Madiran, the wine of this Haute-Pyrenees area, is little known in France, let alone New Zealand, but according to the plethoric, award-winning British wine writer, Andrew Jefford, I live in an are ...

A red wine grape variety, Tannat hails from Southwestern France and is used as the principal grape in Madiran AOC. Interestingly, Tannat also thrives in Uruguayan wine production. In fact ...

probably sourced from Madiran in France. Tannat grew well and made powerful, long-lived wines and so it became the signature ...

Here in France I would use a gutsy Madiran wine, not unlike an aged syrah. Buy aged steak, about 2.5cm thick if you can and be sure to have the steak at room temperature before grilling.