Alcesti Nesos Nero d'Avola 2021 vs Château Saint-Roch, Côtes du Rhône 2024
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £14.80 | £14.80 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Alcesti | Château Saint Roch |
| Style | Red | Red |
| Grape | Nero d'Avola | Syrah, Shiraz, Grenache, Garnacha, Mourvèdre |
| Region | — | Rhône |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
Alcesti Nesos Nero d'Avola 2021
The grape Nero d'Avola (also known as Calabrese) is named after the city of Avola in the far south of Sicily, and its wines are compared to New World Shirazes, with sweet tannins and plum or peppery flavours. The Nesos Nero d'Avola from Alcesti is rich and expressive, packed with ripe dark fruit flavours and a hint of spice. Its bold structure and smooth, velvety tannins make it a great match for hearty dishes like lamb stew, grilled meats, or smoky barbecue.
Château Saint-Roch, Côtes du Rhône 2024
Château Saint-Roch sits in the southern Rhône, and this Côtes du Rhône does exactly what a well-made example should: it delivers the warmth, generosity, and sun-soaked character of the south without any of the jammy excess that gives cheap GSM blends a bad name. The 2024 vintage brought a long, warm growing season with enough freshness in the evenings to keep the wines lifted, and it shows here in the balance between ripe dark fruit and the herbal, scrubby garrigue quality that makes southern Rhône reds so distinctively southern French. This is a wine to open, pour, and enjoy rather than agonise over. Drink it with something off the grill, a slow-cooked lamb, or simply a decent cheese board on a warm evening.
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