I love a good Cotes-du-Rhone for the deep, rich fruit and spicy notes that these typically exhibit, and are particularly good on a cool evening when their richness has a chance to warm you from the inside-out. They work well with a variety of grilled meats and drink well by themselves.
This particular cotes-du-rhone is 100% syrah, which is unusual in that most are actually blends. It was very rich and full bodied with black currant, blackberry, toasty oak and fresh cracked black pepper notes throughout. The was a bit of acidity which hints at some aging potential, but it is drinking really well now so I am not sure that you would want to age it much more.
While a touch more expensive ($15) than many of our traditional everyday wines, this has so much potential that I just had to add it. If you follow this sort of thing, it also was one of Wine Spectator's top 100 wines of 2010 (#88) with a 90 point score.
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