Frithwood and De Martino

Joanna wants you to know that she, Berenice, Steph, Helen, and Christopher went for a 4½ mile walk at Frithwood near Ledbury. Only one of the walking group appears to have had a non-fatal heart attack and collapse.

But no, I have to confess that the title of this blog entry is misleading. It's actually a wine article. We had a delicious roast lamb tonight. Somehow all the vegetables and the meat all seemed to be perfectly cooked, but it was complemented beautifully by a Chilean 2007 De Martino "347 Vineyards" Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon. Despite the youth, the taste was very round, with a very good fruit/tannin balance. It wasn't exactly the fruit flavour that you'd expect from a Coonawarra Cab Sauv - the fruit was a little more rounded, a little plummier, rather than "pure" berry. This was a bottle from the Virgin wines - I'm glad we have two more. My experience so far is teaching me that Chilean wine is much better than Spanish and South African, and possibly even French - but although perhaps coming close to Australian wines, not beating them. Maybe that's only because I've not invested sufficiently in them to find the best...