Sweet seduction in liquid form, the wine starts with ginger blossom and jasmine, macerated dried apricots, sultanas and even marmalade – both on the nose and palate. Unctuous, audacious and bold, it is richly sweet but it manages not to be mawkish or cloyingly syrupy because of the lively, fresh, zingy acid which is a necessary counterpoint. The palate is composed, bright, lively, opulent and complex and yet it finishes dry and clean
Coronation chicken, Middle-Eastern or North African type salads, featuring chick peas or a couscous accompanied by duck. And rich liver paté or parfait, of course!