Wine Tasting at all FOUR locations
Taste Domaine de L'Echevin Guillaume de Rouville Cotes du Rhone at all four of our locations
this Saturday, May 3 from 11am-4pm.
(each store will also have other wines out to taste)
Area : Cotes du Rhone
The Cotes du Rhone appellation was introduced in November 1937, to provide a catch-all title for Rhone wines of reasonable quality, but which come from less well-known viticultural areas. The Cotes de Rhone Villages appellation is a step up from this, being granted to those communes that show particular viticultural qualities.
The principal red grapes permitted for use in Cotes du Rhone wines are Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre. Grenache must make up a minimum of 40% of any red blend except for those produced north of the town of Montelimar. Montelimar marks the divide between the southern Rhone, where Grenache ripens very well, and the slightly cooler northern Rhone, to which it is not so suited. There are ten other varieties sanctioned for use in the appellation's red and rose wines, but they must not represent more than 30% of any wine blend. These are Carignan, Cinsaut,Counoise, Muscardin, Camarese, Vaccarese, Picpoul Noir, Terret Noir, Grenache Gris and Clairette.
The principal grapes used in Cotes du Rhone white wines are Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Marsanne,Roussanne, Bourboulenc and Viognier. Ugni Blanc and Picpoul Blanc may also be used to a maximum of 20% of any blend.
Come taste one of our favorite Cotes du Rhone this Saturday:
2011 Domaine de L'Echevin Guillaume de Rouville Cotes du Rhone....$22.99
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