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2021 Vin de Pays de Vaucluse Rouge
Selected by Kermit LynchI love a cool, light-bodied red, but with the arrival of early sunsets and long winter nights, I want to cozy up to one thing: an inky-dark rouge from a rustic terroir. I’m craving wines I can sink my teeth into, ones that deliver all the warmth and character of the sunbaked, shrubby terroir from which they sprang. This Vaucluse rouge, featuring plummy black fruit and surprisingly silky texture, is great with any wintry dish. If you are looking for suggestions, though, try it with flank steak drizzled in chimichurri or a smoky, charred-eggplant ratatouille—perfect for when it’s a bit nippy outside.
—Jane Augustine
Wine Type: | red |
Vintage: | 2021 |
Bottle Size: | 750mL |
Blend: | 55% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 15% Merlot, 10% Marselan |
Country: | France |
Region: | Southern Rhône |
Producer: | Selected by Kermit Lynch |
Winemaker: | The Leydier Family |
Vineyard: | 18 years, 3.5 ha |
Soil: | Clay, Limestone |
Aging: | Wine ages for 8 months in cuves before being bottled unfiltered |
Farming: | Lutte Raisonnée |
Alcohol: | 14.5% |
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Kermit once said...
Kermit once said...
For the wines that I buy I insist that the winemaker leave them whole, intact. I go into the cellars now and select specific barrels or cuvées, and I request that they be bottled without stripping them with filters or other devices. This means that many of our wines will arrive with a smudge of sediment and will throw a more important deposit as time goes by, It also means the wine will taste better.