Sunday, March 24, 2013

Tasting Domaine de Grange de Payan



Name: Domaine de Grange de Payan
Variety: Grenache blend
Region: Cotes de Rhone
Country: France
Year: 2011
Price: $8.95
The Vintage Cellar Review: Intensely spicy and precise, with lively red berry flavors and a hint of black pepper.  The Grenache, which makes up the majority of the wine, is deeper and more powerful, offering cherry and black raspberry qualities lifted by zesty minerality. 
My Review: The smell of this wine is not fruity, but more of a salty smell, but a clean smell.  It’s already making me imagine a peppery spicy taste.  This is what I imagine a hunk of dry ham would taste like, but I don’t know since I am a vegetarian.  It’s a little bitter and earthy, yet not in a dirty way.  It lacks smoothness, and burns on the swallow.  I feel somewhat like I’m drinking liquid potpourri and it’s dry.  

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