Name: Charles Thomas Cotes-du-Rhone
Variety: 50% Syrah, 40% Grenache and 10% Mourvedre
Region: Rhone
Country: France
Year: 2009
Price: $9
Winery review: From a 140+-acre estate near the well-known Cotes du Rhone village of Pont Saint Esprit emerges this juicy Cotes du Rhone, a blend of 50% Syrah, 40% Grenache and 10% Mourvedre. Wellmade, with loads of berry fruit and a heady, meaty, peppery nose with a hint of Provencal herbs, the wine is fresh, lively, and best drunk over the next 2 years.
My review: Peppery, smokey nose as described. Not overpowering, but definitively the most powerful nose of any of the wines tasted at the sitting. I enjoyed the strong tastes of wooded meat and seasoning and imagined that it would go well with any barbecue or steak. The wine had a slight hotness to it, but nothing I couldn't handle.
I tasted this on its own with no food.
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