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La Croix Du Père Michel

La Croix Du Père Michel
2021 Red Blend, Minervois

Pair this wine with:
Beef Pork

Category: Southern French Red

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 14.5%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$14
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La Croix Du Père Michel
2021 Red Blend, Minervois

Pair this wine with:
Beef Pork

Category: Southern French Red

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 14.5%
Garnet black color. Aromas and flavors of black pepper beef jerky, fig and blackberry, violet, and plum sauce with a round, crisp, dry medium body and a warming, elegant, medium-long finish conveying notes of plum sauce, blackberry jam, leather, and five spice and herbs with well-integrated, coating, chalky, woody tannins and light oak flavor. A nice balance of fruity, savory, and rich, this is an excellent pop and pour for grilling season.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: black pepper beef jerky, fig and blackberry, violet, and plum sauce
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of plum sauce, blackberry jam, leather, and five spice and herbs
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: Now on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Ribs, Beef Teriyaki, Steak Fajitas
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A nice balance of fruity, savory, and rich, this is an excellent pop and pour for grilling season.

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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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