As two confirmed Banyuls lovers were in the room, a 16.5% bottle had to

As two confirmed Banyuls lovers were in the room, a 16.5% bottle had to make an appearance. Ron pronounced this as the only “gay” wine of the night and both he and Ray treated us to a ten second rendition of “YMCA” (Village People), we aimed to make sense of what was in our respective glasses. A dark strawberry red, the nose showed muted fruit with some VA, it reminded me of Italian Recioto but nowhere near as flamboyant. Sweet with some acidity, dry dates and a blunt finish. I think this may have been a slightly off bottle and that was the consensus around the table. Not rated.