50%
syrah,
50%
grenache
Color is brilliant red/plum purple, with medium depth. Garrigue, thyme and pepper on the nose, with stones and minerality. Cooked raspberry fruit aromas. Very bright and clean (meaning no funk), a terroir driven wine. The palate is acid driven, medium bodied weight with velour (like Rob’s hippie pants he made in college) tannins, very seductive. The high acid has no hard edge and is refreshing. Short on the finish, but who cares! This wine has beautiful balance and is a perfect food wine. We’d actually prefer this wine to more prestigious and expensive wines we’ve ripped apart (aka over-ripe and over-extracted).
Tasted on Oct. 10, 2008
The photo is from one of the vineyards of Saint Maurice, gorgeous slopes and rocks.
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