To Try, Buy and Put By

TO TRY: Goats do Roam Red, Fairview Estate, Western Cape 2013, €11.95 down from €15.95 from O’Briens Wine, nationwide and online at obrineswine (89)

When Charles Back took over his family’s Fairview Estate in South Africa, he soon began to break from the then usual interest in replicating Bordeaux blends. The Rhône Valley was Back’s interest and soon he was sourcing parcels of mourvèdre, carignan and above all, shiraz from across the region. ...