Wine from another Galaxy
“The first time I tried making a dry Sagrantino my father didn’t speak to me for three months”
o you shy away from high-alcohol Napa Cabernet in the interest of self-preservation? Does the mere mention of Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s ABV summon ghosts of hangover anxieties dormant within your bones? Do you pass on Port; avoid Amarone; and would you rather swim an ocean than swallow Aussie Shiraz? If the answer is ‘yes’ to any of the above, you may be suffering from ‘rich-wine neurosis’ – a phenomenon defined by Andrew Jefford in magazine, who cites historic terroirs such as Priorat and
