Wine to be drunk in large quantities to wash down hearty, fatty food
Domaine du Cros Marcillac Lo Sang du Pais 2013, South West France (£8.50-£10.99 The Wine Society, Les Caves de Pyrene)
Supremely gluggable style, with fragrant violet, pepper and blackcurrant leaf aromas, plump, herb-tinged mulberry flavours and a crisp, earthy finish, with a lightly savoury twang. Has some of that tell-tale clay-like character of low sulphur wine (remember playing with ‘slip’ at school?), but still fresh and perky. S(-)