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Brae
Devo goes really well with Dom Pérignon’s
2004 Rosé. We found this out prior to dinner got into my stride with a 2014 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey
while we whiled away an hour or two in the
outstanding guest rooms at Brae. There’s a
turntable in each room with an eclectic offering of vinyl
and, as the flower-potted-head musos were ‘whipping
it’, a frenzy of bubbles whipped up in our glasses and
delivered an aroma and flavour hit of exquisite red
berry fruits, wheaten biscuit and fresh hay. With air,
you get whiffs of jasmine tea and the palate is strong
with a graphite edge. It has great power and finesse.
After playing the A side of Nick Cave and The Bad
Seed’s ‘Boatman’s Call’, we shuffled across to the
restaurant for a splendid meal.
We were greeted by a friendly chap who told us that we
didn’t have to drive home so we could let our hair down
a bit. I need no third-party encouragement and quickly
Saint-Aubin 1er Cru 'Les Perrières'. The wine list here
has a fair few under-sulphured orange things on it. This
PY-CM has enough sulphur for all of them and I love
it. The nose is all struck match and green melon. The
palate is tight and compact with a steely mineral spine.
The wine takes time to unravel and shows delicate floral
and white-peach notes. It was terrific with almost all of
the first half of the tasting menu.
Brae is a paddock-to-plate establishment, growing
a lot of the food they serve. The starter of asparagus
was almost porch to plate as it is grown a mere
drop punt from where we were sitting. The spears
were undercooked to maintain crunch and served
with quality olive oil and rosemary flowers. An
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