A pinch about me

I'm Ian Johnson and have been involved in the wine trade in Charleston since '98. I have spent a tremendous amount of resources, both money and time, to become as knowledgeable as I can in the world of wine. I will sit the Master of Wine Exam next June at Opus One in Napa. In the next few months I will be writing volumes and tasting as often as I can. Hopefully I will have the opportunity to share my tastings with many of the people who will follow this blog. I will be organizing structured, sit down, tastings open to the general public starting in October. The tasting schedule will be posted on this blog.

Friday, September 24, 2010

2008 Château de Ségriès, Lirac Rouge, Cuvée Réservée

I picked this up a couple of weeks ago at Whole Foods.  We sell it at Mercato and some guy had a problem with it not being Cotes-du-Rhone Villages anymore. A little knowledge can be dangerous.  Anyway, I thought this little wine was a stunner. Absolutely gorgeous. Medium weight, beautiful spice and red fruit from the blend: 50% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 10% Cinsault, 5% Mourvèdre, 5% Carignan. Kysela is the importer and  it's distributed by Advintage.  Of course Parker gave it only 87 points. Not really his style.  But if you like wines that are elegant, spicy, sexy and please everyone at the table, this wine will do nicely.
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