Here is another red wine well designed for everyday consumption at a reasonable price ($5 at Trader Joe's). It is made by Cave des Papes, probably one of the largest wine maker in the Cotes du Rhone who seems to have designed some of his wines for the US market. As I was looking for more information on this one, I found this site about Les Moirets which mentioned that the wine has been aged in French and American Oak! I don't see any other reason why a French winemaker would import American oak to age its wine but to send it back to the US market. Anyway it is definitely not "oaky" (it only spet 6 to 8 months in oak) and goes well will any appropriate food (meat, salad, cheese, not fish...). not exceptional but not bad neither; it's a 12/20
Friday, November 10, 2006
Cotes du Rhone: Les Moirets
Here is another red wine well designed for everyday consumption at a reasonable price ($5 at Trader Joe's). It is made by Cave des Papes, probably one of the largest wine maker in the Cotes du Rhone who seems to have designed some of his wines for the US market. As I was looking for more information on this one, I found this site about Les Moirets which mentioned that the wine has been aged in French and American Oak! I don't see any other reason why a French winemaker would import American oak to age its wine but to send it back to the US market. Anyway it is definitely not "oaky" (it only spet 6 to 8 months in oak) and goes well will any appropriate food (meat, salad, cheese, not fish...). not exceptional but not bad neither; it's a 12/20
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