Price: $19.95
Channel: LCBO Vintages
Producer: Les Domaines du Mont
Country: France
Region: Southern Rhône Valley
Appellation: Côtes du Rhône
Grapes: Grenache (60%), Syrah (30%), Mourvèdre (10%)
Alcohol by Volume: 14.5%
Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre
Stéphane Vedeau makes some of the Southern Rhône Valley’s more prestigious wines, at Châteauneuf and Gigondas and the puts the same attention to detail, balance and finesse into his entry level Côtes du Rhône Première Côte wine. This must be one of the best value reds in Vintages right now.
Grenache is driving the melody of the Première Côte: easy drinking, clean and pure red fruit. Syrah lays down the bass track of touch of black fruit and violets. Mourvèrdre brings the beat with a bit of Mediterranean herbal scrub. The players are tight, but the wine is open and generous.
This the wine for a leg of lamb.
https://www.lcbo.com/en/la-ferme-du-mont-premi-rre-c-te-c-tes-du-rh-ne-2019-251645
This wine recommendation was originally published at the MJ Wine Box Substack at https://malcolmjolley.substack.com/p/window-of-indulgence.