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La Croix Saint Jean

La Croix Saint Jean
2018 Red Blend, Minervois La Livinière

Pair this wine with:
Beef Pork

Category: Southern French Red

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 15%
89 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$28

La Croix Saint Jean
2018 Red Blend, Minervois La Livinière

Pair this wine with:
Beef Pork

Category: Southern French Red

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 15%
Black ruby color. Fruity aromas and flavors of plum butter, fruit cake, cinnamon cream, mocha, and allspice with a lightly tannic, crisp, dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body and a seamless, interesting, medium-length finish with notes of raw pecans, baking chocolate, and almond cookies with moderate oak flavor. An inky Minervois with rich fruit and toasty nut flavors.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Fruity, Juicy & Smooth, Oaky & Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: plum butter, fruit cake, cinnamon cream, mocha, and allspice
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of raw pecans, baking chocolate, and almond cookies
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry-yet-Fruity
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years with food
Recipes Pairing: Coffee Crusted Smoked Pork Tenderloin, Beef Teriyaki, Steak Fajitas
Bottom Line Bottom Line: An inky Minervois with rich fruit and toasty nut flavors.

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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.