Variety: 65% Grenache, 35% Syrah
Region: Les Vignobles Foncalieu
Country: France
Vintage: 2021
Price: $12
Critics Review:
"This Côtes du Rhône blend sets off a red berry explosion on the nose with cherry candy and fresh cranberry. More smokey dark prunes and dried tea on the palate with soft-textured tannins. A fair level of acidity keeps the ripe fruits vibrant. Juicy, well-balanced and quaffable."
Wine Folly:
Page 117:
This is the flavors and aromas expected in a grenache wine. Mentions stewed strawberry, grilled plum, leather, dried herbs, and blood orange. This is interesting because the only two I was able to really pick up on is the strawberry and grilled plum.
Page 172:
Now this is the flavors and aromas of Syrah. Highlights blueberry, plum, milk chocolate, tobacco, and green peppercorn. I was definitely able to get the blueberry and plum right off the nose, and after drinking I could get milk chocolate in the finish and tobacco in the spice.
My Personal Review:
I tried this wine for the first time by itself and one of the things I noted immediately was how much this wine punches you straight away with the fruity aromas. I was able to get blueberry and plum, especially the plum as it was highlighted as an aroma in both grenache and syrah. I was planning for a super fruit forward wine after smelling, but after I tasted it I was taken aback by the spice this thing came with. That could come due to the hints of tobacco in this wine. Specifically in the aftertaste. Overall, very good wine and I would definitely buy it again.
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