SOUTHERN / AMERICAN / PACIFIC WINE & SPIRITS® Domaine la Garrigue Cotes du Rhone – 6057044541599

Notes from the Winemaker:
Cuvee Romaine is a wine with a personality. The marriage of Grenache (50%) and Syrah (50%) gives it really distinctive characteristics. This is a structured wine that makes a great partnership with red meat, meat in sauce, game and flavorful cheeses.

90 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate (2013 Vintage):
“Domaine La Garrigue has always been one of my favorite Eric Solomon estates. Solomon has the producer bottle this cuvee two or three years before La Garrigue’s other wines. It is essentially declassified Vacqueyras from 60- to 90-year-old vines. Another wine looked after by Philippe Cambie, it has been a consistent winner in every vintage I have tasted, and the 2013 is again an outstanding effort. A blend of 65% Grenache, 25% Mourvedre and 10% Syrah aged in concrete, it is a quintessential Provencal fruit bomb offering abundant notes of black cherries, black currants, roasted Provencal herbs, licorice, incense and background earth. It possesses a dark ruby/plum/purple color, medium to full body, and a ripe, fleshy, hedonistic personality. Drink it over the next 2-3 years.” – Robert M. Parker, Jr. (25th Jun 2014)