A world-class, mesmerising rosé

La Source du Château de Sours Rosé is your chance to own a pivotal wine, says Matthew Jukes.

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2014 La Source du Chteau de Sours Ros, Bordeaux, France (£90 per dozen bottles in bond, or £11.46 per bottle incl. VAT, Private Cellar, 01353-977997).

I am very fortunate to know the wines of Chteau de Sours inside out. Owner Martin Krajewski is a pal and he is also a perfectionist. Since he bought this beautiful Chteau and its famous ros brand he has taken the wines from being well made and eye-catching to world class and mesmerising. I am a huge fan of his estate ros I have written the 2014 up in my column in the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine already this year. I also adore the large formats Martin knows how to party!

But above Chteau de Sours Ros there is another, elite cuve which came of age in the 2014 vintage. It will be shipped from France especially for those of you who want to secure some of the very rare stock. Made from 70% merlot and 30% cabernet franc, it is categorically the finest wine ever made at this estate. The perfume and silky texture are not marked by oak as in previous vintages.

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This wine has been refined and made impossibly beautiful. I gave it 18/20 in my notes and it's worth noting that it is a tenth of the price of Garrus (the dreamy Provenal ros which appeared on this page a few weeks ago). This is your chance to own a pivotal wine.

Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year (matthewjukes.com).

Matthew Jukes
Matthew Jukes

Matthew Jukes has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books.  

Matthew regularly lectures, judges, speaks at wine conferences and runs masterclass tastings for both corporate and private clients all over the world. Matthew is also the creator of his ground-breaking initiative, the One Day Wine School, an indulgent day of tasting and learning first performed in 2006.

He has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006 and has written a weekly column for the Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine since 1999. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website, www.matthewjukes.com.

Matthew is one of the world’s leading experts on Australian wine and, with Brisbane-based wine writer Tyson Stelzer, runs an annual competition in Australia to find ‘The Great Australian Red’.  He was made Honorary Australian of the Year in the UK at the 2012 Australia Day Foundation Gala dinner. 

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy.  His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.

 

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