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Les Terrasses d'Eole Cotes du Ventoux

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Winery Domaine Les Terrasses d’Eole
Grape Red Blend
Year 2009
Country France
Region Provence

$13.00 per bottle

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Mount Ventoux may be most famous as a brutal climb on the Tour de France, but the region’s wines are worth a detour, as this cassis-driven red demonstrates.
What You Need To Know
Domaine Les Terrasses d’Eole is a small, family-run estate in Mazan, one of those impossibly sunny and picturesque Provençal towns dotted with Gallo-Roman ruins. Dominated by the snow-capped peak of Mount Ventoux, the area is part of the Rhône Valley region, where red wines are all blends based on the fruity, supple Grenache grape. The Saurel family had always sold their grapes to the local cooperative, until Stéphane Saurel convinced his father to build a winery and let him make the wine. They named their estate after the Greek god of wind, Eole (Aeolus), in honor of the powerful mistral that scours the vines for much of the year and helps to concentrate flavors in the grapes. Saurel shows a deft hand in this traditional blend, which offers evocative hints of lavender and earth.
Smell It
Smell It
Black fruit aromas and a whiff of lavender.
Taste It
Taste It
Loaded with bright, pliant cassis and plum flavors that have a pleasantly savory edge.
Serve It
Serve It
Cellar temperature—the bottle should be cool to the touch.
Pair It
Pair It
Terrific with pork, game or poultry, but can handle hearty meats (lamb, beef) and assertive seasonings.
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