the rundown

  • a-team rhone producer
  • black cherry, blackberry, and spice
  • light bodied, great food wine
  • ridiculous value for under $10

i will start this review by telling you to stop reading, go to your local wine shop, and buy a case  of this wine. that’s all i have to say to you. perrin & fils cotes du rhone reserve rouge 2007

okay, so i have a little bit more to say, but that is probably the most important thing coming out of my mouth, err, keyboard. is this the best wine you will ever taste? no. is this probably the best wine you will taste under $9? do the new york yankees have an obscenely bloated payroll?

a lot can be said about perrin & fils, i have yet to taste a wine i haven’t absolutely loved from this southern rhone producer. they have a great blog that covers harvest notes, their wine making process, and talks about the various wines they make. it’s a really cool look into the ethos of this producer, especially if you can’t make the trip out to the promised land. you can follow them on twitter, too: @beaucastel.

they, of course, make the ever famous chateau beaucastel chateuaneuf du pape, but if you are a little hard up for disposable income, they make plenty of killer wines that can be comfortable within your budget.

perrin & fils cotes du rhone reserve rouge 2007

and this wine is one of those that will be great friends with your wallet. i picked it up for $8.99, and i got a whole lot more than i was expecting (which was already plenty.)

the nose to me has a little raspberry and licorice, the wine itself is simply bursting with black cherry, blackberry, along with a nice spicy finish. it’s deliciously light bodied, with just a smidgen of wood, which i think makes this wine an easy choice whenever you need to satisfy a lot of different palates at dinner with a red wine.

there are faults to this wine: it’s a bit too light, perhaps a little too simple with its fruit-forward attack. but i’ll take the pepsi challenge, you bring me a bottle under 9 bones that even approaches the quality of this wine, and i’ll do a series on boone’s farm.

seriously though, i’ll take suggestions.