2006 Château Beauchêne Côtes du Rhône Premier Terroir

Delicious, rich, deep French Cotes du Rhone that we enjoyed with our Beef Wellington, asparagus and butter sauce.

COTES DU RHONE PERRIN RESERVE 2005

Wow. This wine completely blew me away. What terrific balance and fragile complexity. It has an earthy aroma with hints of cloves and cranberries. Flavours of cocoa and plum with a slight spiciness and excellent tannins. Thanks to Mary Alice for a wonderful bottle.

Perrin Reserve consists of Cinseault, Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre grapes. They are grown in the vinyards of Grand Prébois owned by the Perrin family in Orange, France.

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Côtes du Rhône - Mommessin Les Epices 2004

The Côtes du Rhône "Les Epices" is a delicious blend of Grenache, Carignan, Cinsault,and Syrah grape varieties. It is quite complex and well balanced, with plum on the nose. It has nice tannin notes that aren't overpowering. Mommessin is a French winery founded in 1865 in Burgundy, and is now located in the Beaujolais region. I loved this wine!

Score: 90