A devilishly handsome bearded gentleman modelling his new reading glasses and holding a bottle of 2017 Chateau de Saint Cosme Gigondas.

A glass of 2017 Chateau de Saint Cosme next to tonight’s musical accompaniment, Turn It Over by the Tony Williams Lifetime. I was a little too young for this originally - Mahavishnu was where I came in to this kind of stuff. It would have been a lot better without Tony’s singing and lyrics - but at the end of the day (whisper it quietly) McLaughlin has never struck me as an emotionally satisfying guitarist.

#12bottlesofChristmas #10 is a #SaintCosme 2017 #Gigondas. I’ve already had the 2016, which was lovely. This is an interesting contrast - more austere, which I think I was expecting, and more tannic, which I wasn’t. In short, possibly a bit too young. But it will come round - I trust #LouisBarruol.