Wine Tasting - Rhone Valley Wines at GEM

REDS & WHITES OF THE RHONE VALLEY - GEM Wine Cellar, Portland OR (9/5/2008)

In celebration of his wife Janice's birthday, Gene at GEM Wine Cellar & Wine Bar featured a Rhone Valley wine tasting. Two incredible homemade cakes were served as well.

• 2005 Domaine Brusset Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne Coteaux des Travers - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne
  Slightly sweet, nice fruit...apples and pears all around. (85 pts.)


• 2005 Domaine Rabasse-Charavin Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne
  Honeydew melon, mixed with some citrus fruit and a bit of honeysuckle. (86 pts.)


• 2007 Domaine Rouge-Bleu Vin de Pays des Portes de la Méditerranée - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Vin de Pays des Portes de la Méditerranée
  Very light, young, thin. Bright fruit, but much too thin to be enjoyable. (78 pts.)


• 2006 Domaine André Brunel Côtes du Rhône - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône
  Tasty fruit, with a slight taste of earth, somewhat sweet, but with a funky finish. Drinking well now. (85 pts.)


• 2004 La Bouquetière Châteauneuf-du-Pape - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
  Very tasty, with heavy earth flavors to go with the blackberry fruit. 90% grenache, 5% syrah & mourvedre. (87 pts.)


• 2005 Philippe Faury Côte-Rôtie - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
  My first taste of Cote-Rotie, so not sure what to expect. Nose of blueberry and black fruits, with a somewhat funky smell in there as well, that I can't decipher. Lush fruit on the attack. Firm tannins, leaving a very dry finish. I hope this is not representative of the region, because it was definitely a "meh" wine for me. (86 pts.)

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