Delas Freres, Cotes du Ventoux, 2006
This wine represents our friends Elizabeth's and Kenny's attempt at that good and cheap dinner wine quest. They brought this over the same night we drank that 1983 Grand Cru Pauillac, and a 2005 Crozes Hermitage. Honestly, I would drink this over that 2005 Hermitage any day.
Mont Ventoux is a notable mountain in France rising to 6300ft, and it marks the gate between Rhone and Provence. This wine is grown just south of this mountain. So it's basically Provence, but it's a lot like a Cotes du Rhone too.
This wine smells like raisin, pepper, and stems (a bitter smell). The taste is plum, but not at all sweet. There's raisin in the taste too. The body is medium (much more so than that Hermitage). The mouthfeel is just slightly gritty in the texture, but not in a way that bothered me. The finish is dry. Those stems return in the finish (but not in an overly bitter way). There's pepper and then plum and raspberry (just a hint of a sourness).
Overall, this is a darn good wine for the price (just short of $10). Nice work E and K!
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Rating:
6.5(Grenache: 80%, Syrah 20%)