Chateau Aydie Madrian 2007
Vignobles Laplace Waitrose – £ 12.99
Chateau Aydie
The wine that I have decided to review is a rather expensive French Red Wine but as it was Christmas I decided to splash out, and see if the old adage really is true – Do you really get what you pay for?
This wine comes from a vineyard in Aydie France which has been run by the Laplace family for 3 generations now. This deep red almost black in colour is a full bodied wine made from the Tannat Grape. On the label it stated that – ‘to enjoy this wine in its youth, it should be decanted in a carafe before serving’ So I thought why not let’s see if we can taste a difference.
Decanting the wine
I poured a glass and started to drink that whilst I poured the remaining wine into the carafe to be consumed later, smelling the delicious aromas more powerfully, dark fruits sprang to mind although was glad I poured the glass first who really wants to wait whilst the wine breaths we just want to drink it right!! I didn’t really notice a difference but it could be because I was on my second glass by then.
The first taste of a glass of wine to me is always the best new or an old favourite. The taste was great it is wine after all and after a stressful day what better way to unwind but, if you need the exact flavours to me it tasted a little like cherries with a hint of blackberries it tasted wonderful and smelt equally as good, although when I asked my 13 year old daughter what she thought of the smell in ‘one word’ she ummed and ahhed then said ‘Salt and Vinegar crisps’ so I guess we will all have different perspectives.
Not sure if it was the quality of the wine or just the fact that it was Christmas, the tree lights where flicking the fire was warm and inviting, the wine went down a treat. I drank it much more slowly than I normally do but it was just so scrummy that I didn’t feel the need to down it, although this could be attributed to the fact that it was not a school night, I had already had several days off and the children were playing nicely for once so I was rather relaxed, not the usual frazzled highly stressed mother I normally am!! At least that’s what I tell my husband I’m like when I am downing my second glass on a normal week!! Sssh don’t tell!!
So all that said it was an enjoyable wine but when you can get two REALLY nice bottles for that price, I suppose I would only buy it for a special occasion and not for everyday drinking as it is a little heavy for that, although I didn’t get a hangover from it – and that’s always a plus.
If you decided to buy enjoy it is worth while.
Lots of Love
Foxy P
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