Kermit Lynch Cotes Du Rhone 2020

Our house Cotes du Rhone is an unfiltered Grenache-based blend we select each year from acave co-opoutside of Avignon. The winemaker works closely with numerous small vignerons and purchases their grapes, sourcing from a variety of nearbyterroirsto give a quintessential rendition of a southern Rhone red. Much of the fruit comes from the neighboring town of Chateauneuf-de-Gadagneone of the twenty communes permitted to append its name to the Cotes du Rhone Villages appellationwhose stony, alluvial soils are similar to those of a much better-known Chateauneuf not far away. Our annual blending consists of tasting samples from roughly two dozen different tanks, with the goal of capturing classic Rhone flavors in a versatile and approachable bargain red. In the newly arrived 2017, youll find rich, juicy aromas of ripe dark fruit, spicy flavors of licorice and wild herbs, and chewy tannins that leave your palate replete with impressions of thyme, black cherry, and stone. We are always impressed by how delicious this little wine is when we taste it at thecaveeach year; we hope youll feel the same upon uncorking a bottle at home.