2000 Domaine La Garrigue Cote du Rhone Cuvee Romaine

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($9.99) Purplish color that's nearly a dead ringer for grape juice. Nose of earthy spice and pepper, alcohol (13.5 percent if i recall) and dark fruit, with a hint of roasted meat. Tastes of dark fruit and pepper, with a finish that's cut off short by drying tannins. This wine seems to need a year or two for the tannins to resolve and then this bottle of mostly grenache from old vines will be a very nice drink.

(and it went great last night with burgers on the grill).