This wine's an award winner…
Bronze Medal
International Wine & Spirit Competition 2022
This wine is kinder to the planet
Our Green Grape logo shines a spotlight on wines where our winemakers have gone above and beyond to make them more sustainable. Find out more.
About the wine
Super premium Syrah from the Simpsons
- 2019 was such an exceptional year for reds at Sainte Rose, particularly the Rhone red varieties. We thought if any year we could make a super premium red it was this year! Whenever we do an exclusive wine in exceptional years we call it an Anniversary wine.
- We left the fruit longer on the vines for greater concentration, hand picked to select only the ripest and cleanest fruit, and used the gentlest of flavour extraction techniques. With the help of the Naked Angels we were also able to buy super high end French oak barrels in which to age this wine.
- Our anniversary blend is a statuesque, powerful and deeply flavoured wine with aromas of warm plums, blackberry and dried lavender. It's got bags of depth and concentration without the heaviness.
Charles & Ruth, Winemakers
Best before
Drink now to 2029
Serving advice
Serve at 18-20°C. Due to the minimal filtration to show its full potential, the wine may produce some sediment as it matures further in the bottle so decanting is recommended, at least one hour before drinking
Food match
Go Vegan with Vegan lentil Sloppy Joes! At Sainte Rose, Charles & Ruth sometimes see wild boar in the vineyards and this is the prize game for French 'chasseurs'. Roast wild boar is actually a wonderful pairing for this bold and powerful wine, as would any game or grilled red meat, seasoned with mediterranean herbs.
Contains sulphites
Always check the label
France
Languedoc-Roussillon
Syrah | Shiraz
Fruity Red
13.5% ABV
75cl
Vegan
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Charles and Ruth Simpson
- In 2002, Charles & Ruth took a leap into the unknown. They quit their dull, corporate jobs. Hopped on the first plane to France. And bought up their own little patch of grape-growing land in Southern France.
- It turned out to be an inspired move. Since then their delicious, Angel-exclusive wines haven’t stopped scooping IWC and Decanter World Wine Awards and rave reviews from wine-critic royalty.
- Not content to rest on their laurels in France, they set their sights on another opportunity, making English wine in Blighty. Your backing also gave them the confidence to do just that! In 2014 they returned to their roots and planted their first English vineyard near Canterbury.
Ratings
87,215
Followers
15,966
