Friday night with bread, cheese, and olives at Wine Styles.
This wine is a sniffer-what a gorgeous savory nose of garrigue and fruit. Delicious. If I had to pick a single wine region, it might well be the Rhone Valley. 80% Grenache, 20% Syrah. A bit of heat because of the 14.5% abv, but not out of line. Some funk and savory notes on the palate, but this is definitely a Grenache wine. Nice lean strawberry fruit, somewhat muted at this young age. Despite the heat, fairly smooth sipper. Maybe a shortish finish?. A nice wine, indeed. 89+ points. Would love to try this is five years???
Prefer to their Cotes du Rhone. The village pedigree matters here.
http://www.intvin.com/fiches_techniques ... ene_TN.pdf
