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Félicette

Félicette
2022 Red Blend, Côtes Catalanes IGP

Pair this wine with:
Beef Pork

Category: Southern French Red

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 14.5%
90 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$14
Best Buy

Félicette
2022 Red Blend, Côtes Catalanes IGP

Pair this wine with:
Beef Pork

Category: Southern French Red

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 14.5%
Garnet black color. Aromas of roasted plum, blackberry, cherry, and figs, sautéed and lightly peppered portabella caps, and well worn saddle leather with a medium-full body and a medium-long slightly fermented plum sauce, lightly peppered sweaty leather, blackberry compote, and herbs de provence finish. A beautiful and versatile Monday to Thursday table wine; rich black fruits balanced with red fruit and just enough pepper and substance from the Syrah to pair with any red meat.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Crisp & Lively
Aroma Aroma: roasted plum, blackberry, cherry, and figs, sautéed and lightly peppered portabella caps, and well worn saddle leather
Taste Flavor: slightly fermented plum sauce, lightly peppered sweaty leather, blackberry compote, and herbs de provence
Sweetness Sweetness: Dryish
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years Enjoy with food
Recipes Pairing: Ribs, Beef Teriyaki, Steak Fajitas
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A beautiful and versatile Monday to Thursday table wine; rich black fruits balanced with red fruit and just enough pepper and substance from the Syrah to pair with any red meat.

The Producer

Alliance Wine

The Producer

Southern French Red

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Serve in a Zinfandel Wine Glass
Southern French red is a catchall category that covers many different types of wines from the south of France. Included in this are red wines from Provence, Languedoc-Roussilon and the Rhone Valley. Most of these wines are made from Rhone varieties such as Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah and Carignan and while may of them are moderately priced wines for short term-drinking, as with a Provence red or a Cotes-du-Rhone, there are some red wines from the southern of France, such as Châteauneuf-du-Pape that are medium-full to full bodied and crafted to drink well for more than a decade.

These southern French reds work with a variety of foods, such as casserole for the lighter versions, all the way to lamb shank or wild game for the more robust wines.

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