A most memorable blend and about 4 million bottles have been produced of this blend of 50% Syrah, 40% Grenache and 10% Mourvedre.
Guigal brings together grapes from 80+ growers in the northern and southern Rhone.
We very much enjoyed the underlying acidity and minerality. Long on stone fruit flavours, big on pleasing the palate.
This one will be remembered for a long time.
Cotes du Rhone – Guigal 2017
$22.99
14% Alcohol
UPC: 03536650501002
This is a lovely blended family. Stew the first night, and carefully saved enough for a healthy glass with the lamb chops the following night.
The wine is from vineyards situated on remarkable terroirs such as Signargues, Cairanne and Rasteau, This wine is a blend of very old Grenache (85%) & Syrah (15%).
Wine Advocate rates it at 89 points. I’d go a little higher because of it’s smoothness. It’s a medium to full-bodied combo with a perky finish.
COTES DU RHONE – HALOS DE JUPITER 2017
$21.99 regularly $23.99
15.5% alcohol
UPC: 00690604000447
COTES DU RHONE – CHAPOUTIER BELLERUCHE 2018
UPC: 03391181110136
14% alcohol
The French don’t have Chateaubriand every night with their wine – and we don’t either, so we did our home made chilli to have with a little Cote du Rhone.
This one seems a little softer and lighter than some, which was a bit of a surprise considering the 14% alcohol content. But that also, generally, means that you can put it down for a few years to savour in the future.
James Suckling says “bright, simple and easygoing style” We agree.
The anticipated blend of Syrah and Grenache but the % of each we don’t know.
Soil is made up of several major types of terroirs including pebbly clay soils, soils with layers of stones, stony clay terraces, and stony, silty-sand… All these soils provide the vine with a constant water supply and, at night, release the heat stored up by the pebbles during the day.
Code: 589432
$16.49
Louis Bernard Cotes du Rhone
It’s a lovely blend of Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Roussanne and Viognier.
Very well balanced. It’s not one of the mystery case offerings. But, this is one of our favourite white blends and a standard ‘go-to’ if the mind hits a blank when wandering the isles. Always good to have one in reserve.
Teamed up with an easy one pan dinner: An omelette. The Treehouse Twist is to melt a little Feta/Kashkaval cheese mix on top. We like the sheep variety of the Kashkaval and our’s is a Bulgarian import.
Home stewed rhubarb on top of Frozen Yogurt was a refreshing dessert.
Could have gone with either Red or White with what we were planning.
Looked at what had been prepped on the counter and decided on a Red.
Wanted something medium bodied, spicy but light and smooth at the end
Balance is what I was after and that’s what we got …
Code 535849
$17.99
Was a little surprised that the alcohol content was 14%
The quiche was a little on the experimental side – but generally you can do just about anything you want with the mix. Bron decided on leek, red and yellow pepper, green onion, bacon (of course) and some mushrooms. Cheeses were cheddar and asiago.
Ended up being a great combo with some small fresh tomatoes on the side.
