A blend of 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah and 5% each Cinsault and Mourvedre, the 2019 Cotes du Rhone Villages Plan de Dieu spent just a few months in concrete prior to bottling. It's dark and intensely colored, with notes of black cherries and plums dominating ...
The 2016 Solanera is up with the finest vintages I've tasted of this cuv?e (and I've had most of them). A blend of 65% Monastrell, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 15% Grenache, all from more limestone and higher elevation soils (and the Monastrell vines are 7...
This estate consistently produces a great Cotes du Rhone, and they've done well in 2018. Revealing a ruby/purple hue as well as juicy notes of blackberries, peppery herbs, licorice, and spice, it's medium-bodied, has good overall freshness, loads of upfro...