Here’s one brilliant selection for the truly open-minded and adventurous wine lover, if there are any left.
Sommselect.com is offering a super red wine from one of the world’s most under-appreciated wine region, Roussillon in the south of France. The vineyard is close to the Spanish border in a sub-region known as the Côtes Catalanes.
If you are man enough to try something new, here it is:
2017 Domaine de l’Horizon, “L’ESPRIT DE L’HORIZON”
$39 a bottle, free shipping for 4 or more. Limit 12 bottles per order.
By no coincidence, this wine is from Calce, a high elevation special mountainside vineyard area that neighbors the lone superstar, Domaine Gauby.
I visited Gauby several years ago and came away convinced the $100 bottles of wine were actually a deal. And I’m frugal!
And, for those of you who never thought much of the Carignan grape, you will be, as I was, astonished by the depth and complexity of wines made from old Carignan vines grown in this tiny region.
It is 60% Carignan and 40% Syrah which adds flesh and spice to this exciting 2017 red.
This is definitely NOT one of those over-ripe, fruit bombs that are all jam and usually given inflated 90+ scores by bogus Somms.
Best of all, this is a wine of place, one that demonstrates that terroir is a real concept.
And that is what wine is, or should be, all about.
Check it out at http://www.sommselect.com
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