from Mavro rootstock. This wine was a deep rose colour,
with a fruity spicy nose, marred by a slight metallic hint. The palate was
sweet and spicy with an acid prickle with support provided by a sweet acid
backbone.
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