The address ?La Grande Montagne, Seguret? does not fully convey the drama of the site bought by Walter McKinlay, a Scot who sold his IT business at retirement age to live the wine dream. Mourchon perches on the mountain top. A daring move ? especially when there was no cellar, a house with only one wall and a new owner with no experience of wine production.
Assured that the limestone/ clay/ sandstone terroir was worthwhile, McKinlay bought 17 hectares of vineyard, wedged a smart gravity-flow cellar into the house, besides adding another for his daughter Kate and her husband Hugo Levingstone ? the generation who will take Mourchon forward. The Cotes du Rhone ?Grande Reserve? is a superb blend of 65% Grenache and 35% Syrah, aged in barrique for 12 months and bottled with very minimal filtration.
Per case ex VAT
Southern Rhone
2004 Cotes du Rhone Seguret 'Grande Reserve' Ripe aromas of herby, leafy black fruits and wood smoke. Very intense, fleshy and ripe. Soft ripe tannins, soft acidity, full of leafy, herby, fresh black fruit and wood spices. Full bodied, fleshy and very long. Deep and harmonious, drinking well. (CG)
140.00
2005 Cotes du Rhone Seguret 'Grande Reserve'
144.00
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Delivery charges (exclusive of VAT):-
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2-3 cases - £9.50
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Current duty rates per 12 x 75cl,
still wines £17.50
sparkling wines £22.40
fortified wines £23.32
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