1999 Domaine du Mage Vin de Pays des Cotes de Gascogne

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1999 Domaine du Mage, Vin de Pays des Cotes de Gascogne ($8 Blue Hill Wine Shop). Alcohol level 12%. This might be called the Alpha-Omega wine as it is a blend of Merlot and Tennat. This Southwestern France wine comes off as a nice balance between the two and its other elements. It is purple to the eye. It gives you blackberries, other black fruit, and peppery spice on the nose and upfront. A lovely complexity of heavy fruit and lighter spice cross the palate, and the finish is delightful. This is an almost unbelievable value. That’s the good news. The bad news is that my main man Marc handed me the bottle and said, “I’ll let you buy the last one.” Sigh!

We matched it with wonderful fillet mignon in bacon rasher broiled with EVOO and Morton Rub; and also enjoyed a salad with blue cheese dressing with it. Very nice Saturday night was enjoyed by the two of us.