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Tour of the Southern Rhône Crus
6-Pack Sampler
Removed from the expansive flatlands that produce much of the generic Côtes-du-Rhône, the crus show off the stony plateaus and dramatic terraced sites whose wines express a true sense of place. While Grenache is king in these parts, an array of red and white grapes are permitted, allowing each producer to paint a unique picture from the complex palette of varieties that thrive under the meridional sun.
This sampler explores six of the Southern Rhône’s great crus. The common elements are the generous Mediterranean climate, the howling mistral, and garrigue—aromatic scrubland that invades every inch of virgin soil, whose balmy fragrances fill the air on a hot day and seem to saturate the region’s wines. You’ll see as you sip these wines, in all three colors: they could come from nowhere else.
Tour of the Southern Rhône Crus Sampler
2016 Tavel Rosé • Trinquevedel $18.95
2015 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc “Clos la Roquète” • Domaine la Roquète $49
2015 Beaumes-de-Venise Rouge • Domaine de Durban $19
2014 Lirac “Le Classique” • Domaine du Joncier $25
2014 Vacqueyras Rouge “Cuvée Doucinello” • Domaine Le Sang des Cailloux $34
2015 Gigondas “Les Racines” • Domaine Les Pallières $40
Normally $185.95
SPECIAL SAMPLER PRICE
$158.00
(a 15% discount)
—Anthony Lynch
This item is not eligible for discounts |
Wine Type: | sampler |
Country: | France |
Normally $185.95 SPECIAL SAMPLER PRICE $158.00 |
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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.