At just over $500, this wine is an interesting wine suitable for everyday drinking. The wine offers a nice combination of spicy and woody flavors.

This wine has more character than many other Cotes du Rhone wines, perhaps because the vines used to make it are 70 years old. The wine has a reddish mahogany color and spicy fruit bouquet. Abundant flavors of black pepper, raspberries and smoky or toasted oak are quite appealing. This medium bodied wine is round in the mouth and has a nice silky texture. Enjoy this wine with French Andouillettes Sausages with Lyonnaise Potatoes, Duck Leg Confit and Australian Style BBQ Steak. This wine also matches nicely with Korean BBQ Meats and Japanese Skewer Dishes. Serve this wine about 16 C°.

The producer of this wine, Comte Louis de Clermont-Tonnerre, is descended from ancient French nobility. Perhaps this is why very old vines are used to make several of his best wines. Despite obvious care and expertise in making wines, this house is known for their reasonable prices.

John H. Isacs

This wine has more character than many other Cotes du Rhone wines, perhaps because the vines used to make it are 70 years old. The wine has a reddish mahogany color and spicy fruit bouquet. Abundant flavors of black pepper, raspberries and smoky or toasted oak are quite appealing. This medium bodied wine is round in the mouth and has a nice silky texture. Enjoy this wine with French Andouillettes Sausages with Lyonnaise Potatoes, Duck Leg Confit and Australian Style BBQ Steak. This wine also matches nicely with Korean BBQ Meats and Japanese Skewer Dishes. Serve this wine about 16 C°.

The producer of this wine, Comte Louis de Clermont-Tonnerre, is descended from ancient French nobility. Perhaps this is why very old vines are used to make several of his best wines. Despite obvious care and expertise in making wines, this house is known for their reasonable prices.

John H. Isacs