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2019 Côtes du Rhône
Selected by Kermit Lynch
One of the things I love about this bottling is that while we get to choose our blend every year after tasting samples from roughly twenty different tanks, we still allow the conditions of the vintage to guide us, giving us a fresh, honest, and pure entry point to the Rhône’s great reds. This 2019 reflects a relatively warm year in the southern Rhône Valley, rendering this cuvée a little more solaire than its 2018 counterpart. Still, it bears all of the trademark qualities that we look for in a weeknight rouge from this slice of France: the dark fruit, wild herbs, stony spirit, and, most important, deliciousness that you want to savor again and again.
—Tom Wolf
| Wine Type: | red |
| Vintage: | 2019 |
| Bottle Size: | 750mL |
| Blend: | 62% Grenache, 18% Syrah, 11% Mourvèdre, 9% Carignan |
| Appellation: | Côtes du Rhône |
| Country: | France |
| Region: | Southern Rhône |
| Producer: | Selected by Kermit Lynch |
| Vineyard: | 40 years average, 36 ha |
| Soil: | Marl, Limestone |
| Aging: | Wine is aged in cement tank before bottling |
| Farming: | Lutte Raisonnée |
| Alcohol: | 14.5% |
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Kermit once said...
Kermit once said...
Great winemakers, great terroirs, there is never any hurry. And I no longer buy into this idea of “peak” maturity. Great winemakers, great terroirs, their wines offer different pleasures at different ages.
Inspiring Thirst, page 312