The initial pour of this wine yields an intense dark nearly black hue with aromas of major ripe dark fruit, a perfumy bouquet, with camphor, and more ripe berries.
Palate--Surprisingly "sweet" front palate with robust fruit throughout, savory spices but gentle, lovely texture for such a young wine. Flavors linger for a good while begging for another sip.
This lovely Southern French GSM; a blend of (Grenache, Syrah, *Mourvèdre) grapes the signature blend of the Rhone region of France. This blend comes from the always stellar and a bargain region called the Languedoc Roussillon!
Each of these grapes have now been made into their own **varietals with great success. This wine is delicious, succulent, and deserving of more than the $12 I paid for it. I only hope I can buy more.
I will be pairing it tonight with a "French onion tart" which doesn't sound too great on first blush but think of a hand tossed pizza pie, with a heaping pile of crisp bacon match sticks, a blenderized "sauce of cottage cheese and sour cream, baked in a high heat oven. Hungry yet? It will be GREAT so raise a glass!
* Mourvedre is pronounced "More Ved" according to French as a primary language friends I have...
** a varietal is a wine made from essentially one grape variety. (local regions of the world have their own laws governing what percent of the varietal grape the wine must be in order to be called the name of the grape.
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