Contes-du-Rhone

Name: Charles Thomas Cotes-du-Rhone

Variety: 50% Syrah, 40% Grenache and 10% Mourvedre

Region: Rhone

Country: France

Year: No year given

Price: $8.95

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. Well-made, 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: It smelled slightly floral. It was kin of spice and tasted like an open fire. It had that cinder taste. Because of the cinders, I didn’t taste anything else.