Châteauneuf-du-Pape reds are for people who like fuller-bodied wines. This is a great match for cassoulet or lamb stew. There's plenty of character in this wine: spicy red fruits, black pepper, and a good dose of tannins.
Made up of 60% Grenache and 40% Syrah, this medium to full-bodied wine exhibits the best qualities of these great grape varieties. It's spicy because of Syrah and beautifully perfumed because of Grenache. Concentrated flavors of baked plums, blueberries, tobacco, and medium tannins are noticeable on the palate. On the nose you'll find plum followed by a touch of leather. It should be decanted for a bit. This is not an extremely complex wine but it's a good example of what a southern Rhône wine should be. And without spending a fortune, you'll have a rich glass full of flavors...an experience for your senses paired with food or drunk alone!
The Grenache grape (a.k.a. Grenache Noir) produces relatively pale, fruity red wines that often stop just short of sweetness. Grenache is familiar to most wine drinkers as an ingredient in the blends of the Rhône and Languedoc-Roussillon, where it can add charm to varieties that are a little rougher around the edges. The distinguished Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas appellations are both...
Prestige in the north, value in the south: that’s the quick version of the Rhône story. Southern village appellations produce a dizzying stylistic range of delicious wines, while the prices for northern “trophy” bottles can be dizzyingly high. If you like smoky, leathery, earthy, macho red wines, however, the wines of the northern Rhône are well worth it. Prestigious northern Rhône appellations...
We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it...
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