Rhone Rhone Baby

By / Wine + Drinks / November 12th, 2014 / 2

I speak to a lot of people about wine in my day to day life – more than most. And sooner or later the question of “your favourite wine or region?” seems to come out.

There are so many folks who pick the obvious: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne – classic French regions the lot, but also regions that are out of reach financially for many.

Which is why I’m a huge fan of the Rhone Valley – no other region offers such value and good wine year after year … and if you are of means they have wines for you too.

It’s hard to deny the Rhone’s appeal especially with wines like this coming out from there …

Olivier Ravoire 2011 Cairanne Cotes du Rhone Villages ($18.95)

This fabulous chocolate, raspberry, cherry, vanilla concoction delivers on the delicious, plus it adds such awesome other flavours like fig and licorice, all with a great backbone of acidity to keep it fresh.

Vidal-Fleury 2012 Domaine de Vieille Fontaine Cotes du Rhone Villages ($17.95)

Another full flavoured red Rhone blend which heads into the realm of herbal with plum, black cherry, leather, smoke and blueberry – it’s hard to put the glass down when wine is this good.

Gabriel Meffre 2011 Laurus Cotes du Rhone Villages ($17.95)

Here’s a juicy, raspberry, strawberry, cherry and plum number; each new fruit flavour that crosses the tongue seems to seal the deal on this wine sip after sip.

For more wine suggestions, see our other #WineWednesday posts.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael is an award-winning journalist: Promoting the Promoters Award Cuvée 2010 and Ontario Wine Awards Journalist of the Year 2012.  He is also a national and international wine judge - Ontario Wine Awards, All Canadian Wine Championships; Best of Riesling — Germany; Essencia do Vinho — "Top Wines of Portugal".  He is currently the President of the Wine Writers Circle of Canada and the wine columnist for Ottawa Life and Grand magazine as well as regular contributor to Tidings, and Grapevine ... his reviews have also appeared in the LCBO Vintages magazine. Michael has also added a YouTube channel to his activities where he reviews bottles of great Ontario wine on a weekly basis. In whatever he does, it is Michael’s desire to educate, inspire and encourage others to grow their own love and enthusiasm for wine – and to realize that it is their palate that ultimately makes the decision.

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