Antítese, Alicante Bouschet, Merlot

A real French puzzle of a wine made in the summer heat of the Alentejo evoking another time and place. Late 40s. A smokey, dimly-lit jazz club in Place Pigalle with red velvet curtains and dark wood tables. A seductive alto sax solo meanders like a chocolate river amongst the well-dressed punters. Then the drummer joins back in, gently at first with a brush on the high hat and a tap tap of the snare, laying down a cool beat, till the whole band, one by one, fills the air with spice and plums and cherries and you feel like you’re floating in a magical, liquid fruit cake.