I'm starting to know when Mrs. Vino is going to like a wine. This wine smells pleasant and light. It is more refined than most wines we drink. While I don't taste dominant fruits, I find a light black pepper spice and reasonable tannins on the back end. I look to Mrs. Vino...wait for it... "oh...this is nice". Mm-hm. Medium to heavy bodied, the wine blends well with our spare ribs. I Google this wine to get the varietals and learn that it is 70% grenache, 25% syrah and 5% mourvedre - which I'm reminded are the typical Cote du Rhone grapes. I read that the growers are small, known for their Chateaneuf-du-Pape and take extra care of their grapes - it shows! The alchohol conent feels perfect at 14%. I see this wine at $14 on the net, which was the retail at the Wine House. I of course paid less with my SNL Cone Head, mass quantity discount. I will look for this one again.
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