Write it down, or I’ll forget it http://detlog.wordpress.com Things I want to remember later - about wine. Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:39:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/76a439bbf80bc2b65b3b565047569458?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Write it down, or I’ll forget it http://detlog.wordpress.com Wines of Cotes du Rhone http://detlog.wordpress.com/2006/07/26/wines-of-cotes-du-rhone/ http://detlog.wordpress.com/2006/07/26/wines-of-cotes-du-rhone/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:37:25 +0000 detlog https://detlog.wordpress.com/2006/07/26/wines-of-cotes-du-rhone/ ]]>

Or you could say “Les Vins des Côtes du Rhône.”

AOC = Appellation d’Origine Controlée
The highest level of the controling geographic origins of wine; a form of certification in France.

varieties

  • Red
    • Grenache black
    • Syrah
    • Mourvèdre
    • Grenache
  • White
    • Grenache white
    • Clairette white
    • Marsanne
    • Roussanne
    • Bourboulenc
    • Viognier
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Wow. I just checked the vinyard’s website and it’s a $45 bottle on their online store.
I’m saying “wow” because I didn’t pay that much :P

We bought 6 bottles for $20 each (5 are for my husband’s friend who is currently in other state – he asked us to get them for him) at a wine shop called Cloverleaf.

We opened a bottle that night after dinner. It was a rich, balanced wine and we both liked it.

Although we probably should have waited – Schweiger website says it wll age for up to 20 years.

I hadn’t been drinking much wine for a while (summer & fall has been beer season for me!), it’s hard to describe what I taste. I hope starting to write down information on wine will help me become more knowledgeable wine drinker.

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