2018 Clos du Gravillas Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois Douce Providence

Certified organic vin doux naturel. RS 125 g/l. 50 cl bottle. What a delight! Tastes like slow-roasted Cotton Candy grapes with a bit of lychee and rose water and then this wonderful sweet-fennel herbiness and sweet, warm spices. Silky texture with just enough weight to make it move with a sensuousness around the mouth, but shot through with freshness and life and energy. I couldn’t imagine anything more delicious than a bowl of ripe papaya, fresh chopped mint, a sprinkling of cinnamon, nutmeg and sweet paprika, and a glass of this. Lockdown breakfast? Lunch? Mid-afternoon snack? Who cares. Ravishingly drinkable. (TC)