It’s perfectly understandable why Berry Bros & Rudd’s Good Ordinary Claret is their best selling wine. It’s delicious – and at £7.30 for an individual bottle, it’s a bargain! If I had the room, I’d be inclined to purchase a standby case for £78.84 (that’s only £6.57 per bottle). But alas, living in my urban abode means I’ll have to settle for only being able to stow away a couple of bottles of this red wine at any time. Actually, maybe that’s not such a bad thing, the more of this dry medium-full bodied Cabernet Sauvignon blend I’d have in my flat, the more apt I’d be to drink! And at 13% alcohol, such a lovely predicament wouldn’t add up to me being a very diligent boy at all.
I can’t think of any reason to pooh-pooh Berry Bros & Rudd’s Good Ordinary Claret. Neither can I imagine any of my wine drinking friends not loving it. Yep, I think I’ve found a winner in the category of last minute gift ideas as well as a reliable bottle of something to bring as a future dinner guest. A glass of Berry’s GOC certain goes down well on its own (as I sit here typing up my review) but I imagine it would accompany wonderfully a juicy steak or most game. I’m thinking some prosciutto with mozzarella di bufala would be an ideal treat to pair with this Bordeaux beauty too (or hmmmm maybe a brownie would go well with a glass of GOC?) – indeed GOC offers a fantastic and inexpensive introduction to discovering why such a fuss about Bordeaux reds exists.
Anyhoo, enough of my blathering! I really like the way the flavours of this impressively structured claret dissolve on my tongue, and I’m going to pour myself another glass … aaahhhh.
For product details and more, visit Berry Bros & Rudd online at http://www.bbr.com/ or stop by their shop at 3 St James’s Street, SW1A 1EG.
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