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Georges Vigouroux

Georges Vigouroux
2019 Chateau Tournelles Grand Vin Estate, Buzet

Pair this wine with:
Beef Lamb

Category: Southern French Red

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 14%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$29

Georges Vigouroux
2019 Chateau Tournelles Grand Vin Estate, Buzet

Pair this wine with:
Beef Lamb

Category: Southern French Red

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 14%
Brown brick red color. Aromas and flavors of dried cherries and pears, grilled herb pepper focaccia, and hint of licorice with a silky, tangy, dry-yet-fruity medium body and a long finish that exhibits notes of melange of ripe berries with pecans, cedar pencil shavings, stuffed grape leaves, and minerals. A seamless, not showy, French red that will delight at the table; kicks above its weight class.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: dried cherries and pears, grilled herb pepper focaccia, and hint of licorice
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of melange of ripe berries with pecans, cedar pencil shavings, stuffed grape leaves, and minerals
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry-yet-Fruity
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Duck Cassoulet, Herb Crusted Lamb Chops, Steak Fajitas
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A seamless, not showy, French red that will delight at the table; kicks above its weight class.

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Southern French Red

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Serve in a Zinfandel Wine Glass
Southern French red is a catchall category that covers many different types of wines from the south of France. Included in this are red wines from Provence, Languedoc-Roussilon and the Rhone Valley. Most of these wines are made from Rhone varieties such as Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah and Carignan and while may of them are moderately priced wines for short term-drinking, as with a Provence red or a Cotes-du-Rhone, there are some red wines from the southern of France, such as Châteauneuf-du-Pape that are medium-full to full bodied and crafted to drink well for more than a decade.

These southern French reds work with a variety of foods, such as casserole for the lighter versions, all the way to lamb shank or wild game for the more robust wines.

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